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Я всей душой к жене привязан; Я в люди вышел... да чего! Я дружбой графа ей обязан. Легко ли! Графа самого! Делами царства управляя, Он к нам заходит, как к родным. Какое счастье! Честь какая! Ведь я червяк в сравненье с ним! В сравненье с ним, лицом таким, Его сиятельством самим! Жена случайно захворает Ведь он, голубчик, сам не свой, Со мною в преферанс играет, А ночью ходит за больной! Приехал раз, в звездах сияя, Поздравить с ангелом моим... Какое счастье! Честь какая! Ведь я червяк в сравненье с ним! В сравненье с ним, лицом таким, Его сиятельством самим! А как он мил, когда он в духе! Ведь я за рюмкою вина хватил однажды: Ходят слухи, что будто, граф... моя жена... Граф, говорю, приобретая, Трудясь, я должен быть слепым! Да ослепит и честь такая! Ведь я червяк в сравненье с ним! В сравненье с ним, лицом таким, Его сиятельством самим!
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Note: text was renamed "Znatnyj prijatel'" in 1866 by the author.Show a transliteration: Default | DIN | GOST
Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Vasily Stepanovich Kurochkin (1831 - 1875), "Добрый знакомый", written 1856 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Pierre Jean de Béranger (1780 - 1857), "Le sénateur", written 1813
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813 - 1869), "Червяк", subtitle: "Комическая песня" [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Victor Han) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-05
Line count: 29
Word count: 150
With my entire soul I am attached to my wife; And people talk... so what! By friendship to the count by her I am tied. It is not easy the Count himself! Busy with governing of the Realm He comes to us like to relatives. What happiness! What Honor! Indeed I am a worm compared to Him! Compared to Him, such a figure, His honour himself! His wife sometimes happens to be ill. Indeed he, the dear fellow, is not himself, He plays with me at "preference", but at night he goes to the patient! Once he arrived, as the stars were shining, To greet my angel ... What happiness! What Honor ! Indeed I am a worm compared to him! Compared to him, such a figure, His Honour himself! But how he is kind, when in the spirit! Indeed after a glass of wine it was enough once: Words go around, that maybe, the count... my wife... The count, I say, so fittingly, I must work, I must be blind! Yes will be blind and honor him! Indeed I am a worm compared to him! Compared to him, such a figure, His Honour himself!
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Translation of title "Червяк" = "The worm"Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Vasily Stepanovich Kurochkin (1831 - 1875), "Добрый знакомый", written 1856
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Pierre Jean de Béranger (1780 - 1857), "Le sénateur", written 1813
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-05
Line count: 29
Word count: 194