When that I was beloved, in ecstasies, in pleasure,
The days of life flowed by like an enchanting dream.

Когда я был любим, в восторгах, в наслажденье,
Как сон пленительный, вся жизнь моя текла.

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Pesnya: "Kogda ya byl lyubim..." (May 1806) l. 1; in Vestnik Evropy, pt. 31, no. 2 (1807) p. 123 (tr. I. M. Semenko, 1976)

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