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"Swan, Pike, and Crawfish"

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Лебедь, щука и рак/Swan, Pike and Crawfish

LISTEN: Swan, Pike and Crawfish, read by Leontiev.
Лебедь, щука и рак. В исполнении А. Леонтьева.
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           Когда в товарищах согласья нет,
                  На лад их дело не пойдет,
          И выйдет из него не дело, только мука

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Однажды  Лебедь, Рак  да Щука
Везти с  поклажей  воз взялись,
И  вместе трое все в него впряглись;
Из  кожи лезут вон, а возу все нет ходу!
Поклажа  бы для них казалась и легка:
           Да Лебедь рвется в облака,
Рак пятится назад, а Щука  тянет в воду.
Кто  виноват из  них, кто прав,- судить
                                                   не нам;
Да только воз и ныне там.
 

                      When partners can't agree
                    Their dealings come to naught
               And trouble is their labor's only fruit.

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Once Crawfish, Swan and Pike
Set out to pull a loaded cart,
And all together settled in the traces;
They pulled with all their might, but still the cart refused to budge!
The load it seemed was not too much for them:
           Yet Crawfish scrambled backwards,
Swan strained up skywards, Pike pulled toward the sea.
Who's guilty here and who is right is
                                                   not for us to say-
But anyway the cart's still there today.


Source: max.mmlc.northwestern.edu/mdenner/Demo/texts/swan_pike_crawfish.htm

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paserbyp: (Default)
Feb. 19th, 2024 12:27 am (UTC)
однажды лебедь раком щуку...