Я очень люблю эту песню, а для уроков нужен был английский вариант.
Нашла его в журнале ИнЯзвШк (№№ за70-80гг). А вот недавно нашла
другой вариант в интернете, более мне понравившийся: автор Б.Анисимов,
и он же чудесно исполняет свою версию!
Say, do the Russians want a war? Муз.Э.Колмановского
1.Say, do the Russians want a war? Слова Е.Евтушенко
Go ask our land, then ask once more, Перевод: Т.Боттинг
That silence ling’ring in the air
Above the birch and poplar fair,
Beneath those trees lie soldier lads,
Whose sons will answer for their dads
To add to what you learnt before.
Say, do the Russians want, } 2 times
Say, do the Russians want a war?
2. Those soldiers died on every hand,
Not only for their native land.
But so the world at night could sleep
And never have to wake and weep.
Go ask the soldiers from the ranks,
The lads you hugged on Elba banks.
And who remember all they saw,
Say, do the Russians want, } 2 times
Say, do the Russians want a war?
3.Sure, we know how to fight a war,
But we don’t want to see once more
The soldiers falling all around,
Their country-side - a battle-ground.
Ask those who give the soldiers life,
Go ask my mother, ask my wife.
And you will have to ask no more.
Say, do the Russians want, } 2 times
Say, do the Russians want a war?
4. 4 строки - проигрыш
All dockers, farmers, fishermen,
All workers, sure, will understand,
As well as nations of the world,
If we, the Russians, want - 2 times
If we, the Russians, want a war!
Перевод 4-го куплета: Кадочникова В.А.
Do the Russians want a war? Перевод Б.Анисимов
Слова Е.Евтушенко муз.Э.Колмановский
1. If we, the Russians, want a war -
Do ask the silent fields of gore.
If you must know then- by all means-
Do ask the birches and the streams,
And fallen soldiers whose remains
Still lie unburied on the place-
That’s the reply you’re looking for-
If we, the Russians, want, -2 times
If we, the Russians, want a war.
2.Not only for their native land
All soldiers schemed to take a stand.
They fought that over the world,
The flag of peace would be unfurled.
We had the living hell to face,
It’s on the Elb that you embraced
To keep those memories - we swore.
So do the Russians want, -2 times
So do the Russians want a war?
3. We,Russians, do know how to fight,
And to confront a fatal plight.
When rising from the thickest mud,
We felt the bitter taste of blood.
Do ask our mothers who lost sons
As can you hear from everyone,
That same reply you’re looking for,
If we, the Russians, want, 2 times
If we, the Russians, want a war.
4.4 строки-проигрыш, В.К.:
All dockers, farmers, fishermen,
All workers, sure, will understand
As well as nations of the world
If we, the Russians, want, - 2 times
If we, the Russians, want a war.
Evgeny Evtushenko
Oh, do the Russians long for war?
перевод: Leonard Lehrman
1. O, do the Russians long for war?
Ask of the stillness evermore,
Ask of the field, or ask the breeze,
And ask the birch and poplar trees.
Ask of the soldiers, who now lie long - 1)длинный
Beneath the birch trees, and the sky, 2)страстно желать!
And let their sons tell you once more
Whether the Russians long
Whether the Russians long
Whether the Russians long for war.
2.
Not only at their country's call
Did Russian soldiers fight and fall;
They died that men from ev'ry shore
Might live without the fear of war.
Ask those who fought, and those erased,
Ask those who at the Elbe you embraced.
These monuments are only for
To show if Russians long
To show if Russians long
To show if Russians long for war.
3.
Yes, we can fight when fight we must;
But we don't wish to breathe the dust
Of soldiers brave from ev'ry clime
Who give up life before their time.
Ask of the women in our life,
Ask of our mothers — ask my wife —
And you will never wonder more
Whether the Russians long
Whether the Russians long
Whether the Russians long for war.
4.
проигрыш
Their answer rises loud and clear
For all men, ev'rywhere, to hear.
The message now is as before:
The Russians do not long
The Russians do not long
The Russians do not long for war.
Хотят ли русские войны
1. Хотят ли русские войны?
Спросите вы у тишины
Над ширью пашен и полей,
И у берёз, и тополей.
Спросите вы у тех солдат,
Что под берёзами лежат.
И вам ответят их сыны:
Хотят ли русские - 2 раза
Хотят ли русские войны.
2. Не только за свою страну
Солдаты гибли в ту войну,
А чтобы люди всей земли
Спокойно ночью спать могли.
Спросите тех, кто воевал,
Кто вас на Эльбе обнимал-
Мы этой памяти верны.
Хотят ли русские - 2 раза
Хотят ли русские войны.
3. Да, мы умеем воевать,
Но не хотим, чтобы опять
Солдаты падали в бою
За землю горькую свою.
Спросите вы у матерей,
Спросите у жены моей,
И вы тогда понять должны:
Хотят ли русские, -2 раза
Хотят ли русские войны.
4. 4 строки - проигрыш
Поймёт и докер, и рыбак,
Поймёт рабочий и батрак,
Поймёт народ любой страны:
Хотят ли русские -2 раза
Хотят ли русские войны.
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