Yesterday I again listened to Bulat Okudzhava's song from the film "Belorussky Station".
Again, because last years I often listen to this song. It not only takes me back to the memories of the war, "About battles - conflagrations, about fighters - comrades", but also makes me think about our present and future. Seven decades after the Victory, which cost our people a terrible price.
One for all, we won't stand up for the price."
And I could not resist giving here the entire text of this wonderful song about that bloody war.
"Here the birds don't sing, the trees don't grow,
And only we, shoulder to shoulder, grow into the ground here.
The planet burns and spins
Smoke over our Motherland,
We are waiting for the deadly fire
And yet he is powerless
As soon as the battle faded, another order sounds,
And the postman will go crazy looking for us.
Red rocket takes off
The machine gun fires tirelessly,
And that means we need one victory
One for all, we will not stand up for the price,
One for all, we will not stand up for the price.
We are waiting for the deadly fire
And yet he is powerless
Doubts away, goes into the night separate
Our tenth landing battalion,
Our tenth airborne battalion.
From Kursk and Orel, the war brought us
To the most enemy gates, such, brother, things.
Someday we'll remember this
And you won't believe yourself
And now we need one victory
One for all, we will not stand up for the price,
One for all, we will not stand up for the price.
We are waiting for the deadly fire
And yet he is powerless
Doubts away, goes into the night separate
Our tenth landing battalion,
Our tenth airborne battalion."
In April 1942, Bulat Okudzhava sought an early draft into the army.
And although there was one month left until his eighteenth birthday, he was not taken into the army.
Only in August of the same year, Bulat Okudzhava was drafted into the Red Army and sent to the 10th separate reserve mortar division. That's where: "Our tenth airborne battalion."
I can’t resist here and not to remind you that Bulat Okudzhava, the famous Soviet and Russian poet, bard, prose writer and screenwriter, composer, author of about two hundred author’s and pop songs written on his own poems, is one of the most prominent representatives of the genre author's song in the 1950s-1980s, was born in Moscow on May 9, 1924, on the day that twenty-one years later became one of the main holidays of our people, Victory Day.
Throughout his creative life, Bulat Okudzhava composed and sang songs about how the country lived. After the war, he sang about how our Victory was forged, at what cost we had to "not stand up" for it. After the 20th Congress, when the country was in a "shock state" from the discovery of the truth about "native and beloved" to the people, Bulat Okudzhava sang:
"And the mustachioed falcon flew,
The whole world is shaking.
He highly valued the people
Yes, I didn’t put people in a penny.”
I listened to Bulat Okudzhava's song about how we needed victory in those terrible years and thought that even now: "The planet is on fire", and again our country is almost in the very center of that fire. It looks like that again:
"And now we need one victory,
One for all, we will not stand up for the price ... ".
* * *
The planet burns and spins
Again fire and smoke are on it,
Why are we dragged into hell?
Who will get "kalym" for this?
Which one of us needs another win?
Maybe a victory over yourself?
Well, I agree with this conclusion.
I agree, we all need to work
Over the fact that we did not live at all,
When they make a flock of sheep from us,
in which our life goes
According to the old law:
"Today I'm the boss, you're the fool."
Illustration from the Internet: Bulat Okudzhava sings.
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L * sheet of letters I read yesterday,
Our youth passed in battles.
We were more brave than all the heroes,
And * not driven for us was fear.
M*s loved their country...
P * I remember how the bullets whistled
Oh * deafening silence ...
M * s silently wiped away a tear,
N*as Fate called to war.
M * s defended the country ...
How many of us were killed - brave,
How to make up for your loss?
Oh * turn to the ranks I'm corrupt,
How can you forget about the war?
We were you protection from grief
And * knew neither fear nor pain,
M * s died for our country ...
“We need one victory” (“Our 10th airborne battalion”) is a Soviet post-war song by Bulat Okudzhava for the film “Belorussky Station” (dir. Andrey Smirnov; 1970). In the picture, the composition is performed by the battalion nurse Raya (Nina Urgant). At the end of the film, the musical part of the song is repeated by the orchestra without words.
