I LOVED YOU

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin 1799-1837

trans. Genia Gurarie

I loved you, and I probably still do,

And for a while the feeling may remain . . .

But let my love no longer trouble you,

I do not wish to cause you any pain.

I loved you; and the hopelessness I knew,

The jealousy, the shyness - though in vain -

Made up a love so tender and so true

As may God grant you to be loved again.

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