Аннотация: Alexandre Nikolayevich Lobanovsky, one of the St. Petersburg bards composed music, having slightly changed the first line (`charmed` instead of `kissed`). (In my translation I kept Zabolotsky`s text intact. In any case it"s singable! - AAO) Declaration of Love. Music by Alexandre Lobanovsky https://youtu.be/CHgmRY64k9s After that Mikhail Mikhailovich Zvezdinsky (Deinekin) (born in 1945), another Russian bard from Moscow composed his own melody which has become popular and even iconic since then. Declaration of Love (You are kissed, bewitched ...). Lyrics by Nikolai Zabolotsky. Music by Mikhail Zvezdinsky. Sung by the `St. Petersburg` Group`. IMHO, the best performance of that romance song. https://youtu.be/c3lyKPvuye8 ; https://youtu.be/Toj0G5otVqU ; https://youtu.be/M1vAKvI-LpM
By Nikolai Zabolotsky
DECLARATION OF LOVE ♪
You are kissed, bewitched,
Somewhen wed to the wind in the field you are,
You"re as if chained all over and cold as steel,
You are my precious gem, you are my sweetheart.
Neither cheerful, nor disconsolate,
As if an angel who dropped from the dark night sky,
You are either my nuptial recessional
Or my crazy love"s star shining from above.
I"ll fall down before knees of yours passionately,