The Bumblebee | The sun peeked into the crack

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by Tatyana Aleksandrovna Spendiarova (1901 - 1990)

Translation © by Jacob Wilde

Пчёлка

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Заглянуло солнце в щёлку,
Разбудило солнце пчёлку.
Пчёлка вылетела в сад
На цветочный аромат.

А в саду кусты одеты
В платье розового цвета.
Пчелка села на цветок,
Навострила хоботок.

Лезет пчёлка в серединку,
Пудрит бархатную спинку
И мохнатое лицо
Золотистою пыльцой.

И назад к себе лесочком
Золотым летит комочком,
В хоботке уносит мёд.
Жум, жум, жум, она поёт.

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Text Authorship:

by Tatyana Aleksandrovna Spendiarova (1901 - 1990) [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 Zara Aleksandrovna Levina (1906 - 1976), "Пчёлка" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Jacob Wilde) , "The Bumblebee", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2023-09-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 58

The Bumblebee

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

The sun peeked into the crack.
The sun awakened the bumblebee.
The bumblebee took off to the garden
Towards the floral fragrance.

And the bushes in the garden were dressed
In a pink colored dress.
The bumblebee sat down upon the flower,
And perked up its proboscis.

The bumblebee crawls toward the middle,
Powders its little velvet back
And its furry face
With golden pollen.

And back toward its forested home
It flies like a little golden lump
Carrying away honey in its proboscis.
Buzz, buzz, buzz, it sings.

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Tatyana Aleksandrovna Spendiarova (1901 - 1990)
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This text was added to the website: 2024-11-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 89