Babushka i vnuchek (Pleshcheyev, set by P. Tchaikovsky) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 Pod oknom chulok starushka
 vjazhjet v komnatje ujutnoj,
 i v ochkj svoi bol'shije
 smotrit v ugol pominutno.
 A v uglu kudrjavyj mal'chik
 molcha k stjenkje prislonilsja.
 Na lice jego zabota,
 vzgljad na chto-to ustrjemilsja.
 Chto sidish' vsjo doma, vnuchjek?
 shjel by v sad, kopal by grjadki
 ili kliknul by sjestrjenku,
 poigral by s njej v loshadki.
 Podoshjel k stapushkje vnuchjek
 i golovkoju kurchavoj k njej pripal.
 On molchit, glaza bol'shije
 na nejo gljadjat lukavo...
 Znat', gostincu zakhotjelos'?
 Govorit jemu starushka,	
 vinnykh jagod, vinogradu,
 il' tebje nuzhna igrushka?
 Njet, gostincev mnje nje nado!
 u menja igrushek mnogo.
 Sumku ty kupi
 da v shkolu pokazhi-ka mnje dorogu.

Note: The English and Russian syllables in this song match up note for note. Words made of a single letter - for example "v" - have no note value and are appended to either the syllable before or after them.

Input by Mary Freeman

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Authorship

Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825-1893)

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

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

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