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Song
"When We Were at War"
Song
LanguageRussian
GenrePoem
Songwriter(s)David Samoylov

"When we were at war" (Russian: Когда мы были на войне; author's title "Song of the Hussar") is a poem by David Samoilov, included in his collection of poems, "Voices Beyond the Hills", in 1981–1985. It was set to music by Viktor Stolyarov [ru], who read it in the Ogonyok magazine. The song gained popularity under the guise of an old Cossack song.

Lyrics

Song Video
video icon When we were at war by the Kuban Cossack Choir
Russian Translation (Approximate)

Песенка гусара
Когда мы были на войне,
Когда мы были на войне,
Там каждый думал о своей
Любимой или о жене.

И я бы тоже думать мог,
И я бы тоже думать мог,
Когда на трубочку глядел,
На голубой её дымок.

Давид Самойлов

Hussar song
When we were at war,
When we were at war,
There everyone thought about his
Beloved or his wife.

And I could think too,
And I could think too,
When I looked at my pipe,
At its blue smoke.

David Samoilov

First two stanzas only

See also

References

  1. "Когда мы были на войне» — Журнальный зал". magazines.gorky.media. 2010. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  2. ""Казачий Круг" - Когда мы были на войне". 2009.kaz-krug.ru. Retrieved 2020-08-07.

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