The Song of Restless Youth (Russian: Песня о тревожной молодости, Pesnya o trevozhnoi molodosti) is a Soviet song written in 1958 by composer Aleksandra Pakhmutova and lyricist Lev Oshanin for the war-themed film On the Other Side (Russian: По ту сторону, Po tu storonu) directed by Fyodor Filippov. The film, based on the novel of the same name by Viktor Kin, portrays the hardships faced by Soviet Komsomol members in the 1920s.
In addition to Song of Restless Youth, Pakhmutova composed four other songs with lyrics by Oshanin for the film, along with several symphonic pieces. The song later became the unofficial anthem of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia after Sergey Shoigu assumed leadership of the agency in 1994.
Lyrics
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Romanization of Russian
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English translation
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Забота у нас простая,
Забота наша такая:
Жила бы страна родная, —
И нету других забот.
Припев:
И снег, и ветер,
И звёзд ночной полёт…
Меня моё сердце
В тревожную даль зовёт.
Пускай нам с тобой обоим
Беда грозит за бедою,
Но дружбу мою с тобою
Одна только смерть возьмёт.
Припев
Пока я ходить умею,
Пока глядеть я умею,
Пока я дышать умею,
Я буду идти вперёд.
Припев
Не надобно нам покоя,
Судьбою счастлив такою.
Ты пламя берёшь рукою,
Дыханьем ломаешь лёд.
Припев
И так же, как в жизни каждый,
Любовь ты встретишь однажды.
С тобою, как ты, отважно
Сквозь бури она пойдёт.
Припев
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Zabota u nas prostaya,
Zabota nasha takaya:
Zhilá by strana rodnaya, —
I netu drugikh zabot.
Pripev:
I sneg, i veter,
I zvyozd nochnoi polyot…
Menya moyo serdtse
V trevozhnuyu dal’ zovyot.
Puskai nam s toboi oboim
Beda grozit za bedoyu,
No druzhbu moyu s toboyu
Odna tol’ko smert’ voz’mot.
Pripev
Poka ya khodit’ umeyu,
Poka glyadet’ ya umeyu,
Poka ya dyshat’ umeyu,
Ya budu idti vperyod.
Pripev
Ne nadobno nam pokoya,
Sud’boyu schastliv takoyu.
Ty plamya beryosh’ rukoyu,
Dykhan’yem lomayesh’ lyod.
Pripev
I tak zhe, kak v zhizni kazhdy,
Lyubov’ ty vstretish’ odnazhdy.
S toboyu, kak ty, otvazhno
Skvoz’ buri ona poydyot.
Pripev
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Our concern is simple,
Our concern is this:
That our native land may live —
We have no other cares.
Chorus:
And snow, and wind,
And the flight of night stars…
My heart calls me
To the troubled distance.
Though trouble after trouble
May threaten us both,
Only death will take
My friendship with you.
Chorus
As long as I can walk,
As long as I can see,
As long as I can breathe,
I will move forward.
Chorus
We do not need rest,
I am happy with such a fate.
You take the flame in your hand,
And break the ice with your breath.
Chorus
And just as everyone in life,
You will one day meet love.
With you, as brave as you are,
Through the storms it will go.
Chorus
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