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тоже from-long-ago

ты ли девушка моя
с длинною косой
на лужайке у пруда
в полдень золотой
грелась, ножки подобрав
и глядела вглубь
где у илистого дна
словно круглый рубь
молодой карась сверкал
лунной чушуей
и играя забавлял
тихий разум твой

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Wow!

Ah, the wonders of machine translation...

Too from-long-ago

Whether you my girl
With dlinnoju slanting
On a lawn at a pond
At midday gold
It was heated, legs having picked up
Also looked deep into
Where at an oozy bottom
As if round rub
The young crucian sparkled
Lunar chushuej
And playing amused
Silent your reason

And it helps that I've discovered that crucian are a type of carp...

dlinnoju slanting??? what the hell is THAT?

It was heated, legs having picked up
Also looked deep into
Where at an oozy bottom

now you know that it's about sex at least

Sex? Featuring carp? Well okay - whatever turns you on...

As to "dlinnoju", a search for the word found this...

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pat.richmonds/mhfs.htm

The song "Those Were The Days" is an english version of the russian song "Dorogoj dlinnoju".

So, is "dlinnoju" a Russian word or not? And do you know that song? Either version...

of course she knows:)
it's one of my favourite song and "dlinnoju" meens "long" and "Dorogoj dlinnoju" - long way. it is.. their (http://www.bednayanastya.ru/files/71832/gc_20_b.jpg) song. very popular russian song :)

and ... well, it's not about sex%)

The English version and its singer (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pat.richmonds/gallery.htm) were very popular too, for a little while in the 60s.

Do they have the same tune?

in fact it's a jewish song. or am i wrong

Well you're the one who should know, what with stealing bits of it for "your" poem!

The lyrics to the English version were by Gene Raskin, but it seems it is acknowledged as a Russian traditional...

http://www.lyricsbox.com/mary-hopkin-lyrics-those-were-the-days-4p7dhmn.html

well, i was making fun of you, it's not jewish. but if call stealing one word (long) stealing, then call me a stealer by all means. you see, i was telling about a long braid in my poem, not a long ROAD!

Ah, not Jewish.

And apologies for hi-jacking the thread. It possibly has got a bit off-topic...

wait, i don't know - it might be jewish just as well

че такое jewish?

еврейский!

ого-го!... не знала)
пасиб)))

wrong. it is a classic gypsy song

yeah, i know them and once saw the video) she is great too))

sorry, does "tune" mean music(i'm not very strong in english...)? if so, we have the same tune:)

Yes, tune means music, or near enough. Which means it's definately the same song then.

he) thank you and sorry for stupid question)))

Not a stupid question. It's me who's totally lost in the Russian words! I've enjoyed the discussion though.

Either did I:)

it was hard to remember anything after 2 weeks winter holidays)))

wrong. it is a classic gypsy song

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