Golden Anniversary Choral Spectacular - The Grant Park Music ...

A24 2012 Program Notes, Book 2
Friday, June 29 and Saturday, June 30, 2012
Nastasyushka molvit: “Budet teplo.” And the bride reply, “They shall warm them.”
To Khvetisu pesenka, da shto yasnomu sokolu ’Tis to thee Fetis sing we this little song,
I so beloi lebyodushkoi, svet Nastasei
Timofeevn
And to the little dove, the white one,
Slyshish li Khvetis Gospodin? To Nastasia, to our Timofeevna, too.
Slyshish li Pamfilevich? Hear us, Fetis. Hear us, Pamfilievitch.
My vam pesnyu poyom, my vam
ehest vozdayom
We are honoring you, we sing to you.
Ne lezhi y krute berege. Do not lie thus by the steep river bank,
Ne sidi, Savelyushka, Ay, sit down, Savelyouchka,
Vo besedushke. Sryazhai svadebku In a summer house, a wedding prepare
Khvetisavu!
GUESTS
now for Fetis.
okh, na izbe zelya, uvyzbe veselya. In the farmhouse see how jolly a feast is held,
Za stolom boyare, Nobles sat at table drinking honey and wine,
oni myod, vino pili, rechi govorili: And all the while made speeches,
U menya svadebka na divo suryazhena, Merrily, oh merrily, our wedding went truly.
Devyati varov pivo vareno, Nine kinds of beer the good wife had prepared,
A desyaty var zelena vina. But the tenth is finest, the best of all.
Vedut Nastasyushku na chuzhu storonu. our Nastasia goes to dwell in a distant country.
Na chuzhoi storone umeyuchi devke, Wisely shall she live there and in happiness
let her be submissive,
Umeyuchi zhit! Let her be obedient.
Vse pokornoi devke, vse pokornoi byt. She who knows how to be obedient and happy.
Pokornoi golovushke vezde Bow then courteously, both to the old
Iyubo khorosho. and the young ones.
I staromu i malomu vse nizki poklon, To the very youngest maidens you must
bow lower.
Molodym molodushkam po nizhe etogo. In the garden there, Fetis stood and looked
Po ulitse, da po shirokoi ulitse khodil, Upon the marks of his Nastasia’s feet,
Gulyal molodets. His own Nastasia.
Po zelenom sadu, po Nastinam sledam, A smart young dandy, a dandy went
walking down the street,
Glyadel, smotrel Khvetisushka na Down the long wide street
Nastyushku svoyu: Walking.
Svyazal svoyu golovu shlyapoi pukhovoyu. on his head he wore a fine furry cap for winter.
U moyei, u Nastyushki pokhodochka My Nastasia walks very quickly
chastaya, and her new little coat,
Shubochka novaya, opushka bobrovaya. It is cosily lined with the fur of martens.
FRIENDS
Nastya chernobrovaya! Black her brows and beautiful.
Nu-ka rodimy batyushka,
oNE oF THE FRIENDS
Now then, old man, come and drink
a little glass of wine,
Ryumochku vypivai! Drink a good glass of wine.
MEN, FRIENDS AND WoMEN
Nashikh molodykh odaryai! Toast the happy married couple,
Nashim molodym mnogo nado, For our married ones
odni khotyat domishkom zhit,
domishka pribav
Need many things.
Na uglu banyu postavit. They want to have a little house,
Ty zaidesh da poparishsya, A bath will they build
A poslei togo pokhvalishsya: For themselves there.
Vot kak stali nashi molodye-to zhit! You come and have a bath, afterwards you