Russian songs translated: ‘Carry me, river’ (Sing with us)

Kira Lisitskaya
This 2001 lyrical composition has become one of the most popular songs in Russia.

Famous Russian rock band ‘Lyube’ often plays with music styles, combining Russian folk music, Soviet romantic ‘chansons’ and military songs. As a result, a timeless hit was born, which Russians just love singing at parties and table gatherings. 

‘Ты неси меня река’ – ‘Carry me, river’

Ты неси меня, река, за крутые берега,

Где поля мои поля, где леса мои леса.

You carry me, river, over the steep banks,

Where the fields are my fields, where the forests are my forests.

Ты неси меня, река, да в родные мне места,

Где живет моя краса, голубы у нее глаза.

Carry me, river, to my native places,

Where my beauty lives, her eyes are blue.

Как ночка темная,

Как речка быстрая,

Как одинокая луна,

На небе ждет меня она.

Like a dark night,

Like a fast river,

Like a lonely moon

She waits for me in the sky.

За туманом огонек, как же он еще далёк.

Ты мне ветер помоги, милой весточку шепни.

There's a light behind the fog, how far it is.

Help me, wind, whisper a message to my sweetheart.

Знаю, ждет меня краса,

Проглядела в ночь глаза.

I know, my beauty is waiting for me,

She looked into the night with her eyes.

Как ночка темная,

Как речка быстрая,

Как одинокая луна,

На небе ждет меня она.

Like a dark night,

Like a fast river,

Like a lonely moon

She waits for me in the sky.

Ты неси меня, река, за крутые берега.

Ты неси меня, река, за крутые берега.

Голубы у неё глаза.

Carry me, river, over the steep banks,

Carry me, river, over the steep banks,

She has blue eyes.

Как ночка темная,

Как речка быстрая,

Как одинокая луна,

На небе ждет меня она.

Like a dark night,

Like a fast river,

Like a lonely moon

She waits for me in the sky.

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