MIA: History: Soviet History: Sounds of the Soviet Union: Lyrics
Конармейская
(Konarmejskaia) / Cavalry Song
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По военной дороге |
On the road to war |
Po voennoj doroge |
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Шел в борьбе и тревоге |
Went by, warlike and anxious |
Shel v borbe i trevoge |
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Боевой восемнадцатый год. |
The year 1918 |
Boevoj vosemnadtsaty god. |
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Были сборы недолги, |
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Byli sbory nedolgi, |
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От Кубани до Волги |
From Kuban to the Volga |
Ot Kubani do Volgi |
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Мы коней поднимали в поход. |
We took the horses on campaign |
My konej podnimali v pokhod. |
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Среди зноя и пыли |
Under the heat and in the dust |
Sredi znoia i pyli |
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Мы с Буденным ходили |
We were riding (going) with Budienny |
My s Budennym khodili |
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На рысях на большие дела. |
Trotting for important actions |
Na rysiakh na bolshie dela. |
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По курганам горбатым, |
On Kurgans (burial mounds) shaped like the back of a donkey |
Po kurganam gorbatym, |
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По речным перекатам |
On the river sand-shoals |
Po rechnym perekatam |
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Наша громкая слава прошла. |
Our shining glory went by. |
Nasha gromkaia slava proshla. |
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На Дону и в Замостье |
On the Don and the Zamosse |
Na Donu i v Zamoste |
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Тлеют белые кости, |
Bleached bones are disintregrating (decomposing) |
Tleiut belye kosti, |
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Над костями шумят ветерки. |
Over the bones light breezes are blowing |
Nad kostiami shumiat veterki. |
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Помнят псы-атаманы, |
Those dogs of Cossack chiefs remember |
Pomniat psy-atamany, |
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Помнят польские паны |
The Polish squires (petty nobles)remember |
Pomniat polskie pany |
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Конармейские наши клинки. |
The sabres of our cavalry. |
Konarmejskie nashi klinki. |
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Если в край наш спокойный |
If in our peaceful (quiet) country |
Esli v kraj nash spokojnyj |
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Хлынут новые войны |
New wars erupt (break out) |
Khlynut novye vojny |
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Проливным пулеметным дождем, - |
Like a pelting rain of machine-gun fire |
Prolivnym pulemetnym dozhdem, - |
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По дорогам знакомым |
Along (on) well-known roads |
Po dorogam znakomym |
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За любимым наркомом |
Behind the beloved People's Commissar |
Za liubimym narkomom |
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Мы коней боевых поведем! |
We'll lead our horses to battle! |
My konej boevykh povedem! |
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Lyrics: А. Sukrov
Music: Dm. and Dan. Pokrass
Translation: from the Russian by Igor Koplevsky
Transcription/Markup: Igor Koplevsky / Liviu Iacob,
2005