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Igeethecat
Sun, 25/11/2018 - 22:54
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Proofreading requested
Original lyrics
Чёрный тюльпан
В Афганистане в «чёрном тюльпане»
С водкой в стакане мы молча плывём над землёй.
Скорбная птица через границу
К русским зарницам несёт ребятишек домой.
В «чёрном тюльпане» те, кто с заданий
Едут на Родину милую в землю залечь,
В отпуск бессрочный, рваные в клочья…
Им никогда, никогда не обнять тёплых плеч.
Когда в оазисы Джелалабада,
Свалившись на крыло, «тюльпан» наш падал,
Мы проклинали все свою работу:
Опять «бача» подвёл потерей роту.
В Шинданде, Кандагаре и Баграме
Опять на душу класть тяжёлый камень,
Опять нести на Родину героев,
Которым в двадцать лет могилы роют.
Но надо добраться, надо собраться.
Если сломаться, то можно нарваться и тут.
Горы стреляют, «Стингер» взлетает,
Если нарваться, то парни второй раз умрут.
И мы идём совсем не так, как дома,
Где нет войны и всё давно знакомо,
Где трупы видят раз в году пилоты,
Где с облаков не валят вертолёты.
И мы идём, от гнева стиснув зубы,
Сухие водкой смачивая губы.
Идут из Пакистана караваны,
И значит, есть работа для «тюльпана».
В «чёрном тюльпане» те, кто с заданий
Едут на Родину милую в землю залечь,
В отпуск бессрочный, рваные в клочья…
Им никогда, никогда не обнять тёплых плеч.
Когда в оазисы Джелалабада,
Свалившись на крыло, «тюльпан» наш падал,
Мы проклинали все свою работу:
Опять пацан подвёл потерей роту.
В Шинданде, Кандагаре и Баграме
Опять на душу класть тяжёлый камень,
Опять нести на Родину героев,
Которым в двадцать лет могилы роют.
Translation
The Black Tulip
In Afganistan, in the Black Tulip1,
With a glass of vodka, we silently fly over the land.
Across the border, the sorrowful bird carries
Our guys home, to Russian summer lightnings.
In the black tulip, the guys who were on a mission
Fly to dear motherland for rest in peace.
Being torn to shreds, they have gone forever,
They can never hug warm shoulders.
When our tulip was falling down at an angle to the oases of Jellalabad,
We all damned our job.
Again one guy died and failed his company.
In Shindad, Kandagar, and Bagram,
We will again put a heavy stone on our souls,
We will again carry the heroes to motherland
They are 20 years old heroes for which people dig graves,
They are 20 years old heroes for which people dig graves.
But we must climb and find the strength,
If we make an error, we can be shot down here,
The mountains shoot us, a "Stinger" missile takes off,
If the enemy shoots down us, the guys will die a second time.
We fly here differently than in our motherland,
Where there is no war, and everything is familiar for a long time,
Where pilots see bodies of dead soldiers only once a year,
Where nobody shoots down helicopters from the clouds,
And we fly, clenched teeth from the anger,
Wetting our lips with vodka.
Many caravans go here from Pakistan,
It means that there is a job for the tulip,
Yes, there is a job for the tulip.
In Afganistan, in the black tulip,
With a glass of vodka, we silently fly over the land.
Across the border, the sorrowful bird carries
Our brothers home, to Russian summer lightnings.
When our tulip was falling down at an angle to the oases of Jellalabad,
We all damned our job.
Again one guy died and failed his company.
In Shindad, Kandagar, and Bagram,
We will again put a heavy stone on our souls,
We will again carry the heroes to motherland
They are 20 years old heroes for which people dig graves,
They are 20 years old heroes for which people dig graves.
- 1. "Black Tulip" is unofficial name of An-12 Cub aircrafts that transported the bodies of dead Soviet soldiers from Afghanistan to the USSR during the Afghan war.
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It means that he/she will be happy to receive corrections, suggestions etc about the translation.
If you are proficient in both languages of the language pair, you are welcome to leave your comments.
