Car Gorokh (Samilenko, set by K. Stetsenko) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Kolis' buv slavnij car Gorokh,
V [i]stor[i]{i} neznanij.
Bez slavi dobre spav za tr'okh,
Nemov prostij p[i]ddanij.
Zam[i]st' koroni t[i]l'ki j mav
Tu shapochku shcho nad[i]vav, jak spav.
Akh-akh-akh-akh-okh-okh-okh-okh!
Jakij buv dobrij car Gorokh! 
Okh okh!

V khatinc[i] zhiv v[i]n, dobre {i}v
Raz[i]v [i]z p'jat' na dninu,
Shchodnja derzhavu ob'{i}zdiv,
Dlja togo j mav shkapinu.
Ne mav ozbro[e]nikh vojak,
Ale derzhav v[i]n dvokh sobak, on jak.
Akh-akh...

Okhotu mav v[i]n do pittja,
[I] piv zovs[i]m ne vodu,
Zate zh use svo[e] zhittja
Za blago piv narodu.
Z vina v[i]n brav sob[i] dokh[i]d
V[i]d bochki glek, ta j piv, jak sl[i]d, v ob[i]d.
Akh-akh...

N[i]khto ne vm[i]v bi tak, jak v[i]n,
Podobatis' d[i]vchatam.
Mabut', jogo ne bez prichin
P[i]ddan[i] zvali tatom.
Na r[i]k raz[i]v chotiri-p'jat'
Za gorodom uchiv v[i]n rat', str[i]ljat'.
Akh-akh...

V[i]n ne bazhav novikh kra{i}n
[I] buv sus[i]da tikhij,
Z zakon[i]v t[i]l'ki j mav odin,
Shcho kozhnij zhiv dlja vt[i]khi.
Narod pri jomu sl[i]z ne znav
[I] vpershe, jak jogo khovav, ridav.
Akh-akh...

Portret jogo, jak zna[e]m mi,
Shche prikhovavs' do nin[i],
Teper v[i]n viv[i]ska korchmi
Najkrashcho{i} v kra{i}n[i].
Narod tudi vchashcha[e] pit',
[I] t[i]l'ki toj portret uzdrit', krichit':
Akh...

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Authorship

Volodimir Ivanovich Samilenko (1864-1925)

Based on

text

Pierre Jean de Béranger (1780-1857)

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

Kyrylo Hryhorovych Stetsenko (1882-1922)

Date added to the website: 2009-06-16.

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