by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821 - 1881)
Zhil na svete tarakan
Language: Russian (Русский)
Zhil na svete tarakan, Tarakan ot detstva, I potom popal v stakan Polny mukhojedstva -- - Gospodi! Chto takoje? [...]1 - To jest', kogda letom [...]1 v stakan nalezut mukhi, to proiskhodit mukhojedstvo, vsjakij durak poimjot, ne perebivajte, ne perebivajte, vy uvidite, vy uvidite! [...]1 [Pozhalujsta, snachala! Zhil na svete tarakan, Tarakan ot detstva, I potom popal v stakan Polny mukhojedstva.]2 Mesto zanjal tarakan, Mukhi vozroptali, ,,Polon ochen' nash stakan``, -- K Jupiteru zakrichali. No poka u nikh shjol krik, Podoshjol Nikifor, Bla-go-rodnejshij starik ... ... Tut u menja jeshchjo ne dokoncheno, no vsjo ravno, slovami! [...]1 Nikifor berjot stakan i, nesmotrja na krik, vypljoskivajet v lokhan' vsju komediju, i mukh i tarakana, chto davno nado bylo sdelat'. No zamet'te, [no]2 zamet'te, sudarynja, tarakan ne ropshchet! [...]1 ,,Tarakan ne ropshchet.`` Chto zhe kasajetsja do Nikifora, to on izobrazhajet prirodu.
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Authorship:
- by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821 - 1881), no title, appears in Бесы (Besy) = Demons [novel], Book 1, Part 5, Chapter 4 [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 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Таракан", op. 146 no. 2 (1974), first performed 1975 [ bass and piano ], from Четырёх стихотворениях капитана Лебядкина = Chetyrjokh stikhotvorenijakh kapitana Lebjadkina, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Constance Clara Garnett née Black) , "The cockroach"
- FRE French (Français) (Victor Derély) , "Le cancrelas"
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2008-12-30
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