by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881)

S njanej
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE LIT
Rasskaži mne, njanjuška, rasskaži mne, milaja,
Pro togo pro buku strašnogo:
Kak tot buka po lesam brodil,
Kak tot buka v les detej nosil
I kak gryz on ich belye kostočki,
I kak deti te kričali, plakali!
Njanjuška! Ved' zato ich, detej-to, buka s"el,
Čto obideli njanju staruju,
Papu s mamoj ne poslušali.
Ved' zato on s"el ich, njanjuška?

Ili vot čto: Rasskaži mne lučše pro carja s caricej,
Čto za morem žili v teremu bogatom.
Eščë car' vsë na nogu chromal,
Kak spotknëtsja, tak grib vyrastet,
U caricy to vsë nasmork byl,
Kak čichnët, stekla v drebezgi!
Znaeš', njanjuška:
Ty pro buku to už ne rasskazyvaj! Bog s nim, s bukoj!
Rasskaži mne, njanja, ty, smešnuju-to!

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "With Nanny ", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Avec la nounou", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Hans Schmidt) , "Mit der Njanja"
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Su aukle", copyright © 2023, (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.
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Word count: 117