Les canards, les cygnes, les oies (Ramuz, set by (Igor Stravinsky)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

Translation by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1878 - 1947)

Гусы и лебеди

Language: Russian (Русский)

Гусы, лебеди летили,
В чисто поле залетили,
В поле банюшку доспили.
Воробей дрова колол,
Таракан баню топил,
Мышка водушку носила,
Вошка парилася, прюшмарилася.
Бела гнида подхватила,
На рогошку повалила,
Сера блошка подскочила,
Ножку подломила
В передбанок вошку выносила.

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [author's text not yet checked 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 Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971), "Гусы и лебеди", 1917-9, rev. 1953-4, from Четыре песни (Chetyre Pesni) = Four songs, no. 3, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1878 - 1947) ; composed by Igor Stravinsky.

Researcher for this text: Jeroen Scholten

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 38

Les canards, les cygnes, les oies

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

Available translation(s): DUT

Les canards, les cygnes, les oies,
Qui sont venus de Savoie,
Dorment à la belle étoile…
On leur a fait un beau lit,
Tout le monde s’y est mis,
La punais s’aidait aussi,
Le pou, trop haut perché,
La têt’ lui a tourné.
Est tombé sur le derrière,
S’est fait mal contre un’ pierre,
A faille s’évanouir,
Et, dans un grand soupir:
“Mon Dieu! Mon Dieu! Je vais mourir.”

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by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1878 - 1947) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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a text in Russian (Русский) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

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

by Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971), "Les canards, les cygnes, les oies", 1917, from Trois histoires pour enfants, no. 2, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]

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Researcher for this text: Nicolaas (Koos) Jaspers [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2021-07-20
Line count: 13
Word count: 69