This song came in our beloved Children’s World Music in Chinese collection. So, I include it here. It is originally Russian, as claimed by the slavic branch of my family. But the lyrics and melody are soooo beautiful and moving, so I include it here!
| Тонкая рябинаЧто стоишь, качаясь, Тонкая рябина, Головой склоняясь До самого тына? А через дорогу,За рекой широкойТак же одиноко Дуб стоит высокий. Как бы мне, рябине, К дубу перебраться, Я б тогда не стала Гнуться и ломаться. Тонкими ветвями Я б к нему прижалась И с его листами День и ночь шепталась. Но нельзя рябине К дубу перебраться, Знать судьба такая, – Век одной качаться. |
山犁树 山犁树
細又长 你何何直摇盪 又為何彎下樹枝 低垂在小河畔的竹籬上 |
Rowan Berry Tree Why are you swaying,
Slender Rowan Berry Tree, Bending your head To the edge of the fence? And across the road Past the wide river Just as lonely Stands a tall oak tree. How could I, the rowan berry tree, Reach the oak, I would then no longer Bend and break. With my thin branches I will embrace him And to his leafs I will whisper night and day. But the rowan berry tree Cannot reach the oak, It knows, it is destined To sway alone for a century |
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This version of Rowan Berry Tree is in Russian with Chinese lyrics next to it…Oh! the melody
Boy, I do love those melodramatic Russian songs! I shatters me!
Even though I’d like to say ah, “I am not that much into Neo-classical Romanticism, bah! mannerism, sentimental “art”…”. However, this song / video moves me to tears! What can you say, I am a sentimental sop! Thanks Maria Romanov for the video!
Now, together! “Chto stoish kachayas, tonkaya ryabina…” Ops! I mean, in Chinese, “山犁树 細又长, 你何何直摇盪…”
According to Dmitri Shostakovich, Zykina (Людми́ла Зы́кина) was “more than a brilliant interpreter, she was a coauthor, co-creator of composers”. (Wikipedia).
And of course, balalaika version!
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Отлично написано! Буду много думать…
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