Русская азбука в песнях - Russian ABC in songs

Letter number 11 is K - it's the same like in Latin/English

K is for калина (kalina) - snowball bush/tree (viburnum)

Another K-word is красный (krasny') - red

In a figurative sense "красный" means "beautiful.

The "Red square" in Moscow (Красная площадь - Krasnaya ploshchad') is the "beautiful square" and, by the way, this designation did not invent the communists, it is older...

Today's song is Калина красная (Kalina krasnaya) - Beautiful snowball tree.

Калина красная,
Калина вызрела...
Я у залеточки
Характер вызнала.

Характер вызнала,
Характер ой, какой!

Я не уважила,
А он пошел с другой.

А он пошел с другой,
А я не спорила, -
Так, значит, он хорош,
А я не стоила!

А я пошла с другим,
Ему не верится:
Он подошел ко мне
Удостовериться.

Удостоверился,
Но не добился слов.
А я одно твержу:
Ты потерял любовь.

Ты потерял любовь,
Она найденная -
Другому мальчику
Переведенная.

Ты потерял любовь,
И я уверенно
Другому мальчику
Передоверена!

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Beautiful snowball tree,
Snowball tree ripened ...
I have during the summer
Recognized a personality.

Recognized a personality,
Oh what a character !

I have not detained him,
And he went to the other.

And he went with the other,
I did not argue -
So, then, it is good,
And I was not worth!

And I went to another,
He can not believe it:
He came up to me
To make sure.

I make sure
But it is not made of words.
And I keep telling one:
You lost love.

You lost love,
And it was found
by another boy
Transfered.

You lost love,
And I'm convinced
that it's to another boy
transfered!

The verse are folk poetry, revised by the poet Jevgeny' Sinizyn.
Music by Jan Frenkel.
Sings the woman Kwartet "Sovjet song"

This song was the favorite song of the writer, director and actor Vasily Shukshin (1929-1974) 
and he called his nouvel and his last movie with the same name.

This is a picture from the movie "Kalina Krasnaya" by Vasily Shukshin (1973)

He wrote the book, directed and played the lead role.

Today it's a little known movie, but I adore the work Vassíly Shukshin and of course I also own his books and a video-movie.

"A prisoner appeared after his release surprisingly by his letter-friendship, living in a small village to begin with her help a new life. Her family and the village community encounter the stranger with suspicion and fear. Too Lyuba, whose name from the Russian word Love is derived, is initially overwhelmed, but she gives Yegor work and a bed in their house. Yegor night overtures fail in the narrow wooden house, although the light sleeper the watchful grandmother, but hardly anyone seems to be able to interfere with the tender love of the two still . Yet one day appear Yegor's former cronies in the village and ask him to return. He refuses and they kill him. "

Here is the opening scene of the movie:

Written for Mrs. Nesbitt's ABC Wednesday