Bal v polzu guvernantok (Dostoyevsky, set by D. Shostakovich) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Zdravstvuj, zdravstvuj, guvernantka!
Veselis' i torzhestvuj,
Retrogradka il' zhorzh-zandka,
Vsjo ravno teper' likuj!

[...]¹

Uchish' ty detej soplivykh
Po-francuzski bukvarju
I podmigivat' gotova,
Chtoby vzjal, khot' ponmarju!
 
[...]¹

No v nash vek reform velikikh
Ne voz'met i ponomar';
Nado, baryshnja, ,,tolikikh``,
Ili snova za bukvar'.

[...]¹
 
No teper', kogda, piruja,
My sobrali kapital,
I pridanoje, tancuja,
Shljom tebe iz `etikh zal, --
 
Retrogadka il' zhorzh-zandka,
Vsjo ravno teper' likuj!
Ty s pridanym, guvernantka,
Pljuj na vsjo i torzhestvuj!
[Pluy! Likuy! I torzhestvuy!]²

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Authorship

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881)

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Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906-1975)

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