Sing-along karaoke - Катюша (Katyusha) - Quartet Kalinka
Katyusha, Katusha or Katjusha (Russian: Катюша) is a Russian Soviet wartime song about a girl longing for her beloved, who is away on military service. The music was composed in 1938 by Matvei Blanter and the lyrics were written by Mikhail Isakovsky. It was first performed by the celebrated Russian folk singer Lidiya Ruslanova.
The version I present here is sung by Quartet Kalinka whose mp3 is available online.
This song has been synchronized, edited, and uploaded for didactic purposes. Instructors of Russian as a Foreign Language can use it to teach Russian pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar.
When students are familiar with the lyrics, instructors can play the 'real' karaoke (see user2812's videos)
Transliteration from Russian (among many and different versions - see google)
Rastsvetali yabloni i grushi,
Poplyli tumani nad rekoy
Vyhodila na bereg Katyusha
Na vysokij bereg, na krutoy
Vyhodila, pesnyu zavodila
Pro stepnovo sizovo orla
Pro tovo kotorovo lyubila
Pro tovo ch'i pis'ma beregla.
Oy, ty pesnya, pesenka devich'ya,
Ty leti za yasnym solntsem vslyed
I boytsu na dal'nem pogranich'e
Ot Katyushi pyereday privyet
Pust' on vspomnit devushku prostuyu
Pust' uslyshit' kak ona poyot.
Pust' on zemlyu berezhyot rodnuyu
A lyubov' Katyusha sbyerezhyot.
Rastsvetali yabloni i grushi,
Poplyli tumani nad rekoy
Vyhodila na bereg Katyusha
Na vysokij bereg, na krutoy
English Translation
Apples and pears were blossoming
Mist on the river floating
On the bank Katyusha stepped out
On the high steep bank.
Stepped out, started a song
About one grey steppe eagle
About her loved one
Whose letters she cherished.
Oh song, maiden's song
Fly towards the clear sun
And to the warrior on a far away border
Bring Katyusha's greeting.
May he remember this simple maiden
and hear her signing
may he save our motherland
and love, Katyusha will save