Re: Help with the word томим
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Originally Posted by chequer
Я вас любил безмолвно, безнадежно,
То робостью, то ревностью томим;
It's a short form of томимый, passive for томиться - be parched / pined with smth. So the line would be:
At one moment being pined with shyness, at another with jealousy.
Re: Help with the word томим
I love this poem. :cry:
Word by word translations (some of them wrong, though):
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 412AAKGj75
Nice English translation :
I loved you; even now I may confess,
Some embers of my love their fire retain;
But do not let it cause you more distress,
I do not want to sadden you again.
Hopeless and tonguetied, yet I loved you dearly
With pangs the jealous and the timid know;
So tenderly I loved you, so sincerely,
I pray God grant another love you so.
Re: Help with the word томим
Thank you so much. I only found this song (and therefore the poem) a week ago and am obsessed with it at the moment. The music is by Cesar Cui (Кюи) and I have a beautiful recording of it by Даниил Штода.
Thank you again.
Re: Help with the word томим