katjusha (kate)

words: m.isakovsky

apple- and peas-(trees) bloom,

mists float above river.
katjusha went out to shore,
to high steep shore.

she went out, started song

about steppe dove-colored eagle,
about one which she loved,
his letters she kept.

oj, you song, girl's song,

(you) fly following bright sun
and give greeting to fighter at frontier side
from katjusha.

let him remember ordinary girl,

let him hear how does she live,
let him guard our native ground,
and katjusha will guard love.

apple- and pear-(trees) bloom,

mists float above river.
katjusha went out to shore,
to high steep shore.

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draft translation from russian to english - "word-by-word rough text"

30th of june, 2006