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, - 
kakije, skazhi, tam slukhi nosjatsja o nas?»
(Skvorca kukushka sprashivala raz).
«Chto zhiteli tolkujut gorodskije khot'
naprimer, o pesnjakh solov'ja?
Interesujus' `etim ochen' ja.»
«Ves' gorod on privodit v voskhishchen'e,
kogda v sadu jego razdastsja trel'.»
«A zhavronok?»
«I zhavoronka pen'e plenjajet ochen' mnogikh.»
«Neuzhel'? Nu, a kakov ikh otzyv o drozde?»
«Da khvaljat i jego, khot' ne vezde.»
«Jeshchjo khochu sprosit' ja, - mozhet stat'sja,
i obo mne ty slyshal koje-chto?»
«Vot pro tebja, sestrica, tak priznat'sja,
ne govorit reshitel'no nikto!»
«A! jesli tak, - kukushka vozopila, -
to o sebe, chto ljudjam otometit', 
sama ves' vek, pokuda khvatit 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
Line count: 21
Word count: 111