Songs
Osyol i solovei 'The Ass and the Nightingale'
by Dmitri Shostakovich From Two Fables of Krylov Op. 4
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Osyol i solovei 'The Ass and the Nightingale'
Russian source:
Ivan Andreyevich Krylov
Osjol uvidel Solov'ja
I govorit jemu: - Poslushaj-ka, druzhishche!
Ty, skazyvajut, pet' velikij masterishche:
Khotel by ochen' ja
Sam posudit', tvojo uslyshav pen'e,
Veliko l' podlinno tvojo umen'e? -
Tut Solovej javljat' iskusstvo stal:
Na tysjachu ladov tjanul, perelivalsja;
To nezhno on oslabeval
I tomnoj vdaleke svirel'ju otdavalsja,
To melkoj drob'ju v drug po roshche rassypalsja.
Vnimalo vsjo togda
Ljubimcu i pevcu Avrory;
Zatikhli veterki, zamolkli ptichek khory,
I prilegli stada.
Chut'-chut' dysha, pastukh im ljubovalsja
I tol'ko inogda,
Vnimaja Solov'ju, pastushke ulybalsja.
Skonchal pevec. Osjol, ustavjas' v zemlju lbom.
- Izrjadno, - govorit, - skazat' nelozhno,
Tebja bez skuki slushat' mozhno;
A zhal', chto neznakom
Ty s nashim petukhom;
Jeshchjo b ty bole navostrilsja,
Kogda by u nego nemnozhko pouchilsja. -
Uslysha sud takoj, moj bednyj Solovej
Vsporkhnul i - poletel za tridevjat' polej.
Izbavi bog i nas ot `etakikh sudej.
I govorit jemu: - Poslushaj-ka, druzhishche!
Ty, skazyvajut, pet' velikij masterishche:
Khotel by ochen' ja
Sam posudit', tvojo uslyshav pen'e,
Veliko l' podlinno tvojo umen'e? -
Tut Solovej javljat' iskusstvo stal:
Na tysjachu ladov tjanul, perelivalsja;
To nezhno on oslabeval
I tomnoj vdaleke svirel'ju otdavalsja,
To melkoj drob'ju v drug po roshche rassypalsja.
Vnimalo vsjo togda
Ljubimcu i pevcu Avrory;
Zatikhli veterki, zamolkli ptichek khory,
I prilegli stada.
Chut'-chut' dysha, pastukh im ljubovalsja
I tol'ko inogda,
Vnimaja Solov'ju, pastushke ulybalsja.
Skonchal pevec. Osjol, ustavjas' v zemlju lbom.
- Izrjadno, - govorit, - skazat' nelozhno,
Tebja bez skuki slushat' mozhno;
A zhal', chto neznakom
Ty s nashim petukhom;
Jeshchjo b ty bole navostrilsja,
Kogda by u nego nemnozhko pouchilsja. -
Uslysha sud takoj, moj bednyj Solovej
Vsporkhnul i - poletel za tridevjat' polej.
Izbavi bog i nas ot `etakikh sudej.
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…
