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by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925)

Translation © by Jacob Wilde

Слышишь ‑ мчатся сани

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Слышишь — мчатся сани, слышишь — сани мчатся.
Хорошо с любимой в поле затеряться.

Ветерок веселый робок и застенчив,
По равнине голой катится бубенчик.

Эх вы, сани, сани! Конь ты мой буланый!
Где-то на поляне клен танцует пьяный.

Мы к нему подъедем, спросим — что такое?
И станцуем вместе под тальянку трое.

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Text Authorship:

by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925) [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 Zara Aleksandrovna Levina (1906 - 1976), "Слышишь ‑ мчатся сани!" [ voice and piano ], from Четыре Настроения (Chetyre Nastrojenija) = Four Moods, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Dmitry Stepanovich Vasilyev-Buglay (1888 - 1956), "Слышишь - мчатся сани" [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Jacob Wilde) , "You hear it — the sleigh is racing!", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2024-12-03
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Word count: 52

You hear it — the sleigh is racing!

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

You hear it — the sleigh is racing, you hear it — the sleigh is racing.
It’s good to get lost in the field with your beloved.

The cheerful breeze is timid and bashful,
A little bell rolls across the bare plain.

Ah you, my sleigh, my sleigh! You, my dun horse!
Somewhere in a clearing a tipsy maple is dancing.

We’ll drive up to him, we’ll ask — what’s this?
And the three of us will dance together to the accordion.

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This text was added to the website: 2024-11-30
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Word count: 82