Ходит Спесь надуваючись

Ходит Спесь надуваючись,
С боку на бок переваливаясь.
Ростом-то Спесь аршин с четвертью,
Шапка-то на нём во целу сажень,
[Пузо-то его всё в жемчуге,
Сзади-то у него раззолочено.]1
А и [зашёл]2 бы Спесь к отцу, к матери,
Да ворота некрашены!
А и помолился б Спесь во церкви Божией,
Да пол не метён!
[Идёт]3 Спесь, видит: на небе радуга;
Повернул Спесь во другую сторону:
Не пригоже-де мне нагибатися!

Translation(s): FRE GER

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• by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, first published 1856 [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Aleksandr Porfir'yevich Borodin (1833 - 1887), "Спесь", 1884/5?, published 1890. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Спесь", 1877, published 1882. [ sung text verified 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Hans Schmidt) , "Der Dünkel"

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La vanité se promène toute bouffie

La vanité se promène toute bouffie,
Se balançant à droite et à gauche,
La vanité mesure quatre archines de haut,
Mais son chapeau sur sa tête en fait sept.
Son ventre est recouvert de perles,
Derrière il y a des taches.
La vanité rendrait bien visite à son père et à sa mère,
Mais leur porte n'est pas peinte !
La vanité irait prié Dieu dans l'église,
Mais le sol n'a pas été balayé :
La vanité se promenait et voit un arc-en-ciel dans le ciel,
La vanité fait demi-tour :
Je ne vais pas me baisser pour passer dessous !

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Translation of title "Спесь" = "La vanité"

Note: this is a translation of Musorgsky's version.

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• a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, first published 1856 GER
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Aleksandr Porfir'yevich Borodin, Modest Petrovich Musorgsky. Go to the text.

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