Polyushko-polye is a Soviet Russian language song. The music was composed by Lev Knipper, with lyrics by Viktor Gusev in 1933. The original lyrics are sung from the perspective of a Red Army recruit, who proudly leaves his home to keep watch against his homeland's enemies. In this video music is performed by Johann Strauss Orchestra (André Rieu)
Russian Lyrics:
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Полюшко-поле, полюшко, широко поле,
Eдут по полю герои,
Эх, да красной армии герои.
Девушки плачут,
Девушкам сегодня грустно,
Милый надолго уехал,
Эх, да милый в армию уехал.
Девушки, гляньте,
Гляньте на дорогу нашу,
Вьётся дальняя дорога,
Эх, да развесёлая дорога.
Только мы видим,
Видим мы седую тучу,
Вражья злоба из-за леса,
Эх, да вражья злоба, словно туча.
Эх, девушки, гляньте,
Мы врага принять готовы,
Наши кони быстроноги,
Эх, да наши танки быстроходны.
Эх, пусть же в колхозе
Дружная кипит работа,
Мы дозорные сегодня,
Эх, да мы сегодня часовые.
Russian Phonetic Lyrics:
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Polyushko-pole,
Polyushko-pole, polyushko, shiroko pole,
Edut po polyu geroi,
Ekh, da krasnoy armii geroi.
Devushki plachut,
Devushkam segodnya grustno,
Milyy nadolgo uekhal,
Ekh, da milyy v armiyu uekhal.
Devushki, glyan'te,
Glyan'te na dorogu nashu,
V'yotsya dal'nyaya doroga,
Ekh, da razvesyolaya doroga.
Tol'ko my vidim,
Vidim my seduyu tuchu,
Vrazh'ya zloba iz-za lesa,
Ekh, da vrazh'ya zloba, slovno tucha.
Ekh, devushki, glyan'te,
My vraga prinyat' gotovy,
Nashi koni bystronogi,
Ekh, da nashi tanki bystrokhodny.
Ekh, pust' zhe v kolkhoze
Druzhnaya kipit rabota,
My dozornye segodnya,
Ekh, da my segodnya chasovye.
English Lyrics:
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Meadowlands, wide meadowlands,
Heroes cross the fields,
Ekh, heroes of the Red Army.
Girls are crying,
Today the girls are downhearted,
Their dear ones have gone away,
Ekh, away to the army.
Girls, look there,
Look there, out on our road,
The distant road is pulsing,
Ekh, the jolly road.
But out there we see,
We see a grey storm-cloud,
The enemy's evil in the forest,
Ekh, the enemy's evil, like a storm-cloud.
Ekh, girls, look there,
We're ready to take the enemy,
Our quick-legged steeds,
Ekh, our quick-moving tanks.
Ekh, let the work
Bubble gaily in the kolkhozy,
We're supervisors today,
Ekh, today we're sentries.