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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Strugovshchikov (1809 - 1878)

Pesnja Mefistofelja v pogrebke Au`erbakha
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Zhil byl korol' kogda-to,
Pri njom blokha zhila,
Blokha... blokha!
Milej rodnogo brata ona jemu byla;
Blokha... kha, kha, kha! blokha?
Kha, kha, kha, kha, kha!... Blokha!
Zovjot korol' portnogo: ,,Poslushaj ty, churban!
Dlja druga dorogogo
Sshej barkhatnyj kaftan!``
Blokhe kaftan? Kha, kha! Blokhe?
Kha, kha, kha, kha, kha!
Kaftan? Kha, kha, kha!
Blokhe kaftan?
Vot v zoloto i barkhat
Blokha narjazhena,
I polnaja svoboda jej pri dvore dana. Kha, kha!
Kha, kha! Blokhe!
Korol' jej san ministra
I s nim zvezdu dajot,
Za neju i drugije poshli vse blokhi v khod.
Kha, kha!
I samoj koroleve,
I frejlinam jeja,
Ot blokh ne stalo mochi,
Ne stalo i zhit'ja. Kha, kha!
I tronut'-to bojatsja,
Ne to chtoby ikh bit'.
A my, kto stal kusat'sja,
Totchas davaj dushit'!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Strugovshchikov (1809 - 1878) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie erster Teil (Part I)
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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 Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Песня Мефистофеля в погребке Ауэрбаха", 1879 [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855) , appears in Le Faust de Goethe DUT ENG ITA RUS ; composed by Hector Berlioz.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-13
Line count: 29
Word count: 127

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