“On a sunny forest clearing”

It is a very merry song (with some funny meaning - : - ) ). 

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“On a sunny forest clearing”

(Translated by Andrey)

It is in a sunny forest clearing,
Where a guy is playing, 
Arched eyebrow, on a tal’yanocka [1]
About love.
He is playing how he was spending hot nights
With his she-friend.
He is playing what nice were kerchiefs
Which he presented to her.

Refrain: 
Play, play, tal’yanocka, 
Tell yourselves
How the black-eyed girl
Drove his mad.

When the fellow was going 
On a ferocious battle
He offered her his hand and heart
At the dark starlit night.
In the response the proud girl
Was in jest (it looked so) with him:
“We shall speak about it
When you will return with an order.”

Repeat refrain. 

The soldier was friendly with the tal’yanocka
Among a smoke and a powder.
And he was awarded by a medal 
For his actions during a fierce combat against the cruel enemy.
And he got a letter [2]
In his snow-covered far land
That she is waiting . . . and that if worst comes to worst
She agrees on a medal. [3]

Repeat refrain. 

1943 


Remarks of Andrey:
[1] - tal’yanocka is type of an accordion
[2] – from the girl
[3] – An order and a medal are decorations but an order is a more significant decoration. 
The idea is that firstly the girl spoke about a large scale – an order - award but later she 
agreed and with not so an important award – a medal - : - ).

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The Russian version (translit):

"Na solnechnoi polianochke"

Na solnechnoi polianochke, 
Dugoiu vygnuv brov', 
Parnishka na tal'ianochke 
Igraet pro liubov'. 
Pro to, kak nochi zharkie 
S podruzhkoi provodil, 
Kakie polushalki ei 
Krasivye daril. 

Pripev: 
Igrai, igrai, rasskazyvai, 
Tal'ianochka, sama
O tom, kak chernoglazaia 
Svela s uma. 

Kogda na bitvu groznuiu 
Parnishka ukhodil, 
On noch'iu temnoi, zviozdnoiu 
Ei serdtse predlozhil. 
V otvet divchina gordaia 
Shutila, vidno, s nim: 
- Kogda verniosh'sia s ordenom, 
Togda pogovorim. 

Pripev. 

Boets sred' dyma-porokha 
S tal'ianochkoi druzhil, 
I v liutoi bitve s vorogom 
Medal' on zasluzhil. 
Prishlo pis'mo letuchee 
V zasnezhennuiu dal', 
Chto zhdiot... Chto v krainem sluchae 
Soglasna na medal'. 

Pripev.

1943