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The history of the creation of the song "We need one victory" ("Our 10th airborne battalion")
The idea to include the "trench" song "We Need One Victory" in Belorussky Station belonged to screenwriter Vadim Trunin. This picture tells about the military brotherhood of front-line soldiers. Four fighting friends gather at the funeral of a former fellow soldier. In the process of their communication, the willingness of friends to help each other after many years is revealed. The climax, according to the director's idea, was to be the episode of the visit by the four main characters performed by Alexei Glazyrin, Evgeny Leonov, Anatoly Papanov and Vsevolod Safonov to the former battalion nurse. After remembering their comrade-in-arms, the guests ask the hostess to sing their "battalion" song. The authors of the film decided to entrust the writing of this composition to Bulat Okudzhava.
The bard refused for a long time. “I don’t write poetry now, I work exclusively with prose. There is a lot of work. Look for someone else” - Bulat Shalvovich met filmmakers with similar arguments for quite a long time.
It was possible to convince the maestro only after showing him the main scenes of the film. Later, the poet said that he agreed because of the opportunity to write a simple trench song - "one of those that everyone sang at the front." The task set by the filmmakers was not easy and was as follows: to weave the tragedy of the Soviet people and the courage of the Great Victory into an epilogue that carries semantic content.
The entire film troupe gathered to listen to the finished song.
I must admit that I was at a loss, ”Okudzhava later recalled. - I warned that I don’t have a ready-made melody, only poems. And in a voice that was uncertain and wild with emotions, he began to sing, accompanying himself on the piano...
After listening, there was an eerie silence. Disappointment froze on the faces of the listeners. And only the composer Alfred Schnittke (the author of the music for the rest of the episodes of the Belorussky Station) optimistically stated: “Listen, this is very interesting”, after which he sat down at the piano and sang the song along with Okudzhava ...
In the film "Belorussky Station", the song "Our 10th Airborne Battalion" sounded exactly as it was intended: without much skill, on emotions ...
Lyrics and lyrics "We need one victory" ("Our 10th airborne battalion")
Birds don't sing here
Trees don't grow
And only we, shoulder to shoulder
We grow into the ground here.
The planet burns and spins
Smoke over our Motherland,
And that means we need one victory
One for all - we will not stand up for the price.
A deadly fire awaits us,
And yet he is powerless.
Doubts away, goes into a separate night,
Our tenth airborne battalion.
As soon as the fight is over
Another command sounds
And the postman will go crazy
Looking for us.
Red rocket takes off
The machine gun hits tirelessly,
And that means we need one victory,
One for all - we will not stand up for the price.
One for all - we will not stand up for the price.
From Kursk and Orel
The war brought us
To the most enemy gates.
Such things, brother.
Someday we'll remember this
And they don't believe themselves.
And now we need one victory
One for all - we will not stand up for the price.
One for all - we will not stand up for the price.
Birds don't sing here
Trees don't grow.
And only we shoulder to shoulder
We grow into the ground here.
The planet burns and spins
Above our Motherland - smoke.
One for all.
We will not stand up for the price!
Chorus:
A deadly fire awaits us,
And yet he is powerless.
Doubt away:
Leaves into the night
Separate
Our tenth
Airborne battalion.
As soon as the fight is over
There is another order.
And the postman will go crazy
Looking for us.
Red rocket takes off
Machine gun fires, tireless.
And that means we need one victory
One for all.
We will not stand up for the price!
From Kursk and Orel
The war brought us
To the most enemy gates, -
Such, brother, things ...
Someday we'll remember this
And they don't believe themselves.
And now we need one victory
One for all.
We will not stand up for the price!
Translation
Here birds don't sing
Trees do not grow.
And only we to shoulder shoulder
Grow in the ground here.
The planet is burning and spinning,
Over our Motherland - smoke.
One for all.
A price worth paying!
chorus:
We are waiting for the deadly fire
And yet he is powerless.
Doubt away:
Out in the night
separate
Ten of our
Commando battalions.
Only the battle died away
Sounds like another order.
And the postman will go mad,
Searching for us.
red rocket takes off
Has a machine gun, tireless.
And, that means we need one victory,
One for all.
A price worth paying!
From Kursk and the eagle
The war brought us
To the enemy gate
Such, brother, business...
Someday we will remember this
And not powerisa themselves.
But now we need one victory
One for all.
A price worth paying!