Vladimir Vysotsky - Song About a Friend (Eng Sub + movie)

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  • čas přidán 12. 11. 2011
  • The song "Песня о Друге" is performed by the legendary Russian poet, songwriter and singer Владимир Высоцкий in the movie "Вертикаль," 1967. Translated in full sentences rather than word by word.
    When people dislike my work here or on my other channels, I get upset. I imagine anyone who gets negative feedback without any explanation feels the same. That's why I've never disliked a single video on Utube.
    Below is an awesome translation by David Vinnikov.
    It captures Vysotskyi's rhythm and style:
    If a man’s neither friend nor foe
    Just another so-and-so
    If you can’t get past his shell
    Whether for good or for bad -
    Take him up a high mount with you
    Not letting him slip away
    Now he’s stuck in a bind with you
    Now you’ll see who he is -
    If the fellow up there ain’t there
    If he’s bitter and tears his hair
    If he falls on the ice and feels
    He’d rather drop you than freeze -
    Then this can’t be the man for you
    Don’t waste words on him but shoo
    Just another one of the throng
    Not a man for a song -
    If he kept his rage in a shell
    As he pulled through without a sound
    Grabbed out for your hand when you fell
    May have groaned but he held!
    If he marched through with you to fight
    To a summit which stole his might
    It means you’ve found a friend
    You can keep to the end.
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Komentáře • 121

  • @plankedskank
    @plankedskank Před rokem +44

    0:33
    That whistling is my childhood lmao

  • @anyariv
    @anyariv Před 7 měsíci +10

    Great translation, as good as it can be. Unfortunately no English speaker will get the full magic of this Russian poetry. And magic it is. All rhyme.

  • @borat5225
    @borat5225 Před 6 lety +133

    HAHA!!!! I FINALY FOUND THE BASTARD OF A SONG!!! I CANT TELL YOU HOW LONG IVE SEARCHED FOR YOU MY LOVE!!! Oh, ever since nu pogadi I heard you play every once in a while, I heard people whistle your tune. Oh my love!

    • @VictorYRus777
      @VictorYRus777 Před 3 lety +5

      Nu pogody has another voices, Vysotsky voice is no at Nu pogodi cartoon...
      The Wolf at Nu pogodi is speaking with voice of Anatoliy Papanov.
      Oh, i see, you mean a back music (whistle) in one episode... 0:33 Yes, this is that song, it was very popular that time, super hit.

    • @user-ij5sw7fd6x
      @user-ij5sw7fd6x Před 3 lety

      Where are you from, bro?

    • @borat5225
      @borat5225 Před 3 lety +5

      @@user-ij5sw7fd6x 100% Bulgarian. Living in canada so that's why it was so hard for me to find this song.

    • @galinamaxim8944
      @galinamaxim8944 Před 2 lety

      aaaaaaaaaaăaăaaăaăăaaaaaaaaaaaaă

    • @urebexs
      @urebexs Před 2 lety

      Litterally same here, my dad found it for me

  • @russland2003
    @russland2003 Před 7 lety +155

    Absolutely genius lyrics. Touched my core. This is how I feel about friendship. Sadly, not many go to this depth, not for friendship and not even for love...

  • @sheva9666
    @sheva9666 Před 3 lety +15

    The wolf climbing up a rope, whistling this...
    😁🙄👍✊

  • @MarkT80014
    @MarkT80014 Před 5 lety +34

    RIP my friend. You lived hard, loved harder (and how!) and left us with so much to appreciate.

  • @FIONA21ful
    @FIONA21ful Před 4 lety +38

    wonderful lyrics .

    • @sersem50
      @sersem50 Před 4 lety

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  • @wabalabadabdabbio9555
    @wabalabadabdabbio9555 Před 3 lety +5

    Ui bljad... Lublu...immer wenns schief geht gibt es eine melodie die hoffnung bring. Diese ist eine solche..🤗🤗🤗🤗

  • @DerZauberer-ce5qu
    @DerZauberer-ce5qu Před 2 měsíci +2

    Sehr schön ❤️

  • @bobkin611
    @bobkin611 Před 5 lety +17

    You are not my friend. You are my brother, my friend.