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Comments
Igeethecat
Sun, 25/11/2018 - 22:54
BlackSea4ever
Sun, 25/11/2018 - 23:05
Was it Pierre?
Igeethecat
Sun, 25/11/2018 - 23:20
И никто Гостю не объяснил, что «камень на душе» значит...
BlackSea4ever
Sun, 25/11/2018 - 23:46
Very good link. Thanks. As we all know it is one thing to feel empathy, sympathy and quite another to go thru pain yourself. Both versions are excellent heartfelt translations for which I am greatful. The original is a masterpiece. I feel this way about Dylan's masters of war.
Igeethecat
Mon, 26/11/2018 - 00:17
Dude, the problem I have with the other translation is that they are keeping to call black tulip a “body bag”, like they even had those in 1980-s in Soviet Army:
5. There is a common terminology amongst soldiers that they are the dead in body bags.
There is a slang meaning and distinguished meaning for the war dead.
A flight back home would be a 'black tulip flight', but it is not an aircraft nomenclature or given name. A 'flight' designates the purpose of a mission.
When the cargo aircraft off-loads then it will pick up a supply flight 'beans, bullets, and bandages'. That flight would be resupply/destination.
Flight destignators do not reflect aircraft type, configuration, name, or nomenclature.
—> A flight back home would be a 'black tulip flight' —> ??? This not the one only line misinterpreted in the #2 translation
And the reason I am ranting here is because Wwww is known as a mod who deletes all comments from their translations if they don’t like them
Sophia_
Mon, 26/11/2018 - 13:16
Ну и я тоже здесь выскажусь.
The memorial seen in the video is "The Black Tulip", in Ekaterinburg (Yekkaterinburg).
The black granite slabs are shaped as tulip petals.
Екатеринбург - мой родной город, и во всех описаниях этого памятника говорится, что металлические пилоны имитируют каркас фюзеляжа самолета.
Igeethecat
Mon, 28/06/2021 - 00:38
Very good link. Thanks.
And, surprise!?! My link mysteriously moves from this page to WWW's
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/chyornyi-tyulpan-черный-тюльпан-black-tul...
I don't even know how to properly categorize this -- "Abuse of power"? "Personality disorder"? "Just a 'mistake'"? All the above?
Igeethecat
Mon, 28/06/2021 - 05:51
All comments were deleted by WwW and the translation was closed for comments, this is why I posted this one comment on this site.
Я уверена, что мой комментарий я написала под эти "нейтральном" переводом. И Д ссылается на него, но его нет, и я его не удаляла. И увидев его под WWW переводом (и они очень переделали свой перевод, должна заметить; могли бы и сразу послушать, что им говорили), я была очень удивлена
Black Mamba
Sun, 25/11/2018 - 22:59
Nice translation. *thumbs_up*
BlackSea4ever
Mon, 26/11/2018 - 00:32
Try to read his version again. It looks revised and very similar to this one. Don't get carried away by a footnote usually copied from some place.
Both versions I believe misunderstand
Свалившись на крыло, «тюльпан» наш падал, --> I'd prefer someone else to confirm, but think it means when airplane turns in preparation for landing.
Igeethecat
Mon, 26/11/2018 - 02:08
D, they hit the plane...and the plane with bodies of fallen soldiers is going down
They are not prepared for landing
BlackSea4ever
Mon, 26/11/2018 - 13:58
M, it is a valid point that boys will die twice because plane was hit. I chose to think if they get hit - luxury of empathy from the couch... Thanks
Treugol'ny
Thu, 02/04/2020 - 10:17
Igeethecat
Thu, 02/04/2020 - 14:46
We just got tired to argue with WwWw about "Black Tulip", 'cause they think in Russian it also means "body bag" and delete all comments
The official title of the song is "Monolog pilota "Chyornogo tulpana". But it's commonly known as "Chyorny tulpan". I preferred to edit the title as is now because most users worldwide would seek the lyrics under this very title so the song lyrics will get more hits, which is to the site benefit.