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Казачья Колыбельная Песня
Cossack Lullaby
Lullaby
(Russian)

Спи, младенец мой прекрасный,
       Баюшки-баю.
Тихо смотрит месяц ясный
       В колыбель твою.
Стану сказывать я сказки,
       Песенку спою;
Ты ж дремли, закрывши глазки,
       Баюшки-баю.

Сам узнаешь, будет время,
       Бранное житье;
Смело вденешь ногу в стремя
       И возьмешь ружье.
Я седельце боевое
       Шелком разошью...
Спи, дитя мое родное,
       Баюшки-баю.

Богатырь ты будешь с виду
       И казак душой.
Провожать тебя я выйду —
       Ты махнешь рукой...
Сколько горьких слез украдкой
       Я в ту ночь пролью!..
Спи, мой ангел, тихо, сладко,
       Баюшки-баю.

Стану я тоской томиться,
       Безутешно ждать;
Стану целый день молиться,
       По ночам гадать;
Стану думать, что скучаешь
       Ты в чужом краю...
Спи ж, пока забот не знаешь,
       Баюшки-баю.

Дам тебе я на дорогу
       Образок святой:
Ты его, моляся богу,
       Ставь перед собой;
Да, готовясь в бой опасный,
       Помни мать свою...
Спи, младенец мой прекрасный,
       Баюшки-баю

Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов
(1814-1841)
Lullaby
(English)

Sleep, good boy, my beautiful,
Bayushki bayu*,
Quietly the moon is looking
Into your cradle.
I will tell you fairy tales
And sing you little songs,
But you must slumber, with your little eyes closed,
Bayushki bayu.

The time will come, then you will learn
The pugnacious life,
Boldly you'll stem your foot into the stirrup
And take the gun.
The saddle-cloth for your battle horse
I will sew you from silk.
Sleep now, my dear little child,
Bayushki bayu.

You will look like a hero
And be a Cossack deep in your heart.
I will hurry to accompany you,
You will just wave your hand
How many secret bitter tears
Will I shed that night!
Sleep, my angel, calmly, sweetly,
Bayushki bayu.

I will die from longing,
I will wait inconsolably,
I will pray the whole day long,
And at night I'll tell fortunes
I will think that you are in trouble
Far away in a foreign land.
Sleep now, as long as you don't know sorrows,
Bayushki bayu.

I will give you on your way
A small holy icon,
And when you pray to God, you'll
Put it right in front of you
When preparing yourself for the dangerous fight
Please remember your mother.
Sleep, good boy, my beautiful,
Bayushki bayu.

Mikhaïl Iourievitch Lermontov
(1814-1841)

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*Bayushki bayu is the Russian expression to lull a baby to sleep.

Transliteration

Spi mladyenets, moi prekrasný,
bayushki bayu,
tikho smotrit myesyats yasný
f kolýbyel tvayu.
Stanu skazývat' ya skazki,
pyesenki spayu,
tý-zh dremli, zakrývshi glazki,
bayushki bayu.

Sim uznayesh, budit vremya,
branoye zhityo,
smyelo vdyenish nogu f stremya
i vazmyosh ruzhyo.
Ya sedeltse boyevoye
sholkom razoshyu.
Spi, ditya mayo radnoye,
bayushki bayu.

Bogatýr tý budish s vidu
i kazak dushoi.
Pravazhat' tibya ya výdu,
tý makhnyosh rukoi.
Skolko gorkikh slyoz ukradkoi
ya f tu notsh pralyu!
Spi, moi angel, tikho, sladko,
bayushki bayu.

Stanu ya toskoi tomit'sya,
byesutyeshno zhdat',
stanu tselý dyen' molit'sya,
po notsham gadat'.
Stanu dumat', shto skutshayesh
tý f tshuzhom krayu.
Spi-zh, paka zabot nye znayesh,
bayushki bayu.

Dam tibye ya na darogu
obrazok svyatoi,
tý yevo, molyasya bogu,
stav pyered saboi.
Da, gotovyas v boi apasný,
pomni mat' svayu.
Spi, mladyenets, moi prekrasný,
bayushki bayu
Many thanks to Kai Kracht for allowing to use the transliteration and the English translation from his site of Russian Folk Songs!

Thanks also to Natacha DENECHAUD-GUNKO for help with the score!

The illustrations are from Nursery Rhymes of Belgium, France and Russia (1917) by L. Edna Walter, illustrated by M. Alfred Bastien.
Many thanks also to Lalitree for allowing us to post her lovely recording of this lullaby.
Bolshoe spasibo!

Большое спасибо!
 
 
 
 


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