Стрекоза и Муравей (Krylov, set by (Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein, Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

Translation by Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (1769 - 1844)

Strekoza i Muravej

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

Available translation(s): ENG FRE

Poprygun'ja Strekoza
Leto krasnoje propela;
Ogljanut'sja ne uspela,
Kak zima katit v glaza.
Pomertvelo chisto pole;
Net uzh dnej tekh svetlykh bole,
Kak pod kazhdym jej listkom
Byl gotov i stol, i dom.
Vsjo proshlo: s zimoj kholodnoj
Nuzhda, golod nastajot;
Strekoza uzh ne pojot:
I komu zhe v um pojdjot
Na zheludok pet' golodnyj!
Zloj toskoj udruchena,
K Murav'ju polzjot ona:
'Ne ostav' menja, kum miloj!
Daj ty mne sobrat'sja s siloj
I do veshnikh tol'ko dnej
Prokormi i obogrej!' - 
'Kumushka, mne stranno `eto:
Da rabotala l' ty v leto?'
Govorit jej Muravej.
'Do togo l', golubchik, bylo?
V mjagkikh muravakh u nas
Pesni, rezvost' vsjakij chas,
Tak, chto golovu vskruzhilo'.- 
'A, tak ty...' - 'Ja bez dushi
Leto celoje vsjo pela'.- 
'Ty vsjo pela? `eto delo:
Tak podi zhe, popljashi!'

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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

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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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 133