Стрекоза и Муравей | Попрыгунья Стрекоза

Translation by Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (1769 - 1844)

Strekoza i Muravej

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

Our translations: ENG FRE

Poprygun'ja Strekoza
Leto krasnoe propela;
Ogljanut'sja ne uspela,
Kak zima katit v glaza.
Pomertvelo čisto pole;
Net už dnej tech svetlych bole,
Kak pod každym ej listkom
Byl gotov i stol, i dom.
Vsë prošlo: s zimoj cholodnoj
Nužda, golod nastaët;
Strekoza už ne poët:
I komu že v um pojdët
Na želudok pet' golodnyj!
Zloj toskoj udručena,
K Murav'ju polzët ona:
'Ne ostav' menja, kum miloj!
Daj ty mne sobrat'sja s siloj
I do vešnich tol'ko dnej
Prokormi i obogrej!' - 
'Kumuška, mne stranno ėto:
Da rabotala l' ty v leto?'
Govorit ej Muravej.
'Do togo l', golubčik, bylo?
V mjagkich muravach u nas
Pesni, rezvost' vsjakij čas,
Tak, čto golovu vskružilo'.- 
'A, tak ty...' - 'Ja bez duši
Leto celoe vsë pela'.- 
'Ty vsë pela? ėto delo:
Tak podi že, popljaši!'

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Text Authorship:

by Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (1769 - 1844), "Стрекоза и Муравей", appears in Басни (Basni) [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695), "La cigale et la fourmi", written 1668, appears in Fables
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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 Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Стрекоза и муравей", op. 64 (Fünf Fabeln von Kriloff für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 5 (1849-50), published 1864 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff; first published in 1851 with no opus number, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Стрекоза и Муравей", op. 4 no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by R. Sprato ; composed by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.
Also set in Hungarian (Magyar), a translation by Dezső Kosztolányi (1885 - 1936) , "A tücsök meg a hangya", first published 1916 ; composed by Ferenc Farkas.

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 131