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by Leib Moiseyevich Kvitko (1890 - 1952)
Translation by Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak (1887 - 1964)

Klimu Vorošilovu pis'mo ja napisal
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the Yiddish (יידיש) 
Klimu Vorošilovu pis'mo ja napisal:
Tovarišč Vorošilov, narodnyj komissar!
V Krasnuju armiju v nynešnij god,
V Krasnuju armiju brat moj idët!

Tovarišč Vorošilov, ty, verno, budeš' rad,
Kogda k tebe na službu pridët moj staršij brat.
Narkom Vorošilov, emu ty doverjaj:
Umrët on, a ne pustit vraga v Sovetskij kraj!

Slyšal ja, fašisty zadumali vojnu,
Chotjat oni razgrabit' Sovetskuju stranu.
Tovarišč Vorošilov, kogda načnëtsja boj –
Puskaj naznačat brata v otrjad peredovoj!

Tovarišč Vorošilov, a esli na vojne
Pogibnet brat moj milyj – piši skoree mne!
Narkom Vorošilov, ja bystro podrastu
I vstanu vmesto brata s vintovkoj na postu!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak (1887 - 1964) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Yiddish (יידיש) by Leib Moiseyevich Kvitko (1890 - 1952) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Pavel Semyonovich Akulenko (1904 - 1960), "Климу Ворошилову письмо я написал...", 1938 [ voice and instrumental ensemble of balalaikas ], A small boy writes a letter to marshal Klim Voroshilov and swares to fight for the Motherland [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Samuil Yevgenyevich Feinberg (1890 - 1962), "Письмо Ворошилову", op. 23 (Три песни (Tri pesni) = Three Songs) no. 1 (1936), published 1936 [ voice and piano ], Moscow: Muzgiz, 1936 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-05-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 99

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