Returning from distant travels...

Listen to the fable “Liar”

Returning from distant travels,
Some nobleman (and maybe a prince),
Walking with my friend on foot in the field,
He bragged about where he had been,
And he added countless tales to fables.
“No,” he says: “what have I seen,
I won't see that again.
What is your edge here?
Sometimes it's cold, sometimes it's very hot,
Sometimes the sun hides, sometimes it shines too brightly.
That's paradise right there!
And remember, it’s such a joy to the soul!
No fur coats or candles are needed at all:
You don't know what the shadow of the night is,
And all year round you see May day.
No one plants or sows there:
And if only I could see what is growing and ripening there!
In Rome, for example, I saw a cucumber:
Ah, my Creator!
And to this day I can’t remember the time!
Will you believe it? Well, really, he was uphill.”
“What a curiosity!” the friend replied:
“In the world, miracles are scattered everywhere;
Yes, not everyone noticed them everywhere.
We ourselves, now, are approaching a miracle,
Which you, of course, have never met anywhere,
And I will argue about that.
Look, do you see that bridge across the river?
Where is our path going? Even though he looks simple,
And it has a wonderful property:
Not a single liar dares to cross it:
It won't reach halfway -
It will fail and fall into the water;
But who doesn't lie?
Walk along it, perhaps, even in a carriage.”
“What is your river like?” –
“Not small.
So you see, my friend, something is missing in the world!
Although the Roman cucumber is great, there is no doubt that
After all, it seems like you said that about him?” –
“The mountain may not be a mountain, but it will really be as big as a house.” –
“It’s hard to believe!
However, strange as it may seem,

And everything is wonderful and the bridge we will walk on,
That he doesn’t raise the Liar in any way;
And this spring
They fell off him (the whole city knows it)
Two journalists and a tailor.
Undoubtedly, a cucumber is as big as a house
It’s a wonder, if it’s fair.”
“Well, it’s not such a miracle;
After all, you need to know how things are:
Don’t think that everywhere there are mansions like ours;
What kind of houses are there?
In one two for the need to fit in,
And neither stand nor sit!” –
“So be it, but everything must be admitted,
It’s not a sin to consider a cucumber a miracle,
In which two people can sit.
However, what is our bridge?
That the Liar will not take five steps on it,
Like immediately into the water!
Even though your Roman cucumber is wonderful..." -
“Listen,” my Liar interrupted:
“Rather than go to the bridge, we’d better look for the ford.”

Notes

To lie - when talking about something, to add fiction, a lie; fib.
Mansions - in ancient times in Rus': a large residential building of a wealthy owner.
A ford is a shallow place across a river or lake, convenient for crossing.
According to legend, it was inspired by the story of some visiting landowner at lunch at the English Club about the extraordinary size of the sterlet. The plot about the liar was extremely popular in facets, zharts, and captions for popular prints. It was also used by Russian writers (“Boaster” by A. Sumarokov, “Liar” by I. Khemnitser, “Liar” by V. Levshin). The tailor is mentioned in the fable in accordance with many Russian proverbs such as: “It’s not so much a merchant with an arshin as a tailor with scissors,” “There are no thieves against tailors.”

Time of writing: no later than November 1811
Catchphrases: 1. Returning from distant travels. Used when someone returns from a long journey. 2. Roman cucumber. Allegorically: an absurd invention, excessive exaggeration. Krylov’s line turned into a popular proverb: “It’s good to tell a fairy tale about a Roman cucumber.”

Returning from distant travels,
Some nobleman (and maybe a prince),
Walking with my friend on foot in the field,
He bragged about where he had been,
And he added countless fables to the tales.
“No,” he says, “what I saw,
I won't see that again.
What's your edge here?
Sometimes it's cold, sometimes it's very hot,
Sometimes the sun hides, sometimes it shines too brightly.
That's paradise right there!
And remember, it’s such a joy to the soul!
No fur coats or candles are needed at all:
You never know what the shadow of the night is,
And all year round you see May day.
No one plants or sows there:
And if only I could see what is growing and ripening there!
In Rome, for example, I saw a cucumber:
Ah, my creator!
And to this day I can’t remember the time!
Would you believe it, really, he was as tall as a mountain.”

“What a curiosity! - the friend answered, -
In the world, miracles are scattered everywhere;
Yes, not everyone noticed them everywhere.
We ourselves are now approaching a miracle,
Which you, of course, have never met anywhere,
And I will argue about that.
Look, do you see that bridge across the river?
Where is our path going? Even though he looks simple,
And it has a wonderful property:
Not a single liar dares to cross it;
It won't reach half -
It will fail and fall into the water;
But who doesn't lie?
Walk along it, perhaps even in a carriage.”

“What is your river like?”
“Not small.
So, you see, my friend, something is missing in the world!
Although the Roman cucumber is great, there is no doubt that
After all, it seems like you said that about him?”
“The mountain may not be a mountain, but it will really be as big as a house.”
“It’s hard to believe!
However, strange as it may seem,
And everything is wonderful and the bridge we will walk on,
That he doesn’t raise the Liar in any way;
And this spring
They fell off him (the whole city knows it)
Two journalists and a tailor.
Undoubtedly, a cucumber is as big as a house
It's a wonder, if it's fair.
Well, it’s not such a miracle;
After all, you need to know how things are:
Don’t think that everywhere there are mansions like ours;
What kind of houses are there?
In one two for the need to fit in,
And neither stand nor sit!”

“So be it, but everything must be admitted,
It’s not a sin to consider a cucumber a miracle,
In which two people can sit.
However, what is our bridge?
That the Liar will not take five steps on it,
Like immediately into the water!
Even though your Roman cucumber is wonderful..."
“Listen,” my Liar interrupted, “
Instead of going to the bridge, we’d better look for the ford.” *

* According to legend, it was inspired by the story of some visiting landowner at lunch at the English Club.

The plot about the liar was extremely popular in facets, zharts, and captions for popular prints. It was also used by Russian writers (“Boaster” by A. Sumarokov, “Liar” by I. Khemnitser, “Liar” by V. Levshin).

The tailor is mentioned in the fable in accordance with many Russian proverbs such as: “It’s not so much a merchant with an arshin as a tailor with scissors,” “There are no thieves against tailors.”

Returning from distant travels
From the fable “The Liar” (1812) by I. L. A/nmovv (1769-1844):
Returning from distant travels,
Some nobleman (and maybe a prince),
Walking with my friend on foot in the field,
He bragged about where he had been,
And he added countless tales to fables.
“Plyigat” in archaic Russian means “to lie.”
Allegorically: about a person returning after a long absence (ironically). Usually quoted without regard to the content or moral of the fable.

Encyclopedic dictionary of popular words and expressions. - M.: “Locked-Press”. Vadim Serov. 2003.

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