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The Red Army Choir is a performing ensemble that served as the official army choir of the former Soviet Union's Red Army. The choir consists of a male choir, an orchestra, and a dance ensemble. The songs they perform range from Russian folk tunes to Church hymns, operatic arias and popular music; examples include "Katyusha", "Kalinka", "Kernina" and "Ave Maria". Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Red Army Choir has continued performing, entertaining audiences both inside and outside Russia.
In 1993 the Red Army Choir became an item of pop culture by performing together with the Finnish cult band Leningrad Cowboys both in Helsinki, where they performed on the Senate Square in front of 70,000 ecstatic listeners, and in Berlin. In the German capital the concert of the Leningrad Cowboys with the Red Army Choir took place on the central Lustgarten and gave the Red Army's farewell to East Berlin an optimistic overtone.
In 1991, The Red Army Choir participated in Roger Waters' The Wall Concert celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall. They performed during the song "Bring The Boys Back Home", an anti-war song.
Dark Eyes
Red Army Choir Lyrics
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Ochi chyorniye, och strastniye!
Ochi Zhguchiye i prekrasniye!
Kak lyublyu ya vas, kak boyus' ya vas!
znat', uvidel vas ya v nedobryi chas!
Ne vidal by vas, ne stradal by tak,
No uvidel vas, poteryal pokoi,
I ves' mir zabyl ya dlya vas odnoi.
Ocharovan ya, okoldovan ya
Laskoi nezhnoyu, vzorom plamennym.
By sgubili menya, och chyorniye,
Unesli navek moyo schastye vy.
The song "Dark Eyes" by the Red Army Choir is a melancholic ballad about the haunting beauty of a pair of dark, alluring eyes. The lyrics are sung in Russian and convey a sense of longing and remorse over lost love. The singer of the song describes how he fell in love with the woman with the captivating eyes, and how he fears and loves her. He laments that he would not have suffered so much if he had never seen her, but that their meeting was fateful and he cannot forget her. He is enchanted and captured by her gaze, and he feels that she has stolen his happiness forever.
The lyrics are full of vivid imagery and emotion, and the theme of unrequited love is universal and timeless. The sorrowful melody and the choir's powerful delivery add to the beauty and depth of the song. The use of the word "ochi," which means "eyes" in Russian, emphasizes the importance of the eyes as a window to the soul, and highlights the singer's fixation on this woman's particularly captivating eyes.
Line by Line Meaning
Ochi chyorniye, och strastniye!
Oh, black eyes, how passionate you are!
Ochi Zhguchiye i prekrasniye!
Your burning and beautiful eyes!
Kak lyublyu ya vas, kak boyus' ya vas!
How I love you, how I fear you!
znat', uvidel vas ya v nedobryi chas!
I saw you at an inopportune time!
Ne vidal by vas, ne stradal by tak,
I wouldn't have suffered so much if I hadn't seen you.
A prozhil by zhizn' ulybayasya.
I would have lived a happy life.
No uvidel vas, poteryal pokoi,
But I saw you and lost my peace.
I ves' mir zabyl ya dlya vas odnoi.
And I forgot the whole world for you alone.
Ocharovan ya, okoldovan ya
Enchanted, bewitched
Laskoi nezhnoyu, vzorom plamennym.
By tender love, with a flaming look.
By sgubili menya, och chyorniye,
You would have destroyed me, black eyes,
Unesli navek moyo schastye vy.
You took my happiness forever.
Contributed by Jayden A. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@user-uf4xf4nw2u
Here is the Cyrillic lyric:
Очи чёрные, очи жгучие,
Очи страстные и прекрасные!,
Как люблю я вас, как боюсь я вас,
Знать, увидел вас я не в добрый час.
Очи чёрные, очи пламенны
И мaнят они в страны дальные,
Где царит любовь, где царит покой,
Где страданья нет, где вражды запрет.
Очи чёрные, очи жгучие,
Очи страстные и прекрасные,
Как люблю я вас, как боюсь я вас,
Знать увидел вас я не в добрый час.
Не встречал бы вас, не страдал бы так,
Я бы прожил жизнь улыбаючись,
Вы сгубили меня очи чёрные
Унесли на век моё счастье.
Очи чёрные, очи жгучие,
Очи страстные и прекрасные,
Как люблю я вас, как боюсь я вас,
Знать увидел вас я не в добрый час.
