Gathering mushrooms | Saffron milk caps, chanterels

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by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862)

Translation © by Sergey Rybin

По грибы

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Рыжичков, волвяночек, 
Белых беляночек
Наберу скорёшенько
Я, млада-младёшенька,
Что для свёкра-батюшки,
Для [свекрови-матушки]¹:
Перестали б скряжничать --
Сели бы пображничать.

А тебе, [постылому]², 
Старому да хилому,
Суну я в окошечко 
[Полное]³ лукошечко,
Мухомора старого, 
Старого поджарого ...
Старый ест -- не справится:
Мухомором давится...

А тебе, треклятому,
Белу-кудреватому,
Высмотрю я травушку,
Травушку-муравушку,
На постелю браную, 
Свахой-ночкой стланую,
С пологом-дубровушкой
Да со мной ли, вдовушкой.

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• M. Musorgsky

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¹ Musorgsky: "svekrovi-l' matushki"
² Musorgsky: "nemilomu"
³ Musorgsky: "Celoje"

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Text Authorship:

by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862), "По грибы", written 1860 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Nikolai Mikhailovich Ladukhin (1860 - 1918), "По грибы" [sung text not yet checked]
by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "По грибы", 1867 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "Gathering mushrooms ", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Aux champignons", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Hans Schmidt) , "In den Pilzen"

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Line count: 24
Word count: 65

Gathering mushrooms

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

Saffron  milk caps, chanterels, 
White oyster mushrooms
Quickly, I, the young one, 
Will gather.
Those are for the father-in-law
And mother-in-law. 
So they stop grouching 
And sit down to have a feast. 

And for you, the vile one, 
Old and feeble, 
I’ll shove through the window
A whole basket
Of fly agaric, 
Mature and lean…
The old one can’t cope – 
Eating and choking. 

And for you, thrice damned, 
The handsome blond-curled one, 
I’ll find a herb, 
A magical one, 
To put on a wedding bed- 
Made up by the night-matchmaker, 
With oak wood for a canopy - 
Together with me, the little widow.

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

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This text was added to the website: 2015-10-26
Line count: 24
Word count: 103