"I
LOVED YOU ONCE"
Alexander
Pushkin (1799-1837)
I
loved you once, nor can this heart be quiet;
For
it would seem that love still lingers there;
But
do not you be further troubled by it;
I
would in no wise hurt you, oh, my dear.
I
loved you without hope, a mute offender;
What
jealous pangs, what shy despairs I knew!
A
love as deep as this, as true, as tender,
God
grant another may yet offer you.