Катю́ша (Katyusha) is a Russian wartime song composed in 1938 by Matvei Blanter with lyrics from Mikhail Isakovsky. Written just before World War II, the song quickly became popular throughout the USSR. Its first official performance was by Valentina Batishcheva in the Column Hall of Moscow's House of the Unions. Later it was performed by the Red Army Choir and other singers.
In Girls und Panzer, this song is used for Pravda Girls High School.
|Katyusha|
|Katyusha and Nonna Version|
|Off Vocal Version|
Расцветали яблони и груши
Поплыли туманы над рекой
Выходила на берег Катюша
На высокий берег на крутой
Выходила на берег Катюша
На высокий берег на крутой
Выходила, песню заводила
Про степного, сизого орла
Про того, которого любила
Про того, чьи письма берегла
Про того, которого любила
Про того, чьи письма берегла
Ой ты, песня, песенка девичья
Ты лети за ясным солнцем вслед
И бойцу на дальнем пограничье
От Катюши передай привет
И бойцу на дальнем пограничье
От Катюши передай привет
Пусть он вспомнит девушку простую
Пусть услышит, как она поёт
Пусть он землю бережёт родную
А любовь Катюша сбережёт
Пусть он землю бережёт родную
А любовь Катюша сбережёт
Расцветали яблони и груши
Поплыли туманы над рекой
Выходила на берег Катюша
На высокий берег на крутой
Выходила на берег Катюша На высокий берег на крутой
Rastsvetali iabloni i grushi
Poplyli tumany nad rekoj
Vykhodila na bereg Katyusha
Na vysokij bereg na krutoj
Vykhodila na bereg Katyusha
Na vysokij bereg na krutoj
Vykhodila, pesniu zavodila
Pro stepnogo, sizogo orla
Pro togo, kotorogo liubila
Pro togo, chi pisma beregla
Pro togo, kotorogo liubila
Pro togo, chi pisma beregla
Oj ty, pesnia, pesenka devichia
Ty leti za iasnym solntsem vsled
I bojtsu na dalnem pogranich
Ot Katyushi peredaj privet
I bojtsu na dalnem pogranich
Ot Katyushi peredaj privet
Pust on vspomnit devushku prostuiu
Pust uslyshit, kak ona poet
Pust on zemliu berezhet rodnuiu
A liubov Katyusha sberezhet
Pust on zemliu berezhet rodnuiu
A liubov Katyusha sberezhet
Rastsvetali iabloni i grushi
Poplyli tumany nad rekoj
Vykhodila na bereg Katyusha
Na vysokij bereg na krutoj
Vykhodila na bereg Katyusha Na vysokij bereg na krutoj
As the buds of pears and apples blossom
Over the river swiftly whirl the fogs
Came out strolling, a woman named Katyusha
Down the steep and rocky rivers slope
Came out strolling, a woman named Katyusha
Down the steep and rocky rivers slope
Came out strolling, singing by the river
About a silver eagle on the steppes
About her beloved whom she closely treasures
About the one whose letters she had saved
About her beloved whom she closely treasures
About the one whose letters she had saved
Oh you, song, the singing of a maiden
Soar behind the brightly shining sun
To the soldier at the far frontier
Tell this man, Katyusha says hi
To the soldier at the far frontier
Tell this man, Katyusha says hi
Let his memories show a simple woman
Let him hear her tender, loving song
Let him guard his motherland beloved
And Katyusha shall keep their love safe
Let him guard his motherland beloved
And Katyusha shall keep their love safe
As the buds of pears and apples blossom
Over the river swiftly whirl the fogs
Came out strolling, a woman named Katyusha
Down the steep and rocky rivers slope
Came out strolling, a woman named Katyusha Down the steep and rocky rivers slope
Trivia
- The song is the source of the nickname of the BM-8, BM-13, and BM-31 "Katyusha" rocket launchers that were used by the Red Army in World War II.
- The most famous version of the song was performed by the Red Army Choir.
- On the Red Army choir's first recording of the song (1941), the song was sung lively and some of the lines weren't repeated while their second recording (1970s), the song was slightly slower and reveals some sorrowing feeling.
- Due to copyright issues, the English and German Dubs of Girls und Panzer omit the song completely and instead, replace the song with another Russian folk song, Korobeiniki (Song).
- The song is like a Russian equivalent of Erika which talks about a woman waiting for her beloved one to come back from the war.