by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881)

S njanej
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE LIT
Rasskazhi mne, njanjushka, rasskazhi mne, milaja,
Pro togo pro buku strashnogo:
Kak tot buka po lesam brodil,
Kak tot buka v les detej nosil
I kak gryz on ikh belye kostochki,
I kak deti te krichali, plakali!
Njanjushka! Ved' zato ikh, detej-to, buka s"el,
Chto obideli njanju staruju,
Papu s mamoj ne poslushali.
Ved' zato on s"el ikh, njanjushka?

Ili vot chto: Rasskazhi mne luchshe pro carja s caricej,
Chto za morem zhili v teremu bogatom.
Jeshchjo car' vsjo na nogu khromal,
Kak spotknjotsja, tak grib vyrastet,
U caricy to vsjo nasmork byl,
Kak chikhnjot, stekla v drebezgi!
Znajesh', njanjushka:
Ty pro buku to uzh ne rasskazyvaj! Bog s nim, s bukoj!
Rasskazhi mne, njanja, ty, smeshnuju-to!

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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):

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.
Line count: 19
Word count: 117