Calistratus | Ma mère me chantait une chanson

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by Nikolai Alekseyevich Nekrasov (1821 - 1877)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Калистратушка

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: FRE

Надо мной певала матушка,
Колыбель мою качаючи:
Будешь счастлив, Калистратушка,
Будешь жить ты припеваючи.
И сбылось по воле Божией
Предсказанье моей матушки.
Нет счастливей, нет пригожей,
Нет нарядней Калистратушки,
Ох! нет нарядней Калистратушки!
Ключевой водицей умываюся,
Пятерней чешу волосыньки,
Урожаю дожидаюся
С незапаханной полосыньки,
С незапаханной полосыньки,
С незасеенной.
А жена моя занимается
На нагих детишек стиркою,
Пуще мужа наряжается:
Носит лапти с подковыркою.
Да, будешь счастлив, Калистратушка,
Ох, будешь жить ты припеваючи!

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Text Authorship:

by Nikolai Alekseyevich Nekrasov (1821 - 1877) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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

by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Калистратушка", 1864, published 1883 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Yuri Aleksandrovich Shaporin (1887 - 1966), "Калистратушка", 1906 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Calistratus", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 21
Word count: 73

Calistratus

Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)

Ma mère me chantait une chanson
En berçant mon berceau :
« Tu seras heureux petit Calistratus,
Tu auras une vie heureuse. »
Et par la volonté de Dieu, elles se sont réalisées
Les prédictions de ma mère !
Il n'y a pas plus heureux, plus gracieux,
Plus élégant que Calistratus !
Oh ! Il n'y a plus élégant que Calistratus !
Je me lave avec l'eau de la source.
Je peigne mes cheveux avec mes cinq doigts,
Et j'attends la moisson
Des champs que je n'ai pas labourés,
Ni semés.
Et ma femme est occupée
À laver les enfants tout nus,
La forêt habille le mari.
Il porte des sandales avec des fers à la semelle.
Oui, tu seras heureux, Calistratus,
Oh, tu vivras heureux comme un coq en pâte !

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Nikolai Alekseyevich Nekrasov (1821 - 1877)
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This text was added to the website: 2015-10-24
Line count: 20
Word count: 126