Махновщина [La Makhnovtchina]
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The Makhnovshchina | Makhnovtchina (Makhno's Army) |
Makhnovshchina, Makhnovshchina | In the fields and in the plains, |
Your flags are black in the wind | A song, a cry on the wind |
They are black with our pain | Was heard throughout Ukraine, |
They are red with our blood | The rising of our partisans. |
By the mountains and plains | In the springtime, Lenin's treaties |
in the snow and in the wind | To the Germans had sold Ukraine. |
across the whole Ukraine | But the army of Nestor Makhno |
our partisans arise | Threw them out with the autumn rain. |
In the Spring Lenin's treaties | Makhnovtchina, Makhnovtchina |
delivered the Ukraine to the Germans | Your flags are black in the mud. |
In the Fall the Makhnovshchina | They are black with our sorrow |
threw them into the wind | They are red with our blood. |
Denikin's White army | The white army of Denikin |
entered the Ukraine singing | Marched into Ukraine with a song, |
but soon the Makhnovshchina | But the army of Nestor Makhno |
scattered them in the wind. | Threw them out before too long. |
Makhnovshchina, Makhnovshchina | Makhnovtchina, Makhnovtchina, |
black army of our partisans | Your flags are black in the mud. |
Who battled in the Ukraine | They are black with our sorrow |
against the Reds and the Whites | They are red with our blood |
Makhnovshchina, Makhnovshchina | Though the Guard be Red or White, |
black army of our partisans | Or wear any uniform at all, |
who wanted to drive away all tyrants | The spirit of Nestor Makhno will be with you |
forever from the Ukraine. | When you're up against the wall. |