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by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Не Божиим громом горе ударило

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: FRE

Не Божиим громом горе ударило,
Не тяжелой скалой навалилося,
Собиралось оно малыми тучами,
Затянули тучки небо ясное,
Посеяло горе мелким дождичком,
Мелким дождичком осенниим.

А и сеет оно давным-давно,
И сечет оно без умолку,
Без умолку, без устали,
Без конца сечет, без отдыха.
Уже полно горе дуб ломать по прутикам,
Щипати по листикам!

А и бывало же другим счастьице:
Налетало горе вихрем бурею,
Ворочало горе дубы с корнем вон.

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by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875) [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 Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Не Божиим громом горе ударило", op. 301 no. 18 (2019) [ voice and piano ], from 20 Lieder nach Alexei K. Tolstoi, no. 18 [sung text not yet checked]
by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Не Божиим громом горе ударило", 1877 [sung text checked 1 time]

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le malheur n'a pas frappé comme le tonnerre de Dieu", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Le malheur n'a pas frappé comme le tonnerre de Dieu

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

Le malheur n'a pas frappé comme le tonnerre de Dieu,
Ni comme la chute d'un lourd rocher,
Il est venu comme des nuages légers,
Qui recouvrent le ciel clair,
Le malheur se dissémine comme une petite pluie,
Une petite pluie d'automne.

Il a été semé il y a longtemps,
Et il frappe sans cesse,
Sans cesse, sans relâche,
Sans fin il fouette, sans répit.
Quand le malheur a brisé le chêne en brindilles,
Il arrache les feuilles,

À d'autres il arrive un meilleur sort :
Le malheur s'abat comme une tempête
Et arrache les chênes par les racines.

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This text was added to the website: 2015-09-19
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