Songs

Krïsolov, 'The rat-catcher'

by Sergei Rachmaninov From Six Songs (1916) Op. 38 1830-1834

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Krïsolov, 'The rat-catcher'
Russian source: Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov

Ya na dudochke igrayu,
Tra-lya-lya-lya-lya-lya-lya,
I na dudochke igrayu,
Ch’i-to dushi veselya.

Ya idu vdol’ tikhoy rechki,
Tra-lya-lya-lya-lya-lya-lya,
Dremlyut tikhiya ovechki,
Krotko zïblyutsya polya.

Spite, ovtsï i barashki,
Tra-lya-lya-lya-lya-lya-lya,
Za lugami krasnoy kashki
Stroyno vstali topolya.

Malïy domik tam taitsya,
Tra-lya-lya-lya-lya-lya-lya,
Miloy devushke prisnitsya,
Chto yey dushu otdal ya.

I na nezhnïy zov svireli,
Tra-lya-lya-lya-lya-lya-lya,
Vïydet slovno k svetloy tseli,
Cherez sad, cherez polya.

I v lesu pod dubom tyomnïm,
Tra-lya-lya-lya-lya-lya-lya,
Budet zhdat’ v bredu istomnom,
V chas, kogda usnyot zemlya.

Vstrechu gost’yu doroguyu,
Tra-lya-lya-lya-lya-lya-lya,
Vplot’ do utra zatseluyu,
Serdtse laskoy utolya.

I, smenivshis’ s ney kolechkom,
Tra-lya-lya-lya-lya-lya-lya,
Otpushchu yeyo k ovechkam,
V sad, gde stroynï topolya.

Tra-lya-lya-lya!

Composer

Sergei Rachmaninov

Sergei Rachmaninov was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor of the late Romantic period.

Poet

Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov

Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov was a Russian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian.

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