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by Tatyana Aleksandrovna Spendiarova (1901 - 1990)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Плач об умершем младенце

Language: Russian (Русский) after the Yiddish (יידיש)

Our translations: FRE

Солнце и дождик,
Сиянье и мгла.
Туман опустился,
Померкла луна.

Кого родила она?
Мальчика, мальчика.
А как назвали?
Мойшелэ, Мойшелэ.
А в чём качали Мойшелэ?
В люльке.
А чем кормили?
Хлебом да луком.
А где схоронили?
В могиле.
Ой, мальчик в могиле, в могиле!
Мойшелэ, в могиле, ой!

Note: input from a monograph by Prof. Joachim Braun

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Text Authorship:

by Tatyana Aleksandrovna Spendiarova (1901 - 1990) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Yiddish (יידיש) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Zun mit a regn", Jewish folk poetry.
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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 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Плач об умершем младенце", op. 79 no. 1 (1948), first performed 1955 [ duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from Из Еврейской Народной Поэзии = Iz Jevrejskoj Narodnoj Po`ezii (From Jewish Folk Poetry), no. 1, note: orchestrated as op. 79a [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Lamentation pour un enfant mort", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: John Burke

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 48

Lamentation pour un enfant mort

Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)

Soleil et pluie,
Lumière et brume,
Le brouillard est descendu,
La lune s'est assombrie.

A qui a-t-elle donné naissance ?
Un garçon, un garçon,
Et comment l'appela-t-on ?
Moyshele, Moyshele.

Et dans quoi Moyshele fut-il bercé ?
Dans un berceau.
Et avec quoi l'a-t-on nourri ?
Avec du pain et des oignons.

Et où l'a-t-on enterré ?
Dans une tombe.
Oy, le garçon dans une tombe, dans une tombe !
Moyshele dans une tombe, oy !

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Translation from Russian (Русский) to French (Français) copyright © 2008 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Russian (Русский) by Tatyana Aleksandrovna Spendiarova (1901 - 1990)
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Based on:

a text in Yiddish (יידיש) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Zun mit a regn", Jewish folk poetry.
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 69