The goat | The young girl went for a stroll, on the little meadow to enjoy

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by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881)

Translation © by Victor Han

Козёл

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Шла девица прогуляться, на лужёк покрасоваться,
Вдруг навстречу ей козёл!
Старый, грязный, бородатый,
Страшный, злой и весь мохнатый, сущий чорт!

И девица испугалась,
От козла бегом помчалась прямо в куст,
И притаилась,
Еле дышет, чуть жива.

Шла девица под венец,
Знать пришла пора ей замуж, ну и вышла!

Муж и старый и горбатый,
Лысый, злой и бородатый, сущий чорт.

Что-ж, девица испугалась?
Гм! Как же!
Она к мужу приласкалась,
Уверяла, что верна, гм! что в мужа влюблена,
Что примерная жена.

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Text Authorship:

by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Козёл", subtitle: "Светская сказочка", 1867. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Victor Han) , title 1: "The goat", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Le bouc", copyright © 2015, (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: 17
Word count: 80

The goat

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

The young girl went for a stroll, on the little meadow to enjoy,
Suddenly facing her a he-goat!
Old, muddy, bearded,
Frightful, vicious and all hairy, downright a devil!

And the young girl was frightened.
Running away from the goat she rushed straight in the bushes,
And she hid,
Scarcely breathing, barely alive.

The little girl went under the altar,
Knowing it's time to be married, so she went!

The husband, he's old and hunchbacked,
Bald and vicious and bearded, downright a devil!

What, the young girl was she frightened?
Hm! But why!
She went and cuddled to the husband,
Assuring, that she's faithful, Hm! That she's all love to the husband,
That she's an exemplary wife!

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Word count: 117