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"When we were at war" (Russian: Когда мы были на войне; author's title "Song of the Hussar") is a poem by David Samoilov, included in his collection of poems, "Voices Beyond the Hills", in 1981–1985. It was set to music by Viktor Stolyarov [ru], who read it in the Ogonyok magazine. The song gained popularity under the guise of an old Cossack song.[1][2]

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"When we were at war"
Song
Language	Russian
Genre	Poem
Songwriter(s)	David Samoylov

Lyrics

Song Video
When we were at war by the Kuban Cossack Choir

Russian	Translation (Approximate)
Песенка гусара Когда мы были на войне, Когда мы были на войне, Там каждый думал о своей Любимой или о жене. И я бы тоже думать мог, И я бы тоже думать мог, Когда на трубочку глядел, На голубой её дымок. Давид Самойлов	Hussar song When we were at war, When we were at war, There everyone thought about his Beloved or his wife. And I could think too, And I could think too, When I looked at my pipe, At its blue smoke. David Samoilov
First two stanzas only

See also

• Everything about that spring (song) (ru:И всё о той весне)

References

External links

• When we were at war. Kuban Cossack Choir (2014)

На других языках

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- [en] When we were at war

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[ru] Когда мы были на войне…

«Когда мы были на войне…» (авторское название «Песенка гусара») — стихотворение Давида Самойлова, вошедшее в его сборник стихов 1981—1985 гг. «Голоса за холмами». Было положено на музыку Виктором Бардом, который прочитал его в журнале «Огонёк». Песня получила популярность под видом старинной казачьей[1].

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