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Vladimir Semënovič Vysotskij / Владимир Семёнович Высоцкий

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Я вырос в ленинградскую блокаду
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The Siege of Leningrad, also known as The Leningrad Blockade (Russian: блокада Ленинграда (transliteration: blokada Leningrada) was an unsuccessful military operation by the Axis powers to capture Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) during World War II. The siege lasted from September 9, 1941, to January 18, 1943, when a narrow land corridor to the city was established by the Soviets. The total lifting of the siege occurred on January 27, 1944. The Siege of Leningrad was one of the longest and most destructive sieges of major cities in modern history and it was the second most costly.

La fine dell'assedio. La scritta, che sta per essere cancellata, recita: "Cittadini! Questo lato della strada è molto pericoloso durante gli attacchi dell'artiglieria"
La fine dell'assedio. La scritta, che sta per essere cancellata, recita: "Cittadini! Questo lato della strada è molto pericoloso durante gli attacchi dell'artiglieria"
Я вырос в ленинградскую блокаду,
Но я тогда не пил и не гулял.
Я видел, как горят огнем Бадаевские склады,
В очередях за хлебушком стоял.

Граждане смелые!
А что ж тогда вы делали,
Когда наш город счет не вел смертям? -
Ели хлеб с икоркою,
А я считал махоркою
Окурок с-под платформы черт-те с чем напополам.

От стужи даже птицы не летали,
И вору было нечего украсть,
Родителей моих в ту зиму ангелы прибрали,
А я боялся - только б не упасть.

Было здесь до фига
Голодных и дистрофиков -
Все голодали, даже прокурор.
А вы в эвакуации
Читали информации
И слушали по радио «От Совинформбюро».

Блокада затянулась, даже слишком,
Но наш народ врагов своих разбил, -
И можно жить, как у Христа за пазухой, под мышкой,
Да только вот мешает бригадмил.

Я скажу вам ласково:
- Граждане с повязками!
В душу ко мне лапами не лезь!
Про жизнь вашу личную
И непатриотичную
Знают уже органы и ВЦСПС.

Contributed by emanuele ricciardi - 2011/1/12 - 22:58




Language: English

English Version by Eugene Derbarmdiker
© Eugene Derbarmdiker. Translation, 2006
the songs in different languages: www.wysotsky.com/
The siege of Leningrad 

During the Siege of Leningrad, I grew up.
I was a skinny feisty little lad.
Bearing witness, I saw how foodstuffs burned up.
I stood in line for the precious bread.

My dear Noble Citizens,
Were you the most innocent?
When we lost count counting the dead?
You ate bread with some caviar, -
While I thought how great we are.
I smoked butts of utter crap and my face turned red

Snow flurries even grounded the birds,
And thieves could find nothing they could steal.
The angels took my parents. Damn! It hurts!
"To stumble"’s the worst fear you can feel!

If you were hungry and drew breath
You starved with others and faced Death
All suffered equally, including the police.
While you in the evacuation
Read up on all the information
And heard the radio broadcast the latest "News Release"

The blockade seemed to go on forever
But Our people beat the Nazis HARD!
We could’ve lived all satisfied
Like cherubs up in Heaven,
If NOT for your obnoxious armed guard.

I’ll smile but will NOT shake hands,
You, "citizens with armbands":
Don’t touch my soul with your dirty paws!
Your private lives, exotic
And NOT so patriotic
Are known to the labor unions and people of the law.

Contributed by emanuele ricciardi - 2011/1/12 - 23:00




Language: Finnish

Traduzione finlandese / Finnish translation / Suomennos: Turkka Mali

Audio link to the song performed by Mika and Turkka Mali: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XXa7V3leR8
LENINGRADIN LEIRIT

Minut kasvattivat Leningradin leirit,
mä olin nuori, uteliaskin.
Näin, kun saksalaiset pommikoneet tuhos Badajevskin,
kun leipää itselleni kerjäsin.

Mitä teitte silloin johtaja?
Joitte votkaa, söitte lohta ja
kaviaaria, kun taivas repesi.
Siellä Uralilla sammuttiin,
kun meitä kohden ammuttiin,
emme tienneet, kuinka monta kylmeni.

Ei varkaillakaan ollut silloin työtä,
ei ollut mitään varastettavaa.
Sinä talvena vei enkelit äidin sekä isän,
olin itsekin niin liki kuolemaa.

Kaikki kulki tyhjin vatsoin vaan,
mä nälissäni katsoin vaan,
kun joku löysi leivänkannikan.
Kun täällä nälkään kuoltiin,
niin siellä hallitusta nuoltiin,
niin siihen uskoitte kuin sanaan jumalan.

Kolme vuotta siellä asuimme kuin rotat,
vaan vihollinen kaatui lopulta.
Te peukaloita pyörititte, naisia vain nauratitte,
tienneet ette mitään sodasta.

Minut pidätä! Hae poliisi!
Samantekevää se olisi,
sillä ruumiini on koskematon.
Voit minua sä määrätä,
niin tärkeänä häärätä.
Voin olla vanki, kunhan sielu vapaa on.

Contributed by Juha Rämö - 2015/7/11 - 16:00




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