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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (105016)	3/16/2014 10:06:49 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219761

That song is about unrequited love. Although the words are very simple, the emotions are deep and powerful. It became especially popular after WW2, when so many millions had lost their lovers. Perhaps I'm imagining this, but it seems like a window into the Russian soul. Here is the English translation... Tonkaya Ryabina youtube.com Why do you stand, swaying, slender ash tree, your head bent over your roots? And across the way, over the broad river, likewise alone, stands a tall oak tree. How could I, as the ash tree, go to the oak? I wouldn't then stand bowing and swaying. With my slender branches I'd press against him, and with his leaves, whisper day and night. But it's impossible for an ash tree to move to the oak. This is its fate- forever alone, swaying.