by Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715 - 1769)
Translation by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893)

Ty priletel iz goroda
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
«Ty priletel iz goroda, - 
kakie, skaži, tam sluchi nosjatsja o nas?»
(Skvorca kukuška sprašivala raz).
«Čto žiteli tolkujut gorodskie chot'
naprimer, o pesnjach solov'ja?
Interesujus' ėtim očen' ja.»
«Ves' gorod on privodit v voschiščen'e,
kogda v sadu ego razdastsja trel'.»
«A žavronok?»
«I žavoronka pen'e plenjaet očen' mnogich.»
«Neužel'? Nu, a kakov ich otzyv o drozde?»
«Da chvaljat i ego, chot' ne vezde.»
«Eščë choču sprosit' ja, - možet stat'sja,
i obo mne ty slyšal koe-čto?»
«Vot pro tebja, sestrica, tak priznat'sja,
ne govorit rešitel'no nikto!»
«A! esli tak, - kukuška vozopila, -
to o sebe, čto ljudjam otometit', 
sama ves' vek, pokuda chvatit sily,
ne perestanu ja tverdit':
kuku, kuku, kuku, kuku, kuku...!»

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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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  • ENG English (Andrew Huth) , "The cuckoo", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-03
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Word count: 111