by S. Manfredo Maggioni
Translation © by Aliona Rostovskaya

Lo spazzacamino
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE GER RUS
Lo spazzacamin! 

Son d'aspetto brutto e nero,
Tingo ognun che mi vien presso;
Sono d'abiti mal messo,
Sempre scalzo intorno io vo.

Ah! di me chi sia più lieto
Sulla terra dir non so.
	          Spazzacamin!
Signori, signore, lo spazzacamin
Vi salva dal fuoco per pochi quattrin.

Io mi levo innanzi al sole 
E di tutta la cittade 
Col mio grido empio le strade
E nemico alcun non ho.

Ah, di me chi sia più lieto (ecc.)

Talor m'alzo sovra i tetti,
Talor vado per le sale;
Col mio nome i fanciulletti
Timorosi e quieti io fo.

Ah, di me chi sia più lieto (ecc.)

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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "L'escura-xemeneies", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Will Crutchfield) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le ramoneur", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Schornsteinfeger", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • RUS Russian (Русский) (Aliona Rostovskaya) , "Трубочист", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 104

Trubochist
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the Italian (Italiano) 
Trubochist! 

Ja jest' voploshchenije uzhasa i chernoty,
Ja pachkaju kazhdogo, kto upirajetsja v menja;
Ja odet v vetkhuju odezhdu,
Vsegda bosikom vokrug khozhu.

Akh! Kto schastliveje menja
Na zemle - ne mogu skazat'.
         Trubochist! 
Damy i gospoda, trubochist
Izbavit vas ot ognja vsego za neskol'ko groshej.

Ja vstaju do solnca
I po vsemu gorodu
S moim krikom zaponjajutsja ulicy,
I nikakikh vragov u menja net.

Akh! Kto schastliveje menja...

Inogda ja podnimajus' na kryshi;
Inogda idu cherez komnaty;
Svoim imenem detishek
Puglivej i tishe delaju.

Akh! Kto schastliveje menja...

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This text was added to the website: 2016-05-24
Line count: 20
Word count: 88