Dark night, only bullets whistling across the steppe,
Only the wind hums in the wires and the stars twinkle dimly.
On a dark night, my love, I know you don't sleep,
And by your crib you secretly wipe away a tear.
How I love the depths of your tender eyes,
How I want to touch them with my lips!
The dark night separates us, my love,
And a troubled, black steppe lies between us.
I have faith in you, my dear friend,
This faith has kept me from a bullet in the dark night...
I'm happy, I'm calm in the battle of death,
I know you'll meet me with love, no matter what happens to me.
Death is not scary, we've met it many times in the steppe.
And now it's circling over me.
You're waiting for me and you're not sleeping by the crib,
And that's why I know that nothing will happen to me!
Come, my beloved, my darling!
A harsh day has brought separation...
A fierce enemy has gone to war against us,
The cruel enemy has raised his hand on our happiness.
Come, my beloved, come, my darling!
The enemy is trampling the peaceful meadows,
He sows death on our land.
Go bravely into battle, defeat the enemy!
Brutally fight back the bloody packs of predators.
Go boldly into battle, defeat the enemy!
Like the house in which you live,
Protect the expanse of the country,
Our plant, our orchards, our forests, our rye,
And our air, and the steppe, wide as the sea.
Keep it like the house you live in!
We'll never forget the merry meetings,
We'll never forget the happy days.
Let the country stand and the rivers flow,
For ages to blossom, for the land to bloom, for the land to blossom.
And the joy of our future meetings.
Where the fierce battle rages,
Where the blizzard of death is playing out,
I'll be with you, my friend, with all my heart,
I'll share your path like a faithful friend,
Go, my love, go, my love!