DZHYABZHA A Nanai fairy tale
Author - Director: Mstislav Pashchenko Music: Nikolay Strelnikov Sound: P. Kramorov
Director's assistants (animators): Yu. Gozhev Ye. Kazantseva, M. Radynskaya, V. Tsehanovskaya Background art: N. Vereshchagina, V. Sokolov
Production of Lenin Order Studio LENFILM 1938
On the bank of a big river stood a small house. In the house lived the old hag Dzhyabzha.
With her lived her granddaughter, a shaggy dog and a green frog.
In the evening, when the old hag went to the forest for prey, the girl, the dog and the frog would cook her dinner.
That night, disaster happened.
You could go round the country many times, Better bakers than us you won't find.
You could go round the country many times, A worse hag than our mistress you won't find.
All she knows how to do is pound her stick
and grumble and shout: "I'll punish you!"
Moon, oh Moon...
So high in the sky! Oh Moon!
Behind a cloud big, Behind a cloud thick,
High up, high up is your home.
Moon, oh Moon...
So high in the sky! Oh Moon!
Save us from the old hag! Save us from the witch!
Please grant us shelter at your home.
You were bad to everyone, So go now and live alone.
And ever since, the girl, the dog and the frog live on the moon and can always be seen there.
The End subs by Eus & thanks to Vlad Vlad, ed. Niffiwan (Oct. 2021)