"The Grass Outside Our Homes" - Russian cosmonauts anthem
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 7:38 am
The other day I browsing YouTube (as one does) and I found this song by the Russian band Zemlyane in the 1980s, which turned out after discovering translated lyrics to be somewhat appropriate for spacefarers.
So put your ship into spin-stabilisation mode, engage autopilot, and crack open a bottle of vodka...
The Grass Outside Our Homes (Трава у дома)
[English translation of Russian lyrics]
The earth in the illuminator, the earth in the illuminator,
The earth in the illuminator is visible...
The way a son would miss his mother, the way a son would miss his mother,
We miss the earth - there is no other.
And the stars even so, the stars even so
Are getting closer but remain as cold.
And just like in the time of eclipse, just like in the time of eclipse,
We seek the light and dream earthly dreams.
(Chorus) And dream we not of the thunderous spaceport(1),
Not of this icy azure,
We're dreaming of the grass outside our homes,
The green, green grass.
And fly we like orbits,
Through untouched paths,
Embroidering the space with meteors.
The risk and bravery are justified,
The music of the space
Is sipping into our formal chat.
In dim smoke,
The earth in the illuminator -
Sun-set mingled with sun-rise.
The son is missing his mother, missing his mother,
And the mother is waiting for her son,
And so is the earth.
(Chorus) And dream we not of the thunderous spaceport,
Not of this icy azure,
We're dreaming of the grass outside our homes,
The green, green grass.
And dream we not of the thunderous spaceport,
Not of this icy azure,
We're dreaming of the grass outside our homes,
The green, green grass.
(1) Lit. "cosmodrome" (космодрома)
According to Wikipedia this song has been declared the official anthem of the Russian cosmonaut corps.
So put your ship into spin-stabilisation mode, engage autopilot, and crack open a bottle of vodka...
The Grass Outside Our Homes (Трава у дома)
[English translation of Russian lyrics]
The earth in the illuminator, the earth in the illuminator,
The earth in the illuminator is visible...
The way a son would miss his mother, the way a son would miss his mother,
We miss the earth - there is no other.
And the stars even so, the stars even so
Are getting closer but remain as cold.
And just like in the time of eclipse, just like in the time of eclipse,
We seek the light and dream earthly dreams.
(Chorus) And dream we not of the thunderous spaceport(1),
Not of this icy azure,
We're dreaming of the grass outside our homes,
The green, green grass.
And fly we like orbits,
Through untouched paths,
Embroidering the space with meteors.
The risk and bravery are justified,
The music of the space
Is sipping into our formal chat.
In dim smoke,
The earth in the illuminator -
Sun-set mingled with sun-rise.
The son is missing his mother, missing his mother,
And the mother is waiting for her son,
And so is the earth.
(Chorus) And dream we not of the thunderous spaceport,
Not of this icy azure,
We're dreaming of the grass outside our homes,
The green, green grass.
And dream we not of the thunderous spaceport,
Not of this icy azure,
We're dreaming of the grass outside our homes,
The green, green grass.
(1) Lit. "cosmodrome" (космодрома)
According to Wikipedia this song has been declared the official anthem of the Russian cosmonaut corps.
