Bonheur (Dligach, set by (Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Lev Dligach

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Счастье

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

Available translation(s): FRE

Я мужа смело под руку взяла,
Пусть я стара, и стар мой кавалер.
Его с собой в театр повела,
И взяли два билета мы в партер.

До поздней ночи с мужем сидя там,
Всё предавались радостным мечтам, -
Какими благами окружена
Еврейского сапожника жена.

И всей стране хочу поведать я,
Про радостный и светлый жребий мой:
Врачами, наши стали сыновья -
Звезда горит над нашей головой!

Note: input from a monograph by Prof. Joachim Braun.

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by Lev Dligach [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on

a text in Yiddish (יידיש) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Ikh hob mayn man genumen unter hant", Jewish folk poetry.

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), "Счастье", op. 79 no. 11 (1948), first performed 1955 [alto, soprano, tenor and piano], from Из Еврейской Народной Поэзии = Iz Jevrejskoj Narodnoj Po`ezii (From Jewish Folk Poetry), no. 11, note: orchestrated as op. 79a [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Bonheur", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: John Burke

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 66

Bonheur

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

J'ai pris audacieusement le bras de mon mari,
bien que je sois vieille, et que mon cavalier soit vieux.
Je l'ai emmené au théâtre avec moi,
et nous avons pris deux billets pour le parterre.

Tard dans la nuit j'y suis restée avec mon homme,
toute transportée de joyeux rêves,-
Quelles bénédictions entourent
la femme d'un cordonnier juif.

Et je veux dire à tout le pays
que la joie et la lumière sont maintenant mon lot :
Docteurs, docteurs, nos fils sont devenus,-
une étoile brille au-dessus de nos têtes.

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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 Lev Dligach

Based on

a text in Yiddish (יידיש) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Ikh hob mayn man genumen unter hant", Jewish folk poetry.

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 90