Mon jardin | Comme mon jardin est frais et vert !

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by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Мой садик

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: CHI FRE

Как мой садик свеж и зелен!
Распустилась в нём сирень;
От черёмухи душистой
И от лип кудрявых тень...

Правда, нет в нём бледных лилий,
Горделивых георгин,
И лишь пёстрые головки
Возвышает мак один,

Да подсолнечник у входа,
Словно верный часовой,
Сторожит себе дорожку,
Всю поросшую травой... 

Но люблю я садик скромный:
Он душе моей милей 
Городских садов унылых,
С [тенью]¹ правильных аллей.

И весь день, в траве высокой
Лёжа, слушать бы я рад,
Как заботливые пчёлы
Вкруг черёмухи жужжат.

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¹ Tchaikovsky: "сетью" ("set'ju")

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

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by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Мой садик", op. 54 (Шестнадцать песен для детей = Shestnadcat' pesen dlja detej (Sixteen songs for children)) no. 4, 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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Mon jardin

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

Comme mon jardin est frais et vert !
Le parfum du lilas se répand ;
Du merisier vient un parfum,
Et du tilleul une ombre frisée...

Cependant il n'y a pas de lys blancs,
Ni de dahlias hautains,
Et seulement une tête bigarrée
Et surélevée de pavot.

Mais le tournesol à l'entrée,
Comme une sentinelle fidèle,
Monte la garde sur le chemin,
Tout recouvert d'herbe...

Mais j'aime cet humble jardin :
Il est plus cher à mon âme
Que les ternes jardins de la ville,
Avec leurs chemins bien réguliers.

Et toute la journée dans l'herbe haute,
Allongé, je suis heureux et j'écoute
Comme les abeilles diligentes
Bourdonnent autour du merisier.

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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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a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893), "Мой садик"
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This text was added to the website: 2016-08-13
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