Tchaikovsky / Tolstoy : Had I but Known

7 Romances, Op. 47, No. 1

Russian text by Alexei Tolstoy; English translation by Edward Lein

Кабы знала я, кабы ведала,

Не смогрела бы из окошечка

Я на молодца разудалого,

Как он ехал по нашей улице

Had I but known, had I but realized, From out my window I'd have never peered As that dashing young dandy Came trotting down our street