HYMN TO RED OCTOBER
Words and Music by Basil Poledouris
Russian Translation by Herman Sinitzen

Holodna hmoora
>> Cold, hard, empty
Eemruchnoh v'doosheh
>>Light that has left me,
Kak mohg znat ya shtoh tee oomriosh?
>>How could I know that you would die?

Do svidonia, byehreg rodnoy
>>Farewell again, our dear land
Kak nam troodnag pridstahvit shtoh eto nyeh sohn
>>So hard for us to imagine that it's real, and not a dream
Rodina, dom radnoy,
>>Motherland, native home,
Do svidonia Rodina
>>Farewell, our Motherland

Ay Avepakhod, avepakhod, nass val nahmarskaya zhdyot nyehdazh dyotsyah
>>Let's go; the sea is waiting for us
Nass zah vootmarskaya dah, ee preeboy!
>>The vastness of the sea is calling to us, and the tides!

Salute otsam ee nashem dedum
>>Hail to our fathers and forefathers
Zahvietum eekh fsigdah vierney
>>We are faithful to the covenant made with the past
Tepierre nichtoh, nee astanoivit,
>>Now nothing can stop
Pabiedney shark, radnoy straney
>>Our Motherland's victorious march

Tiy pliyvee, pliyvee bestrashna,
>>Sail on fearlessly,
Gordest say viernykh marieye
>>Pride of the Northern Seas
Revoluytziye nadezhdah sgoostk vierif sekh luydeye
>>Hope of the Revolution, you are the burst of faith of the people

the last two stanzas repeat a couple of times, then

V'oktyabreh, v'oktyabreh,
>> In October, in October,
Rahpar tu ium miy nashe pabiediy
>>We report our victories to you, our Revolution
V'oktyabreh, v'oktyabreh,
Novie meeir fahli numnashy dehidiy
>>And to the heritage left by you for us