Poems and Songs of Vladimir Vysotsky. A Song of Rossia.
Commentary to “A SONG OF ROSSIA”.
Here comes to mind Mikhail Nozhkin’s song “Rossia” (1969), where he wrote:
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There is a good article about Rossia’s actions incomprehensible to outlandish sages, written by Veikko Korhonen (2019) (this article is in Russian).
What was foreseen by Vladimir Vysotsky and reflected by him in these songs is in harmony with what was encrypted by Alexander Pushkin in his novel “The Snowstorm” (1831) (the meaning of this novel is explained in the Russian article “The Matrix of Alexander Pushkin’s ‘The Snowstorm’” by Anonymous, 2014).
Translation versions of lines 16 and 32 of “A Song of Rossia”:
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With the hope that in the Lord’s Eyes they’ll look well. With the hope that the Lord will mark them well. So good God, when glances down, will mark them well. |
In Russian folklore, S i r i n is a Heavenly bird with the head and breast of a beautiful woman, which has a charming voice, the legend of her is based on the Greek myth about sirens.
A l k o n o s t is a fabulous bird of happiness with the head and hands of a beautiful woman, the legend of her is based on the Greek myth about Alcyone.
G a m a y u n is a prophetic bird with the head of a beautiful woman symbolizing wisdom and knowledge, the legend of her is based on the Iranian myth about the Huma bird.
Another title of “A Song of Rossia” is “Cupolas”. The second song is “A Song of the Volga”, it was written in 1973.
“A Song of Rossia” was written for the film “How Czar Peter Married Off His Moor” (1976), “A Song of the Volga” was performed in the play of the Memorial Lenin Komsomol Theater “Extraordinary Adventures on the Volga Steamer” (1984).
The text of “A Song of Rossia” is adapted from Thomas Beavitt, Vyacheslav Chetin, Stas and Margaret Porokhnya and Natalia Tverskova’s translations.