Tchaikovsky / Surikov : Was I Not a Sprig of Grass

7 Romances, Op. 47, No. 7

Russian text by Ivan Surikov; English translation by Edward Lein

Я ли в поле да не травушка была,

Я ли в поле не зеленая росла;

Взяли меня, травушку, скосили,

На солнышке в поле иссушили.Was I not a sprig of grass in the meadow, Was I not as grass, green-growing in the field?