Вы сгубили меня,
очи чёрные!
@comingfall6348
Dark eyes, burning eyes
Passionate and splendid eyes
How I love you, How I fear you
Truly, I saw you at a sinister hour
Dark eyes, flaming eyes
They implore me into faraway lands
Where love reigns, where peace reigns
Where there is no suffering, where war is forbidden
Dark eyes, burning eyes
Passionate and splendid eyes
I love you so, I fear you so
Truly, I saw you at a sinister hour
If I hadn't met you, I wouldn't be suffering so
I would have lived my life smiling
You have ruined me, dark eyes
You have taken my happiness away forever
Dark eyes, burning eyes
Passionate and splendid eyes
I love you so, I fear you so
Truly, I saw you at a sinister hour
@hackerbat2012
Ochi chyornye, ochi zhguchie
Ochi strastnye i prekrasnye
Kak lyublyu ya vas, kak boyus' ya vas
Znat' uvidel vas ya ne v dobryi chas
Ochi chyornye, ochi plamenny
I manyat oni v strany dal'nye
Gde tsarit lyubov', gde tsarit pokoi
Gde stradan'ya nyet, gde vrazhdy zapryet
Ochi chyornye, ochi zhguchie
Ochi strastnye i prekrasnye
Kak lyublyu ya vas, kak boyus' ya vas
Znat' uvidel vas ya ne v dobryi chas
Ne vstrechal by vas, ne stradal by tak
Ya by prozhil zhizn' ulybayuchis'
Vy zgubili menya ochi chyornye
Unesli na vek moyo schast'ye
Ochi chyornye, ochi zhguchie
Ochi strastnye i prekrasnye
Kak lyublyu ya vas, kak boyus' ya vas
Znat' uvidel vas ya ne v dobryi chas
Kak lyublyu ya vas, kak boyus' ya vas
Znat' uvidel vas ya ne v dobryi chas
Vy zgubili menya ochi chyornye
@Vict0r1984
Listening to this while working on my novel about a young Red army soldier who falls in love with a dark-eyed noble lady who is a centuries-old vampire and whose mansion in the Perm countryside his military unit is supposed to seize during the civil war. Couldn't ask for better atmosphere than this!
Even the lyrics of
"Dark and burning eyes, Dark as midnight skies
Full of passion flame, full of lovely game
I'm in love with you, I'm afraid of you."
or
"Oh, not for nothing are you darker than the deep!
I see mourning for my soul in you,
I see a triumphant flame in you:"
fit my main character's mindset so well this is brilliant food for thought!
Thanks a lot for the upload comrade!
@joaomiguelmoreira6363
Lyrics:
Black eyes, burning eyes,
Passionate and beautiful eyes!
How I love you, how I fear you,
You know, I saw you at a bad time.
Black eyes, fiery eyes
And they are bending to distant countries,
Where love reigns, where peace reigns
Where there is no suffering, where enmity is prohibited.
Black eyes, burning eyes,
Passionate and beautiful eyes,
How I love you, how I fear you,
Know I saw you at a bad time.
I would not meet you, would not suffer like this,
I would live my life smiling
You ruined me black eyes
They took my happiness forever.
Black eyes, burning eyes,
Passionate and beautiful eyes,
How I love you, how I fear you,
Know I saw you at a bad hour.
You ruined me
Black eyes!
by google tradutor
@dukekenny9340
Припев:
Очи чёрные, очи жгучие,
Очи страстные и прекрасные,
Как люблю я вас, как боюсь я вас,
Знать увидел вас я не в добрый час.
Очи чёрные, очи пламенны
И монят они в страны дальные,
Где царит любовь, где царит покой,
Где страданья нет, где вражды запрет.
Припев:
Очи чёрные, очи жгучие,
Очи страстные и прекрасные,
Как люблю я вас, как боюсь я вас,
Знать увидел вас я не в добрый час.
Не встречал бы вас, не страдал бы так,
Я бы прожил жизнь улыбаючись,
Вы сгубили меня очи черные
Унесли на век моё счастье.
Припев:
Очи чёрные, очи жгучие,
Очи страстные и прекрасные,
Как люблю я вас, как боюсь я вас,
Знать увидел вас я не в добрый час.
@maviamerikali
Lyrics for who is not slavic :D
Pripev:
Ochi chyornye, ochi zhguchie,
Ochi strastnye i prekrasnye,
Kak lyublyu ya vas, kak boyus' ya vas,
Znat' uvidel vas ya ne v dobryy chas.
