Letter 2837 - Revision history

Brett: Text replacement - "ashamed before you" to "guilty before you"

2024-08-03T13:13:39Z

Text replacement - "ashamed before you" to "guilty before you"

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	\|Translated text={{right\|''22 December''<br/>''[[Maydanovo]] village''}}		\|Translated text={{right\|''22 December''<br/>''[[Maydanovo]] village''}}
	{{centre\|Dear [[Vera Olyonina\|Verusha]]!}}		{{centre\|Dear [[Vera Olyonina\|Verusha]]!}}
	I am most ~~ashamed~~ before your dear little relatives and before all of you, for not once coming to see you while I was in [[Moscow]]. My God, this upsets me very much, because I sincerely love all of you. But a combination of circumstances meant that I couldn't make it where I wanted to go, and I had to linger all day in places where I wasn't free to leave.		I am most guilty before your dear little relatives and before all of you, for not once coming to see you while I was in [[Moscow]]. My God, this upsets me very much, because I sincerely love all of you. But a combination of circumstances meant that I couldn't make it where I wanted to go, and I had to linger all day in places where I wasn't free to leave.

	You probably have a Christmas tree for your youngest brothers. Golubushka, buy with the small amount enclosed some small gifts for them and your sister. I kiss your hands. Please, kiss your dear mamasha, father, sister and brother from me. I wish for all of you to spend the holidays pleasantly. ''I shall be a scoundrel'' if I don't call on you in January.		You probably have a Christmas tree for your youngest brothers. Golubushka, buy with the small amount enclosed some small gifts for them and your sister. I kiss your hands. Please, kiss your dear mamasha, father, sister and brother from me. I wish for all of you to spend the holidays pleasantly. ''I shall be a scoundrel'' if I don't call on you in January.
	{{right\|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}}		{{right\|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}}
	}}		}}

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Brett: Text replacement - "By God" to "My God"

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Text replacement - "By God" to "My God"

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{{letterhead
|Date=22 December 1885/3 January 1886
|To=[[Vera Olyonina]]
|Place=[[Maydanovo]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Moscow]] (Russia): {{RUS-Mcl}} (ф. 905)
|Publication={{bib|1971/89|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XIII}} (1971), p. 222–223
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text={{right|''22 декабря''<br/>''с[ело] Майданово''}}
{{centre|Милая Веруша!}}
Я очень виноват перед твоими милейшими родителями и перед всеми Вами, что ни разу, бывавши в Москве, не навестил Вас. Ей-Богу, мне это очень досадно, потому что я искренно всех вас люблю. Но обстоятельства так складываются, что где хочешь бывать — не успеваешь, а торчишь целый день там куда нет никакой охоты идти.

У вас, вероятно, для младших братьев будет ёлка. Купи, голубушка, на прилагаемую маленькую сумму подарочки им и тебе с сестрой. Целую твои ручки. Пожалуйста, поцелуй за меня твою милую мамашу, отца, сестру, братьев. Всем Вам желаю приятно провести праздник. В январе ''будь я бесчестный человек'', если не навещу Вас.
{{right|Твой, П. Чайковский}}

|Translated text={{right|''22 December''<br/>''[[Maydanovo]] village''}}
{{centre|Dear [[Vera Olyonina|Verusha]]!}}
I am most ashamed before your dear little relatives and before all of you, for not once coming to see you while I was in [[Moscow]]. My God, this upsets me very much, because I sincerely love all of you. But a combination of circumstances meant that I couldn't make it where I wanted to go, and I had to linger all day in places where I wasn't free to leave.

You probably have a Christmas tree for your youngest brothers. Golubushka, buy with the small amount enclosed some small gifts for them and your sister. I kiss your hands. Please, kiss your dear mamasha, father, sister and brother from me. I wish for all of you to spend the holidays pleasantly. ''I shall be a scoundrel'' if I don't call on you in January.
{{right|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}}
}}