Skazka o starushke (Marschak, set by D. Kabalevsky) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 Starushka poshla prodavat' moloko.
 Derevnja ot rynka byla daleko.
 Ustala starushka, i, konchiv dela,
 U samoj dorogi vzdremnut prilegla.
 K starushke vesjolyj shchenok podoshjol.
 Za jubku skhvatil i porval jej podol,
 Pogoda byla v `eto vremja svezha.
 Starushka prosnulas', ot stuzhi drozha.
 Prosnulas' starushka i stala iskat'
 Domashnije tufli, svechu i kravat.
 No, porvannoj jubki oshchupav kraja, skazala:
 ,,Akh, batjushki, `eto ne ja!
 Pojdu-ko domoj. Jesli ja - `eto ja,
 Menja ne ukusit sobaka moja.
 Ona menja vstretit, vizha, u varot.
 I, jesli ne ja - na kuski razarvjot!``
 V okno postuchala starushka chut' svet,
 Zalajala gromko sobaka v otvet.
 Starushka prisela, sama ne svoja,
 I tikho skazala, ,,Nu, znachit, ne ja.``

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Authorship

Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak (1887-1964)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky (1904-1987)

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