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	Therefore, I am very happy with our correspondence — but one circumstance poisons the pleasure: which is that I cannot manage without pestering you for money. But old habits die hard. Thank you for the 500 francs. Alas, I will be asking you for more from [[Naples]].		Therefore, I am very happy with our correspondence — but one circumstance poisons the pleasure: which is that I cannot manage without pestering you for money. But old habits die hard. Thank you for the 500 francs. Alas, I will be asking you for more from [[Naples]].

	If you send me the overture at the end of this month or the beginning of the next, then I should have time to deliver it to you so that it will be ready by 1 May. On this occasion no-one besides myself is to blame for the delay; I held on to the first proofs for ''3 months''. But even in the event that we're late, this is no great misfortune. Believe me, it's better to be late than to publish it with a mass of errors. I don't see any need for the originals of [[Bortnyansky]]'s concertos, but send them if you wish.		If you send me the overture at the end of this month or the beginning of the next, then I should have time to deliver it to you so that it will be ready by 1 May. On this occasion, no-one besides myself is to blame for the delay; I held on to the first proofs for ''3 months''. But even in the event that we're late, this is no great misfortune. Believe me, it's better to be late than to publish it with a mass of errors. I don't see any need for the originals of [[Bortnyansky]]'s concertos, but send them if you wish.

	''[[Flerov]]'' seems to be a most kind and dear person, but... I'm fleeing him for [[Naples]]. Yesterday he sat with me from 5 o'clock until 12 at night!!! There was one moment when I wanted to kill him, namely when he pestered me with the question, ''what pictures, what images'' sprang into my imagination when I was writing this or that! Ah well, that's his way! He is educated and well-read, but foolish and cloying.		''[[Flerov]]'' seems to be a most kind and dear person, but... I'm fleeing him for [[Naples]]. Yesterday he sat with me from 5 o'clock until 12 at night!!! There was one moment when I wanted to kill him, namely when he pestered me with the question, ''what pictures, what images'' sprang into my imagination when I was writing this or that! Ah well, that's his way! He is educated and well-read, but foolish and cloying.

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{{letterhead
|Date=5/17 February 1882
|To=[[Pyotr Jurgenson]]
|Place=[[Rome]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 2370)
|Publication={{bib|1901/24|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 2}} (1901), p. 517–518 (abridged)<br/>{{bib|1938/40|П. И. Чайковский. Переписка с П. И. Юргенсоном ; том 1}} (1938), p. 235–236<br/>{{bib|1966/43|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XI}} (1966), p. 51–52
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text={{right|''Рим''<br/>5/17 февр[аля] 1882}}
Душа моя! получил сегодня твоё письмо с переводом, который доставил мне значительное удовольствие, — впрочем, уж конечно, ничуть не меньшее, чем самое письмо. Твои письма для меня величайшее удовольствие, утешение, развлечение, наслаждение. Ей Богу — не лгу. Ты единственный мой аккуратный корреспондент, через которого узнаю все меня интересующее в Москве, а ведь Москву я продолжаю любить какой-то странной, но очень острой любовью. Я называю её странной, ибо, несмотря на любовь к Москве,- не хочу жить в ней. А между тем, именно оттого и не хочу, что очень люблю. Долго было бы разъяснять сию психологическую тонкость.

Итак, мне очень приятна корреспонденция с тобой, — но одно обстоятельство отравляет удовольствие, — это что не могу обойтись, чтобы не приставать к тебе с деньгами. Но горбатого могила исправит. Благодарю за 500 фр[анков]. Увы, из Неаполя буду просить ещё.

Если увертюру ты мне пришлёшь в конце месяца или начале будущего, — то поверь, что я успею вовремя доставить её тебе так, чтобы к 1 маю была готова. На сей раз в проволочке дела никто не виноват, кроме меня; я продержал 1 корректуру ''3 месяца''! Но даже в случае, если мы и опоздаем, — беды большой нет. Поверь, пусть лучше опаздывать, чем издавать с большим количеством ошибок. Не вижу никакой надобности в оригинале концертов Бортн[янского], — но если хочешь — вышлю.

''Флеров'' весьма, кажется, добрый и милый человек, но... но я удираю от него в Неаполь. Вчера он просидел у меня от 5 час[ов] дня до 12 вечера!!! Была минута, когда мне хотелось его убить, а именно, когда он приставал ко мне с вопросом, ''какие картины, какие образы'' носились в моей фантазии, когда я писал то или другое! Ах, чтоб его! Он учен, начитан, но глуповат и приторен.

Напиши мне, голубчик, будет ли в Москве летом музыкальный отдел, т. е. концерты. Отчего ты торопишься с увертюрой? Разве хотят играть её? Мне остаётся пробыть здесь 4 суток; 9/21 числа еду в Неаполь один, поищу помещение для Модеста со свитой и всех их к себе выпишу, а засим пошлю тебе новый адрес.

Анатолий депешей дал мне знать о своей помолвке, — но с тех пор ни слова. Что он делает? Какой вид имеет?

Обнимаю.
{{right|П. Чайковский}}

|Translated text={{right|''[[Rome]]''<br/>5/17 February 1882}}
My dear chap! I received your letter today with the remittance, which gave me considerable pleasure; however, naturally this was no less than the letter itself. For me, your letters are the greatest pleasure, consolation, entertainment and enjoyment for me. I'm not lying, by God. You are my singularly most reliable correspondent, through whom I learn everything of interest to me in [[Moscow]], a place for which I continue to have a rather odd but acute fondness. I call it odd because, despite loving [[Moscow]], I don't want to live in it. And yet it is precisely because I don't want to, that I love it very much. It would take a long time to explain such a psychological nicety.

Therefore, I am very happy with our correspondence — but one circumstance poisons the pleasure: which is that I cannot manage without pestering you for money. But old habits die hard. Thank you for the 500 francs. Alas, I will be asking you for more from [[Naples]].

If you send me the overture at the end of this month or the beginning of the next, then I should have time to deliver it to you so that it will be ready by 1 May. On this occasion no-one besides myself is to blame for the delay; I held on to the first proofs for ''3 months''. But even in the event that we're late, this is no great misfortune. Believe me, it's better to be late than to publish it with a mass of errors. I don't see any need for the originals of [[Bortnyansky]]'s concertos, but send them if you wish.

''[[Flerov]]'' seems to be a most kind and dear person, but... I'm fleeing him for [[Naples]]. Yesterday he sat with me from 5 o'clock until 12 at night!!! There was one moment when I wanted to kill him, namely when he pestered me with the question, ''what pictures, what images'' sprang into my imagination when I was writing this or that! Ah well, that's his way! He is educated and well-read, but foolish and cloying.

Write to me, golubchik, whether anything is happening musically in [[Moscow]] during the summer, i.e. concerts. Why are you in a rush with the overture? Could it be that they want to play it? I have 4 days remaining here; on the 9/21 I'm going to [[Naples]] alone, to look for rooms for [[Modest]] and his entourage, and I'll write to everyone from there, whereupon I'll send you the new address.

[[Anatoly]] telegraphed to let me know about his engagement — but not a word since then. What is he doing? How does he seem?

I embrace you.
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
}}

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