Translation Singable translation © by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020)

Black and white
Language: English  after the English 
Our translations:  RUS
The crow
wish'd every thing
was black,
the owl,
that every thing
was white.

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  • RUS Russian (Русский) [singable] (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov) , "Чёрное и белое", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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Line count: 6
Word count: 14

Чёрное и белое
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the English 
Ворона хочет, 
чтоб всё 
было чёрным,
сова -
чтоб всё
было белым.

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Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov

This text was added to the website: 2008-02-13
Line count: 6
Word count: 11