by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893)
Translation by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Babushka i vnuchek
Language: Russian (Русский) after the Russian (Русский)
Pod oknom chulok starushka Vyazhet v komnate uyutnoj, I v ochkj svoi bol`shie Smotrit v ugol pominutno. A v uglu kudryavy'j mal`chik Molcha k stenke prislonilsya. Na lice ego zabota, Vzglyad na chto-to ustremilsya. Chto sidish` vsyo doma, vnuchek? Shyol by' v sad, kopal by' gryadki Ili kliknul by' sestrenku, Poigral by' s nej v loshadki. Podoshyol k stapushke vnuchek I golovkoyu kurchavoj k nej pripal. On molchit, glaza bol`shie Na neyo glyadyat lukavo... Znat`, gostinczu zaxotelos`? Govorit emu starushka, Vinny'x yagod, vinogradu, Il` tebe nuzhna igrushka? Net, gostincev mne ne nado! U menya igrushek mnogo. Sumku ty' kupi da v shkolu Pokazhi-ka mne dorogu.
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Text Authorship:
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893), "Бабушка и внучек", first published 1878
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Бабушка и внучек", op. 54 (Шестнадцать песен для детей = Shestnadcat' pesen dlja detej (Sixteen songs for children)) no. 1, 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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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Ronald Combs) , "Grandmother and Grandson", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La grand-mère et le petit-fils", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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