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by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Гопак
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the Ukrainian (Українська) 
Our translations:  FRE
Гой! гоп, гоп, гопака!
Полюбила казака,
Только старый да не дюжий,
Только рыжий, неуклюжий,
Вот и доля вся пока! Гой!
Доля следом за тоскою,
А ты старый за водою,
А сама то я в шинок
Да хвачу себе крючок,
А потом всё чок да чок, всё чок да чок.
Чарка первая колом, а вторая соколом,
Баба в пляс пошла вконец,
А за нею молодец,
Старый, рыжий, бабу кличет,
Только баба кукиш тычет.
Коль женился, сатана,
Добывай-же мне пшена,
вот что!
Надо деток пожалеть, накормить и приодеть.
Вот как!
Добывай, смотри, быть худу,
А не то сама добуду!
Слышь ты!
Добывай же, старый, рыжий,
Добывай скорей, бесстыжий!
Что, взял!
Только, старый, не греши,
Колыбельки колыши,
Колыбельки, старый, колыши,
вот так!
Как была я молодою
да угодницею,
Я повесила передник
над оконницею,
И в окошечко киваю,
в пляльцах шелком вышиваю.
Гой, Семены вы, Иваны,
надевайге-ка кафтаны,
Да со мной гулять пойдёмте!
Да присядем, запоёмте!
Гой! Гой! Гой! Гой! Гой! Гой! Гой! Гой! Гой! 
Гой, гоп, гоп, гопака!
Полюбила казака,
Только старый да не дюжий,
Только рыжий, неуклюжий,
Вот и правда вся пока. Гой!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Ukrainian (Українська) by Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (1814 - 1861), no title, appears in Гайдамаки (Gajdamaki), in the section "Benket u Lisjanci"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Гопак", 1866, published 1867 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov (1872 - 1964), "Гопак", 1929 [ soli, chorus, orchestra ], from cantata Шевченковская сюита, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Hopak", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Hans Schmidt) , "Hopak"


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-13
Line count: 46
Word count: 181

Hopak
Language: French (Français)  after the Russian (Русский) 
Hey ! Hop ! Hop ! Hopak !
Je suis tombée amoureuse d'un cosaque,
Mais il est vieux et pas robuste,
Roux et maladroit,
Mais c'est la vie ! Hey !
Mon sort est triste,
Mais quand toi, le vieux, tu marches à l'eau,
Moi je vais à la taverne,
Et bon sang ! j'attrape mon gobelet,
Et puis tous, tchin-tchin, tchin-tchin,
Le premier gobelet se colle, mais le second plonge.
La femme est allée danser,
Et après elle il y a un garçon,
Le vieux rouquin appelle sa femme,
Mais la femme lui fait un bras d'honneur.
Si tu te maries, bon sang,
Tu dois trouver le pain !
C'est comme ça !
On doit s'occuper des enfants, les nourrir, les habiller.
C'est comme ça !
Secoue-toi, regarde, sinon ça va mal aller,
Sinon c'est moi qui vais le faire !
Écoute, toi !
Tu nous entretiens, vieux rouquin,
Entretiens-nous vite, sans rougir !
C'est comme ça !
Seulement, le vieux, arrête de pécher,
Berce le berceau,
Le vieux, berce le berceau,
Comme ça !
Quand j'étais une jeune fille,
Pour plaire,
J'accrochais mon tablier
À la fenêtre,
Et je jetais un œil à la fenêtre
En travaillant  ma broderie de soie.
Hey, Simon, Ivan,
Mettez vos caftans,
Pour vous promener avec moi !
Pour nous asseoir et chanter !
Hop ! Hop ! Hop ! Hop ! Hop ! Hop ! Hop ! Hop ! Hop !
Hey ! Hop ! Hop ! Hopak !
Je suis tombée amoureuse d'un cosaque,
Mais il est vieux et pas robuste,
Roux et maladroit,
Voilà toute la vérité. Hey !

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Russian (Русский) to French (Français) copyright © 2015 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in Russian (Русский) by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862) [an adaptation]
    • Go to the text page.

Based on:

  • a text in Ukrainian (Українська) by Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (1814 - 1861), no title, appears in Гайдамаки (Gajdamaki), in the section "Benket u Lisjanci"
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2015-10-24
Line count: 46
Word count: 238

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