Songs
Dzhenni, 'Jenny'
by Dmitri Shostakovich From Six Romances on Verses by English Poets (1942) Op. 62
Text & Translation
Dzhenni, 'Jenny'
Russian source:
Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak
Polem, vdol' mezhi,
Dzhenni vymokla do nitki
Vecherom vo rzhi.
Ochen' kholodno devchonke,
B'jot devchonku drozh':
Zamochila vse jubchonki,
Idja cherez rozh'.
Jesli kto-to zval kogo-to
Skvoz' gustuju rozh'
I kogo-to obnjal kto-to,
Chto s nego voz'mjosh?
I kakaja nam zabota,
Jesli u mezhi
Celovalsja s kem-to kto-to
Vecherom vo rzhi!
Jenny
English translation ©
Robert Burns
Coming through the rye,
She draiglet a’ her petticoatie,
Coming through the rye.
Jenny’s a’ wat, poor body;
Jenny’s seldom dry;
She draiglet a’ her petticoatie,
Coming through the rye.
Gin a body meet a body
Coming through the rye;
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need a body cry?
Gin a body meet a body
Coming through the glen;
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need the world ken?
Dzhenni, 'Jenny'
Russian source:
Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak
Jenny
English source:
Robert Burns
Probirajas' do kalitki
Coming through the rye, poor body,
Polem, vdol' mezhi,
Coming through the rye,
Dzhenni vymokla do nitki
She draiglet a’ her petticoatie,
Vecherom vo rzhi.
Coming through the rye.
Ochen' kholodno devchonke,
Jenny’s a’ wat, poor body;
B'jot devchonku drozh':
Jenny’s seldom dry;
Zamochila vse jubchonki,
She draiglet a’ her petticoatie,
Idja cherez rozh'.
Coming through the rye.
Jesli kto-to zval kogo-to
Gin a body meet a body
Skvoz' gustuju rozh'
Coming through the rye;
I kogo-to obnjal kto-to,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Chto s nego voz'mjosh?
Need a body cry?
I kakaja nam zabota,
Gin a body meet a body
Jesli u mezhi
Coming through the glen;
Celovalsja s kem-to kto-to
Gin a body kiss a body,
Vecherom vo rzhi!
Need the world ken?
Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich was a Russian composer and pianist. He achieved fame in the Soviet Union, although later developed a more complex and difficult relationship with the government. As a composer, he combined a variety of different musical…