  • @vladm7246
    @vladm7246 Před 7 lety +59

    amazing song, true and close to the heart. my dad was an alpine climber and he knows how important it is to have people that you can rely upon with your life that will remain friends for the rest of your life. unfortunately time does change some and those comrades lose touch with friendships and what's important and choose greed instead :(

    • @juggerv18
      @juggerv18 Před 4 lety +3

      It is always important to have real friends, but you can only understand how real friends they are in extreme situations. I realized this when I was in the army.

    • @dacevilsone8093
      @dacevilsone8093 Před 4 lety +3

      Civil life situations sometimes require even more in a long run, dare to say- well, master Visocky sang it all. He's a legend.

    • @50centgotshot9times
      @50centgotshot9times Před 4 lety +1

      Holy shit same here

  • @user-qm6dc4cp9f
    @user-qm6dc4cp9f Před 3 lety +12

    Лучше гор,могут быть только горы.

  • @NoCoverCharge
    @NoCoverCharge Před 8 lety +50

    Love this guy.... Found out about him while watching a move with Gregory Hines and Barashinkov

    • @dacevilsone8093
      @dacevilsone8093 Před 4 lety

      'This guy'! ..a legend beyound, but you're excused by mentioning Barishnikov :)

    • @IvanIvanov-us1fb
      @IvanIvanov-us1fb Před 3 lety

      No you are right his Barashinkov ( Goatson if translate ) , first type in this song is about him

    • @leonpogorelis4438
      @leonpogorelis4438 Před 3 lety

      Russian government hated him for being honest no BS guy.

  • @pearldriver73
    @pearldriver73 Před 8 lety +36

    come here because of nu pogodi, haha very exciting melody

    • @reinhardherr4338
      @reinhardherr4338 Před 7 lety +3

      pearldriver73 I also searched this song because of hearing the wolf whistling it on nu pogodi. The tune of it is now stuck in my head and I often find myself whistling this tune, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

    • @Nonames569
      @Nonames569 Před 6 lety

      The song was well known before Nu pogody. To be honest I did not mention the Cartoon when hearing the song. The words are more important than whisper.

  • @tetyanabondaruk6735
    @tetyanabondaruk6735 Před 4 lety +8

    Sei un GENIO. Peccato che non avrò la possibilità di conoscerti in questa vita.. 💔

  • @saintgarluth
    @saintgarluth Před 5 lety +11

    Rest in Peace dear Vysotsky , rest in peace...-_-

  • @rasulaziyev2447
    @rasulaziyev2447 Před 8 lety +67

    Nu pogodi))

  • @user-rd1nv5uq8j
    @user-rd1nv5uq8j Před 4 lety +5

    Touched me

  • @666dimmuborgir1
    @666dimmuborgir1 Před 3 lety +6

    Amazingly beautiful!

  • @pennypay1
    @pennypay1 Před 2 lety +5

    Quite nice! I'm going on fifty, yet I now found out about Vysotsky while reading a fictional coming-of-age novel set in Montreal.

  • @Yoroaldon
    @Yoroaldon Před 10 lety +15

    Spasiba!

  • @jakovdolic6290
    @jakovdolic6290 Před 6 lety +7

    Bravo !!

  • @luisdominguez2048
    @luisdominguez2048 Před 4 lety +4

    Lovely song

  • @zdenekopava1759
    @zdenekopava1759 Před 2 lety +3

    The translation in the video is very good, idiomatic and accurate.

  • @vijays.9327
    @vijays.9327 Před 9 lety +16

    Thanks for posting this.

  • @martaramos5163
    @martaramos5163 Před 8 lety +7

    excelent!

  • @brucednbattered
    @brucednbattered Před 9 lety +10

    Thank you very much!!

  • @LogicianOfficial
    @LogicianOfficial Před 11 lety +9

    Ну, погоди!

