Les canards, les cygnes, les oies | Les canards, les cygnes, les oies

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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Text Authorship:

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 page: Jeroen Scholten

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

Les canards, les cygnes, les oies

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

Our translations: 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.”

Text Authorship:

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

Based on:

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

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]

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

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

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