1. Spring in the forty-fifth year then,
Blue Danube was waiting for you.
Freedom for people of Europe
Bright sunny May delivered so true.
There in a safe Vienna plaza
The people all gathered around,
Our soldiers the guardians played songs on accordions
The Russian Waltz's cheery glad sound.
Chorus:
Vienna remembers, and the Danube, and the Alps,
All the springing and the singing that bright May.
Heads were whirling with the twirling Russian Waltz.
Hearts remember, never forget that fine day!
2. This soldier's fine waltz then sounded
Easy, inspired, and bold;
Vienna was spinning and singing,
As if Strauss was playing of old.
That solder so happy and smiling
His accordion heart-close and snug
As though this one man had seen Russian heartland
And gave Russian Volga a hug.
3. O'er beautiful ancient Vienna
The Waltz floated light on a wing,
Sometimes so tender then passionate,
Everyone enthralled by the spring.
Spring of the forty-fifth year!
How long the Blue Danube had sighed.
The soldier was playing and all Vienna swaying—
The Russian Waltz sung to the skies.
translated by D. Benning, 13-May-22
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Background as found on: https://text-pesni.com/aelb
"May Waltz" is a Soviet song about the Great Patriotic War, a finalist of the TV festival "Song of the Year — 1985". It was first broadcast on December 30, 1985, performed by People's Artist of Belarus, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Yaroslav Evdokimov, accompanied by a variety symphony orchestra, conducted by Alexander Petukhov at the Dynamo Sports Palace, in the final concert of the All-Union Television Festival of Soviet Song "Song of the Year" in 1985.
Music: Igor Mikhailovich Luchenok — Soviet and Belarusian composer, teacher. People's Artist of the USSR.
Words: Mikhail Yasen is a Soviet Belarusian poet-songwriter.
Background as found on: https://text-pesni.com/aelb
"May Waltz" is a Soviet song about the Great Patriotic War, a finalist of the TV festival "Song of the Year — 1985". It was first broadcast on December 30, 1985, performed by People's Artist of Belarus, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Yaroslav Evdokimov, accompanied by a variety symphony orchestra, conducted by Alexander Petukhov at the Dynamo Sports Palace, in the final concert of the All-Union Television Festival of Soviet Song "Song of the Year" in 1985.
Music: Igor Mikhailovich Luchenok — Soviet and Belarusian composer, teacher. People's Artist of the USSR.
Words: Mikhail Yasen is a Soviet Belarusian poet-songwriter.
