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Чайковский, Пиковая дама."Если б милые девицы..."/Chaikovsky, The Queen of Spades. "If sweet girls..

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFcPosSnfuI

Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 2010 Пётр Ильич Чайковский. Опера "Пиковая дама". Песенка Томского "Если б милые девицы..."

Tomsky's song, "If the sweet girls..."

(yes, this takes place in a casino, and they've all had a few, as you can tell by the state of their dress)

([livejournal.com profile] lindahoyland and I were discussing this opera, and we both thought other people here might enjoy this comic piece from it)
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Т о м с к и й
Если б милые девицы
Так могли летать, как птицы,
И садились на сучках,
Я желал бы быть сучочком,
Чтобы тысячам девочкам
На моих сидеть ветвях,
На моих сидеть ветвях!

Tomsky

If the sweet girls
Could fly around like the birds do
And sit on tree branches,
I would wish to be a tree branch,
So that thousands of girls
Could sit on my branches,
Could sit on my branches!

Х о р г о с т е й и и г р а ю щ и х
Браво! Браво! Ах, спой ещё куплет!

The chorus of guests and gamblers

Bravo! Bravo! Ah, do sing another verse!

Т о м с к и й
Пусть сидели бы и пели,
Вили гнезда и свистели,
Выводили бы птенцов!
Никогда б я не сгибался,
Вечно б ими любовался,
Был счастливей всех сучков,
Был счастливей всех сучков!

Tomsky

I would let them sit there and sing,
Build their nests and whistle,
Bring up their fledglings!
I would never bend,
I would forever gaze at them admiringly,
And I'd be happier than any other branch,
Happier than any other branch!

Х о р г о с т е й и и г р а ю щ и х
Браво! Браво! Вот так песня! Это славно! Браво! Молодец!
"Никогда б я не сгибался,
Вечно б ими любовался,
Был счастливей всех сучков,
Был счастливей всех сучков!"

The chorus of guests and gamblers

Bravo! Bravo! What a song! That's wonderful! Bravo! Well done!
"I would never bend,
I would forever gaze at them admiringly,
And I'd be happier than any other branch,
Happier than any other branch!"

Comments

Aug. 2nd, 2019 11:04 pm (UTC)
It is good to see you here on Livejournal again - I hope all is well with you.
med_cat: (cat and books)
Aug. 5th, 2019 02:23 am (UTC)
Thank you! It's good to be back :)

Yes, all is well, thank you for asking; and I hope the same is true for you and yours?
Aug. 8th, 2019 02:33 am (UTC)
It has been; thank you - a lot of family events. Summer flies fast, this far North.
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Aug. 9th, 2019 04:48 am (UTC)
:)