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«Ты прилетел из города, - какие, скажи, там слухи носятся о нас?» (Скворца кукушка спрашивала раз). «Что жители толкуют городские хоть например, о песнях соловья? Интересуюсь этим очень я.» «Весь город он приводит в восхищенье, когда в саду его раздастся трель.» «А жавронок?» «И жаворонка пенье пленяет очень многих.» «Неужель? Ну, а каков их отзыв о дрозде?» «Да хвалят и его, хоть не везде.» «Ещё хочу спросить я, - может статься, и обо мне ты слышал кое-что?» «Вот про тебя, сестрица, так признаться, не говорит решительно никто!» «А! если так, - кукушка возопила, - то о себе, что людям отометить, сама весь век, покуда хватит силы, не перестану я твердить: куку, куку, куку, куку, куку...!»
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893), "Басня" [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715 - 1769), "Der Kuckuck"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Кукушка", op. 54 (Шестнадцать песен для детей = Shestnadcat' pesen dlja detej (Sixteen songs for children)) no. 8 (1883), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Schmidt (1854 - 1923) ; composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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- ENG English (Andrew Huth) , "The cuckoo", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-03
Line count: 21
Word count: 111
« Toi qui es allé en ville, Dis-moi, qu'est-ce qu'on dit sur nous là-bas ? » (Le coucou demandait à l'étourneau). « Qu'est-ce que les gens de la ville disent Par exemple des chants du rossignol ? Je suis très intéressé de le savoir. » « Toute la ville lui donne son admiration, Quand il lance ses trilles dans les jardins. » « Et l'alouette ? » « Le chant de l'alouette captive beaucoup de monde. » « Vraiment ? Et maintenant que pensent-ils de la grive ? » « Ils louent son chant, mais pas partout. » « En outre je voudrais te demander -- peut-être As-tu entendu quelque chose sur moi ? » « Eh bien, petit frère, sur toi, il faut l'admettre, Absolument personne ne dit rien ! » « Ah, c'est comme ça, -- pleura le coucou -- Alors pour me venger des gens, Toute ma vie , tant que j'aurai des forces, Je répéterai sans cesse : Coucou, coucou, coucou, coucou... ! »
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Translation of title "Кукушка" = "Le coucou"Text Authorship:
- Translation from Russian (Русский) to French (Français) copyright © 2016 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 Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893), "Басня" [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715 - 1769), "Der Kuckuck"
This text was added to the website: 2016-07-24
Line count: 21
Word count: 156