Comp. Eduard Kolmanovskij Lyrics Jevgeni Jevtusenko Finnish lyrics Pentti Saaritsa
Could the Soviet people really hope for war?
Let the meadow meet the quiet and whisper of the birch forests. And those who fall from their graves can give evidence of that - believe their children. No war of hope, no war can the Russians hope for ever.
It was not just that the army suffered for its own country, but for the whole world to sleep in the peace of its night. When New York, Paris and Vienna shake their heads in peace, their dreams tell in peace: no war of hope, no war can the Russians hope for ever.
We can fight, but we will not let that nightmare happen again when the blood covered the whole earth. I guess many of you can listen to your mothers. They make you believe: no war of hope, no war can the Russians hope for ever.
And the working people of the peoples know it best, they know it with instinct: no war of hope, no war can the Russians hope for ever.