Ochi chyornye, ochi plamenny
I monyat oni v strany dal'nye,
Gde tsarit lyubov', gde tsarit pokoy,
Gde stradan'ya net, gde vrazhdy zapret.
Pripev:
Ochi chyornye, ochi zhguchie,
Ochi strastnye i prekrasnye,
Kak lyublyu ya vas, kak boyus' ya vas,
Znat' uvidel vas ya ne v dobryy chas.
Ne vstrechal by vas, ne stradal by tak,
Ya by prozhil zhizn' ulybayuchis',
Vy sgubili menya ochi chernye
Unesli na vek moyo schast'e.
Pripev:
Ochi chyornye, ochi zhguchie,
Ochi strastnye i prekrasnye,
Kak lyublyu ya vas, kak boyus' ya vas,
Znat' uvidel vas ya ne v dobryy chas.
@altamirojunior2860
Dark eyes, burning eyes
Passionate and splendid eyes
How I love you, How I fear you
Truly, I saw you at a sinister hour
Dark eyes, flaming eyes
They implore me into faraway lands
Where love reigns, where peace reigns
Where there is no suffering, where war is forbidden
Dark eyes, burning eyes
Passionate and splendid eyes
I love you so, I fear you so
Truly, I saw you at a sinister hour
If I hadn't met you, I wouldn't be suffering so
I would have lived my life smiling
You have ruined me, dark eyes
You have taken my happiness away forever
Dark eyes, burning eyes
Passionate and splendid eyes
I love you so, I fear you so
Truly, I saw you at a sinister hour
@ScorpionID7
msinvincible2000 2 Things.
1: The killings of communism are vastly over exaggerated. And I doubt that someone with the birth year of "2000" lived during the years of true communism.
2: 100 million people killed by communism are a mere drop in the ocean compared to how much capitalistic imperialism has killed.
Here, have a good read with this:
https://communistftw.wordpress.com/2013/11/12/response-to-communism-killed-100-million-people/
Of course, I don't hate you or anything, though I hate it how you hate me just because I believe in a different ideology and I have a different opinion than you.
@MrAdam6468
Очи чёрные, очи жгучие,
Очи страстные и прекрасные,
Как люблю я вас, как боюсь я вас,
Знать увидел вас я не в добрый час.
Очи чёрные, жгучне пламенны
И мaнят они в страны дальные,
Где царит любовь, где царит покой,
Где страданья нет, где вражды запрет.
Очи чёрные, очи жгучие,
Очи страстные и прекрасные,
Как люблю я вас, как боюсь я вас,
Знать увидел вас я не в добрый час.
Не встречал бы вас, не страдал бы так,
Я бы прожил жизнь улыбаючись,
Вы сгубили меня очи чёрные
Унесли на век моё счастье.
Очи чёрные, очи жгучие,
Очи страстные и прекрасные,
Как люблю я вас, как боюсь я вас,
Знать увидел вас я не в добрый час.
@josipmihalke
best trumpet solo ever
@GoldbergIdustries
I agree
@connorwilliams9357
this is better then a million popstars
@chriswizardman6384
True
@E-N-sy1mi
only a million? That number is too unfair for popstars against this song...
@unpirata2308
this is old pop music
@kvwink818
True
@adriennvarga6869
not pop. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Eyes_(song)
@user-uf4xf4nw2u
Here is the Cyrillic lyric:
Очи чёрные, очи жгучие,
Очи страстные и прекрасные!,
Как люблю я вас, как боюсь я вас,
Знать, увидел вас я не в добрый час.
Очи чёрные, очи пламенны
И мaнят они в страны дальные,
Где царит любовь, где царит покой,
Где страданья нет, где вражды запрет.
Очи чёрные, очи жгучие,
Очи страстные и прекрасные,
Как люблю я вас, как боюсь я вас,
Знать увидел вас я не в добрый час.
Не встречал бы вас, не страдал бы так,
Я бы прожил жизнь улыбаючись,
Вы сгубили меня очи чёрные
Унесли на век моё счастье.
Очи чёрные, очи жгучие,
Очи страстные и прекрасные,
Как люблю я вас, как боюсь я вас,
Знать увидел вас я не в добрый час.
Вы сгубили меня,
очи чёрные!
@noahhughes2501
Cyril-lyric