Eugene Onegin, Act I 255

(Yes! y heart,
My heart has now told me that he will laugh at me, my fatal tempter! O my God, how unhappy
how pitiful! FFootsteps... closer... Yes it's him, it's him!)
how pitiful!
am
and

i n enters. Tatiana springs to her feet to jlee. As Onegin approaches her she lowers her head.

ONEGIN (with dignity, calmly and somewhat coldly)

mne pi'sali aR'rajfes
V
mHcaIa, He OTHHpairecb!
MHe
BI
to me
have Written, don't deny it!
You

ja
pra'yor du'i da'yerfivaj Bri'znanja
npoqër AyIH AOBepqHBo upw3HaHLA,
have read your soull's trusting confessions,
I

lub'yi ne'yinnaj izli'janja mne 'vafa iskrenna_t mi'la

HeBHHHOH H3JIHAHLA, MHe BAma HCKpeHHOCTL MHJIa!
JIO6B
of love innocent the pouring out; to me your sincerity is dear!

a'na
vaL'nenje griye'la dav'no u'm»lknuffije fustva
BOJIHeHBe upHBe1a AaBHO yMOJIKHYBIIHe yBCTBa.
OHa
It into excitement has brought long silent feelings.
it! f've read the confessions of a trusting soul, the pouring out of
(You have written to me, do not deny
aninnocent love; your sincerity is dear to me! It roused in me long forgotten feelings.)

Vas xva'lit a 1E Xa'fu Ja Za ne'jp vam atpLa'fuu

'n
XBaIATb He X0Ty; 3a Heë BaM OTHIaTy
Ho Bac
shall pay back
to praise don't want to; for it you
But you

'tagze bez_is'kustva Bri'mite 3 ispayet ma'ju

Bi'znanjem MOO!
TaK*e 6e3 HCKyCTBa. IpHMHTe HCHOBeNb
Ipw3naHbeM, mine!
with an admission, also without pretense. Accept ( the confession

_e'ba na sut vam adda'ju

BaM OTAao!
Ceoa Ha cyA
for judgment to you I present!
Myself equally unpretentious
you; for your sincerity
I shall pay you back with an
(But I don't want to praise
admission. Accept then, my confession! I present myself to you for judgment!)

TATIANA
b:3E kak a'kidna i kag_"bolna
O Kak oPHAHO KaK 6oIbHo!
Boxe!
O God! How insulting and how painful!

ONEGIN
kag'da_ bi 3izn da'mafnim 'krugam ja agra'nitid zaxa'teL
orpaHHYWTL 3axOTeJI,
Korna KH3HL AOMamAHM KpyroM
to limit desired,
If my life by a family circle I

treasure your honesty." The

connotation here is
e here does not necessarily mean "dear" as in I
word MMJ1a
cute of you." In
"it
me" it stands for something more like
was
tderogatory. Rather than saying "it is dear to reads the original
the whole rudeness of this scene. If
one
D Chaikovsky smoothes around the edges somewhat
Pushkin, there is no doubt that Eugene delivers a cold, pragmatic rejection.
 Act I
256 Eugene Onegin,

sup'rugamn pgi'jatnij
srebij Paye'leL
kag'da b mne bit at'tsom
cynpyroM
npuaTHBI KpeQa
lot
nOBeNer
Koria 6 MHe 6bITb OTHOM,
husband a happy willed,
if for me to be father and a
(-) a

to vas ad'noj ne'yest ne is'kaL noj

'yerna P. krome HeBeCTb
He HCKa
HHO
To, Bac oAHo, would not look other.
BepHO 6, KpoMe
for a bridec
then, truly (-)beside you alone,
me to be a
tather and a husband, then
a happy lot fell to
desired to limit my life by a family circle, ifanother bride.)
truly, except for you alone, I would not wish for

je'mu ug'da du'fa ma'ja

no ja nE 'sDzdan dja_bLa'gEnstva Ayua
Ho He 6J1a*encTBa, eMy Tya MO,
co31an is alien the soul
But 1am not to it mine,
created for bliss,

na'prasni ix neda'stoin vof_e ja

vasi Sayer'fenstva BOBCe
Haupaca BaMH cOBepmeHCTBA,
them don't deserve
HX
at all
He HOCTOHH

in vain are your virtues,

(Dutl am not created for this bliss, my soul cannot accept it, all your virtues would be wasted, I am most

unworthy of them.)

pa'yerte 'soye_t tom pa'rukaj

sup'ruzestva nam 'budet 'mukaj
IloBepTe, coBecTb B TOM 1Opykoß, cyupyxeCTBO HaM 6yAeT MyKo.
Believe me, conscience in it be my pledge, a matrimony for us would be a torment.
(Believe me, in good conscience, a matrimony would be torment for us.

ja 'skalka ne lu'bi bi vas pri'viknuf razluy'lu tot'fas

A ckoJLKO He 6bI Bac, upHBbIKHyB, pa3IO6JIK0 TOTaC.
No matter how much I loved ()you, used to became, would stop loving that hour.
(No matter how much I loved you, as soon as I become used to you, I would stop loving you that very
hour.)

su'dite vi ka'kije roz nam zaga'toyid gime'nej

Cyaare Bbl, KaKwe po3LI HaM 3aroroBHT T'aMeneä
Judge () you what kind of roses to us is preparing Hymen
i moged bit na
mnoga dnej
H, MOKET 6bITb Ha MHOrO AHeM!
and perhaps for
(-) many days!
(Judge for yourself, what kind of roses Hymen is preparing for us, perhaps for many days!)

met'tami godam net vaz'vrata ne

abnay'lu du'fi ma'jej
MeTaM roAaM HET B03BpaTa, He o6HOBIKO MOe!
AyUH
For dreams and years there is no I can't renew the soul mine!
(There is no return for dreams and years, I can't revive my soul!)

Ja vas lub'u u'boyju brata

Bac JIO6JIKO IHO6OBb 6para,
you love with the love of a brother,
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Eugene Onegin, Act l

i moged_bit je': je'f:o negnej (sil'nej)

Lb, MOKET OkITb,
emë, emë HeKnen (Cnibaen)!
or perhaps more, more tenderly (strongly)!
(1love you lnke a brother, or perhaps even more tenderly!) (in somescores, "more strongly)

'ras mLa'daja 'deva

pa'sLufajte me'na bez_'gneva _me'nit ne AeBa
Ilocayniaire MeHS 6es CMeHHT He pa3 MJIaa
THeBa, maid
Listen will change not once a young
to me without anger,

met'tami pckije metf'ti

MeTaMH, Tërkue MeTTi!
her dreams, light dreams!
(Listen to me without anger, not once will a young maid exchange one light dream for anotner.

The chorus of the peasant girls is heard in the distance.

vas kak lja pajmot

u'yites VLastvavat sa'boj ne fsakaj
Bac, KaK A, monMeT
BCHKH
yHTecb BJIaCTBOBaTb coboM; He
will understand
you as
Learn to control yourself, not everyone

be'de nebpitna_t ye'dot

Begër!
K 6ene HeonbITHOCTb

trouble inexperience leads!

to lead you
will understand you as well as I do, inexperience can
(Learn to control yourself, not everyone
into trouble.)

GIRLS
CHORUS of PEASANT
eBHIb-KpacaBHUbI, AyIIeHbKH-TOApy*eHbKH... etc.