Калистратушка

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!

Translation(s): FRE

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

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• by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Калистратушка", 1864, published 1883. [
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• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Calistratus", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Calistratus

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)
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Modest Petrovich Musorgsky. Go to the text.

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