Une légende | L'enfant Jésus avait un jardin

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by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Легенда

Language: Russian (Русский) after the English

Our translations: FRE

Был у Христа-младенца сад, 
И много роз взрастил он в нём;
Он трижды в день их поливал,
Чтоб сплесть венок себе потом.

Когда же розы расцвели,
Детей еврейских созвал он;
Они сорвали по цветку,
И сад был весь опустошён.

«Как ты сплетешь теперь венок?
В твоём саду нет больше роз!»
-- «Вы позабыли, что шипы
Остались мне», - сказал Христос.

И из шипов они сплели 
Венок колючий для него,
И капли крови вместо роз
Чело украсили его.

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Text Authorship:

by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893), "Легенда", first published 1877 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in English by Richard Henry Stoddard (1825 - 1903), "Roses and thorns", written 1857
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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 Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov (1866 - 1920), "Легенда" [sung text not yet checked]
by Vladimir Ivanovich Sokalsky (1863 - 1919), "Легенда" [sung text not yet checked]
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Легенда", op. 54 (Шестнадцать песен для детей = Shestnadcat' pesen dlja detej (Sixteen songs for children)) no. 5, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Une légende", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 75

Une légende

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

L'enfant Jésus avait un jardin
Et il y faisait pousser beaucoup de roses ;
Trois fois par jour il les arrosait,
Pour se tresser lui-même une couronne de roses plus tard.

Quand les roses fleurirent,
Il invita les enfants juifs hébreux ;
Ils arrachèrent une fleur chacun
Et tout le jardin fut dévasté.

« Comment vas-tu faire ta couronne maintenant ?
Il ne reste pas une rose dans ton jardin ! »
-- « Mais vous oubliez que les épines
Sont restées », dit le Christ.

Et avec les épines ils tressèrent
Une couronne d'épines pour lui,
Et des gouttes de sang au lieu des roses
Ornèrent son front.

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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), "Легенда", first published 1877
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Based on:

a text in English by Richard Henry Stoddard (1825 - 1903), "Roses and thorns", written 1857
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2016-08-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 104