  • @tomaspuzej5797
    @tomaspuzej5797 Před rokem +1

    My Brother. I learning this in Prague

  • @KLAK955
    @KLAK955 Před 12 lety +9

    Золото...класс

  • @brucednbattered
    @brucednbattered Před 9 lety +5

    And I like what you wrote about negative feedback.

  • @lutherrhein7697
    @lutherrhein7697 Před rokem +1

    what a song!

  • @vvshadowzvv1912
    @vvshadowzvv1912 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I finally found this song. I remembered it from Nu Pogodi

  • @lorisblue
    @lorisblue Před 3 měsíci

    luv this guy

  • @magorzatalebioda4102
    @magorzatalebioda4102 Před 10 lety +14

    genialne...wspaniale,że znalazłam ten kanał !

  • @maxnurmax4550
    @maxnurmax4550 Před 2 měsíci

    vladimir, this cheeky devil did it again.

  • @thirzavandenabeele2209
    @thirzavandenabeele2209 Před 4 lety +4

    nice

  • @cvetannikolov2823
    @cvetannikolov2823 Před 8 měsíci

    Genius friend, люблю

  • @mariastefan3025
    @mariastefan3025 Před 7 měsíci

    Genial!

  • @bobyberry8394
    @bobyberry8394 Před 4 lety +10

    The proper title in English would be "through thin and thick, by Vladimir Vysotsky" it's an old Anglo-Saxon metaphor. You're welcome.

  • @mediamedia4055
    @mediamedia4055 Před rokem +1

    Spaß 🙂

  • @miastigmigiamiazoi
    @miastigmigiamiazoi Před 3 lety

    tnx for translation

  • @CliffuckingBooth
    @CliffuckingBooth Před 3 lety +2

    Nu, pogodi!

  • @mediamedia4055
    @mediamedia4055 Před rokem

    Wkluchil Eto 😁

  • @annapunchera55
    @annapunchera55 Před 12 lety +2

    atlitschna + super

  • @karimkabbara1651
    @karimkabbara1651 Před 6 lety +5

    Otchin crasiva

  • @wightclaudia
    @wightclaudia Před 2 lety

    If only you were here today to see what has happened

  • @yellowboot6629
    @yellowboot6629 Před 2 lety

    🤗❣️🥃

  • @blanton3721
    @blanton3721 Před 3 lety +3

    Вот уж не думал что Высоцкого знают на западе.

    • @user-gz3ql1zc9w
      @user-gz3ql1zc9w Před 3 lety +3

      Его явила миру Марина Влади.

  • @mediamedia4055
    @mediamedia4055 Před rokem +1

    😁 adic adigeja 😂👋

  • @IRA77GEOTENORE
    @IRA77GEOTENORE Před 3 lety +1

    ISPOLIN!!!

  • @mediamedia4055
    @mediamedia4055 Před rokem

    Murad s Mishiko 😁 Spaß 😃🙂

  • @kris6089
    @kris6089 Před 3 lety +4

    any one can link my to the song with the Russian lyrics? I can't thing along with these

    • @blue88puma82
      @blue88puma82 Před 3 lety

      www.google.com/amp/s/www.musixmatch.com/de/songtext/Vladimir-Vysotsky/%25D0%259F%25D0%25B5%25D1%2581%25D0%25BD%25D1%258F-%25D0%259E-%25D0%2594%25D1%2580%25D1%2583%25D0%25B3%25D0%25B5/amp

    • @somechannel2461
      @somechannel2461 Před 2 lety +3

      Если друг оказался вдруг
      И не друг, и не враг, а - так;
      Если сразу не разберешь,
      Плох он или хорош, -
      Парня в горы тяни - рискни!
      Не бросай одного его:
      Пусть он в связке в одной с тобой -
      Там поймешь, кто такой.
      Если парень в горах не ах,
      Если сразу раскис - и вниз,
      Шаг ступил на ледник - и сник,
      Оступился - и в крик, -
      Значит рядом с тобой - чужой,
      Ты его не брани - гони.
      Вверх таких не берут и тут
      Про таких не поют.
      Если ж он не скулил, не ныл;
      Пусть он хмур был и зол, но шел,
      А когда ты упал со скал,
      Он стонал, но держал;
      Если шел он с тобой, как в бой,
      На вершине стоял хмельной, -
      Значит, как на себя самого,
      Положись на него!

