I Loved You

Vladimir Lukich Borovikovskii: Portrait of Madame Lopukhina (1797)

I Loved You

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 tongue-tied, 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.

- Alexander Pushkin