La vanité se promène toute bouffie

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by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Спесь

(Sung text for setting by M. Musorgsky)

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Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: FRE

Ходит Спесь надуваючись,
С боку на бок переваливаясь.
Ростом-то Спесь аршин с четвертью,
Шапка-то на нём во целу сажень,
 ... 
А и зашёл бы Спесь к отцу, к матери,
Да ворота некрашены!
А и помолился б Спесь во церкви Божией,
Да пол не метён!
Идёт Спесь, видит: на небе радуга;
Повернул Спесь во другую сторону:
Не пригоже-де мне нагибатися!

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Composition:

Modest Petrovich Musorgsky

Text Authorship:

by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, first published 1856

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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

(Sung text translation for setting by M. Musorgsky)

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

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.
 ... 
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 !

Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-4,7-13 of the original text.

Translation of title "Спесь" = "La vanité"

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

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