Teffi - digression about the guitar - "on unylo podbiral lady"

[Gasan Gusejnov]

Dear Robert,

the перебирать струны говорком could be an allusion on the famous (gipsy)
song written by Apollon Grigoriev:
http://rupoem.ru/grigorev/o-govori-xot.aspx

О, *говори* хоть ты со мной,
        Подруга семиструнная!
Душа полна такой тоской,
        А ночь такая лунная!

<...>
Я от зари и до зари
        Тоскую, мучусь, сетую...*Допой же мне - договори*
        Ты песню недопетую.
*Договори* сестры твоей
        Все недомолвки странные...
Смотри: звезда горит ярчей...
        О, пой, моя желанная!

И до зари готов с тобой
        Вести беседу эту я...*Договори лишь мне, допой*
        Ты песню недопетую!

<1857>

Vladimir Vysotsky has slightly changed the first strophe.

Best
gg


2014-08-25 8:27 GMT+02:00 Paul B. Gallagher <paulbg at pbg-translations.com>:

> Robert Chandler wrote:
>
>  В России гитара была хороша только у цыган.
>>
>> Does the following now seem OK to you?
>>
>> In Russia, the guitar fared well only among the gypsies.
>>
>
> How about
>
> In Russia, only the gypsies got the best from/out of the guitar.
> or
> In Russia, only the gypsies mastered the guitar.
>
> In English, it feels less natural to put the emphasized phrase "only the
> gypsies" at the end, but it's normal in Russian. I mean, "in Russian it's
> normal." ;-)
>
> Of course, I claim no expertise in British. You probably have a different
> way of putting things.
>
> --
> War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
> --
> Paul B. Gallagher
> pbg translations, inc.
> "Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
> http://pbg-translations.com
>
>
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