Songs
Kreytserova sonata 'The Kreutzer Sonata'
by Dmitri Shostakovich From Satirï, 'Satires' (1960) Op. 109
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Text
Kreytserova sonata 'The Kreutzer Sonata'
Russian source:
Sasha Chorny
Kreytserova sonata.
Kvartirant sidit na chemodane i zadumchivo
Rassmatrivayet pol: te zhe stul´ya, i krovat´ i stol,
I takaya zhe obivka na divane, i takoy zhe ‘bigus’
Na obed, no na vsyom kakoy—to novïy svet …
Ukh!
Bleshchut ikrï polnoy prachki Fyolki.
Peregnulsya sil´nïy stan vo dvor.
Kak nestroynnïy, shalovlivïy khor,
Vereshchat na mïlennïye stekla,
I zaplatï golubïkh nebes
Obeshchayut tïsyachi chudes.
Kvartirant, kvartirant …
Kvartirant sidit na chemodane.
Stekla vïmïtï, opyat´
toska i tish´.
Fyolka, Fyolka, chto zhe tï molchish´?
Bud´ khot´ reshitel´noy i yarkoy:
Podoydi, voz´mi yego za gub
I ozhgi ognyom vesyonnikh gub …
Ukh!
Kvartirant i Fyolka na divane.
O, kakoy torzhestvennïy moment!
‘Tï narod, a ya intelligent,—govorit on
Yey sredi lobzaniy.—
Nakonetsto, zdes´ seychas vdvoyom,
Ya tebya, a tï menya—poymyom …’
Kvartirant sidit na chemodane i zadumchivo
Rassmatrivayet pol: te zhe stul´ya, i krovat´ i stol,
I takaya zhe obivka na divane, i takoy zhe ‘bigus’
Na obed, no na vsyom kakoy—to novïy svet …
Ukh!
Bleshchut ikrï polnoy prachki Fyolki.
Peregnulsya sil´nïy stan vo dvor.
Kak nestroynnïy, shalovlivïy khor,
Vereshchat na mïlennïye stekla,
I zaplatï golubïkh nebes
Obeshchayut tïsyachi chudes.
Kvartirant, kvartirant …
Kvartirant sidit na chemodane.
Stekla vïmïtï, opyat´
toska i tish´.
Fyolka, Fyolka, chto zhe tï molchish´?
Bud´ khot´ reshitel´noy i yarkoy:
Podoydi, voz´mi yego za gub
I ozhgi ognyom vesyonnikh gub …
Ukh!
Kvartirant i Fyolka na divane.
O, kakoy torzhestvennïy moment!
‘Tï narod, a ya intelligent,—govorit on
Yey sredi lobzaniy.—
Nakonetsto, zdes´ seychas vdvoyom,
Ya tebya, a tï menya—poymyom …’
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…
Poet
Sasha Chorny
Alexander Mikhailovich Glikberg (better known as Sasha Chorny 13 October 1880 – 5 July 1932), was a Russian poet, satirist and children's writer.