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Subtitles for The Crow and the Fox. The Cuckoo and the Rooster (1953)

English
November 13 2024 20:43:46
Created by Niffiwan, Eus₂, William Ralston Shedden-Ralston₂
Vorona i lisitsa, kukushka i petukh.1953.en.1.25fps.1731530626.srt ⭳
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Originally subtitled by Eus in 2012, using the 2001 translation of Bishop Daniel of Erie for "The Fox and the Crow" and the 1871 translation of William Ralston Shedden-Ralston for "The Cuckoo and the Cock".

Retranslated by Niffiwan in 2024, replacing "Fox and the Crow" poem translation with the one made for "The Song of the Cheese Spirit" in 2023 (since it corresponds more closely to the action on the screen). Also, changing the second poem's translation to be a little closer, although not as much.

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1 00:00:02,780 --> 00:00:09,480 Soyuzmultfilm Moscow 1953 2 00:00:12,900 --> 00:00:18,880 I. A. Krylov FABLES 3 00:00:18,980 --> 00:00:21,910 The Crow and the Fox The Cuckoo and the Cock 4 00:00:22,011 --> 00:00:23,561 Two fables by I. A. Krylov 5 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:26,670 written by Yu. Mihaylov, A. Shemshurin 6 00:00:26,790 --> 00:00:28,430 director Ivan Aksenchuk 7 00:00:28,531 --> 00:00:30,131 art directors Lev Pozdneyev, Vitold Bordzilovskiy 8 00:00:30,231 --> 00:00:31,881 music Boris Chaykovskiy 9 00:00:31,980 --> 00:00:37,160 camera N. Sokolova sound Nikolay Prilutskiy art assistant A. Sementsov-Ogiyevskiy 10 00:00:37,260 --> 00:00:42,200 technical assistant V. Shilina camera assistant B. Kotov montage assistant A. Firsova 11 00:00:42,300 --> 00:00:45,770 animators Mihail Botov, Tatyana Fyodorova, Vadim Dolgikh, Fyodor Hitruk, Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin 12 00:00:45,871 --> 00:00:49,071 backgrounds Vera Valerianova, Galina Nevzorova, Vera Rodzhero 13 00:00:50,010 --> 00:00:53,820 Oft has the world heard words like these: 14 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,260 "Flattery's vile!", 15 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:01,480 and yet, it's still a potent art - 16 00:01:01,870 --> 00:01:08,520 A liar's sure to find a place in someone's heart. 17 00:01:22,910 --> 00:01:28,790 A crow, by grace of God, obtained a piece of cheese; 18 00:01:30,310 --> 00:01:34,350 Perched on a spruce, and then, at last, 19 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:39,070 Was just about to break her fast, 20 00:01:40,550 --> 00:01:43,680 But had a thought, 21 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,540 the cheese still in her bill. 22 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:57,730 Not far away, a fox was running up the hill; 23 00:01:58,831 --> 00:02:03,331 Ah! What a scent... the odour stops the fox. 24 00:02:03,432 --> 00:02:06,032 The fox looks, sees the cheese; 25 00:02:09,470 --> 00:02:13,650 the cheese entices, mocks. 26 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:30,310 The rogue advances to the spruce tree on tip-toe; 27 00:02:30,861 --> 00:02:37,011 She twirls her tail, her eyes fixed on the crow, 28 00:02:37,712 --> 00:02:43,512 And gently says, in accents low and clear: - 29 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:50,900 "My songstress, you are such a dear! 30 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:01,850 Your neck's so fine, 31 00:03:08,051 --> 00:03:11,051 your eyes so pretty! 32 00:03:11,170 --> 00:03:17,720 Your fame would spread through any city! 33 00:03:23,430 --> 00:03:27,280 What pretty feathers! 34 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:32,150 What a bill! 35 00:03:40,370 --> 00:03:42,560 And doubtless, 36 00:03:42,711 --> 00:03:48,461 your angelic voice is finer still! 37 00:03:53,540 --> 00:03:57,500 Sing, sunshine, don't be shy! 38 00:03:57,590 --> 00:04:00,690 If, sister, in your leisure, 39 00:04:00,791 --> 00:04:03,391 Your beauty were abetted 40 00:04:03,492 --> 00:04:06,842 by song that gave us pleasure, - 41 00:04:07,020 --> 00:04:14,030 You'd be the queen of birds, my treasure!" 42 00:04:16,300 --> 00:04:21,760 The harbinger's head spun from such effusive praise, 43 00:04:23,530 --> 00:04:26,440 It took her breath away, 44 00:04:26,540 --> 00:04:30,070 her crop filled with elation, - 45 00:04:32,180 --> 00:04:37,180 And, answering the words that set her pride ablaze, 46 00:04:38,730 --> 00:04:40,940 The vain crow... 47 00:04:43,941 --> 00:04:46,191 "Caawww!" 48 00:04:46,670 --> 00:04:50,560 ...cawed out loud with full determination: 49 00:04:51,361 --> 00:04:52,911 The cheese fell - 50 00:04:53,100 --> 00:04:57,020 that fox slick Made off with it right quick. 51 00:05:06,730 --> 00:05:12,750 The Cuckoo and the Rooster 52 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,380 "My dearest Rooster! 53 00:07:32,731 --> 00:07:38,181 Your song is so strong, 54 00:07:38,982 --> 00:07:41,482 and proud!" 55 00:07:43,930 --> 00:07:47,260 "And you, dear Cuckoo, my light, 56 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:55,140 how smoothly flows your long-drawn-out note! 57 00:07:55,240 --> 00:08:01,300 Oh! In all our forest, there's no other such singer!" 58 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:10,830 "To you, my dear gossip, I could listen for ever." 59 00:08:13,380 --> 00:08:19,660 "And as for you, my beauty I swear that, when you are silent, 60 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:26,810 I scarcely know how to wait till you begin again. 61 00:08:31,060 --> 00:08:34,930 Where do you get such a voice from? 62 00:08:35,950 --> 00:08:37,690 So clear, 63 00:08:38,491 --> 00:08:40,291 so soft, 64 00:08:42,942 --> 00:08:44,892 and so high! 65 00:08:46,970 --> 00:08:51,300 But no doubt you were always like that; 66 00:08:51,550 --> 00:08:56,280 not very large in stature, but in song 67 00:08:57,681 --> 00:09:00,581 - a regular nightingale." 68 00:09:04,590 --> 00:09:09,750 "Thanks, gossip, for your words. Upon my conscience I declare 69 00:09:09,851 --> 00:09:12,051 you sing 70 00:09:12,170 --> 00:09:14,580 better 71 00:09:17,950 --> 00:09:22,160 than a bird-of-paradise! 72 00:09:23,620 --> 00:09:26,980 The public, too, agrees with me!" 73 00:09:35,259 --> 00:09:37,009 "My friends! 74 00:09:37,210 --> 00:09:41,510 Though you may praise each other till you're hoarse, 75 00:09:41,870 --> 00:09:47,040 Yet, all the same, your music's bad!" 76 00:09:55,720 --> 00:10:00,870 Why is it that, not fearing sin, the Cuckoo praises the Rooster? 77 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,520 Because he praises the Cuckoo. 78 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:07,160 The End 79 00:10:07,261 --> 00:10:09,600 Re-translated by Niffiwan (2024) based on old subs by Eus (2012)