    • @somechannel2461
      @somechannel2461 Před 2 lety

      Esli drug okazalsy vdrug
      I ne drug, I ne vrag, a - tak;
      Esli srazu ne razberesh
      Ploh on ili horosh, -
      Parnya v gori tyni- riskni!
      Ne brosai odnogo ego:
      Pust’ on v svyzke v odnoi s toboi-
      Tam poiymesh , kto takoi.
      Esli paren’ v gorah ne Ah,
      Esli srazu raskis- I vniz,
      Shag stupil na lednik- I snik.
      Ostupilsy- I v krik, -
      Znachit ryadom s toboi- chujoiy
      Ti ego ne brani- goni.
      Vverh takih ne berut I tut
      Pro takih ne poiyut
      Esli jh on ne skulil, ne nil;
      Pust’ on hmur bil I zol , no sheol
      A kogda ti upal so skal,
      On stonal , no derjhal
      Esli shel on s toboi , kak v boiy
      Na vershine stoyal hmel’noiy
      Znachit kak na sebya samogo
      Polojhis’ na nego!

    • @kristinajackson5862
      @kristinajackson5862 Před 2 lety

      @@somechannel2461 spasybo vam za eto 👍

  • @ivandemichev4770
    @ivandemichev4770 Před 10 lety +9

    генний!!!!!!

  • @mediamedia4055
    @mediamedia4055 Před rokem +1

    Murad 😂👋🤣

  • @tomaskozmik7312
    @tomaskozmik7312 Před 2 lety

    Heneš

  • @mediamedia4055
    @mediamedia4055 Před rokem

    Obligatien,a kto on tebe? 😁

  • @juhajyrkihemminkilahteenma5283

    niin,,,moskova 1985,,,pfa,,,intun monttu,,,shere 3,,rahtiterminaali,,,jooooo

  • @Pfs709
    @Pfs709 Před 10 měsíci

    Ոնց ա երգում

  • @Liza-lt7wf
    @Liza-lt7wf Před 10 měsíci

    ROSSIJANE, ostanovite ETU VOINU v Ukraine!!! 🙏🙏🙏
    POZOR ROSSIJANAM za voinu v Ukraine.

    • @amondberzal6195
      @amondberzal6195 Před 7 měsíci

      Well,if its already "pozor",then we dont have other choices- only go and push forward cause nothing to loose.

  • @mediamedia4055
    @mediamedia4055 Před rokem

    On kretin tët Marina 😂

  • @VictorYRus777
    @VictorYRus777 Před 3 lety +5

    Очень скверный перевод, весьма приблизительный, не передаёт точно смысл и технику поэтики, своеобразный эквилибризм словесности, когда фразы четкие и хлесткие как выстрелы, не в рифму, отсутствует аллитерация (созвучие, рифма внутри строки, например:
    Вверх таких не берУТ и тУТ
    Про таких не поЮТ).

    • @user-gz3ql1zc9w
      @user-gz3ql1zc9w Před 3 lety +3

      Вам ли судить? Ответе себе на этот вопрос. Только честно.

    • @zackkurman5107
      @zackkurman5107 Před 2 lety +2

      @@user-gz3ql1zc9w неважно что он сказал..Высотки был гений

  • @theblueknight9746
    @theblueknight9746 Před 5 lety +3

    A weird soviet knockoff of Tom and Jerry brought me here.

    • @MultiAgentH
      @MultiAgentH Před 5 lety +1

      Don’t sass me, even when you’re right

    • @19TiLLaH45
      @19TiLLaH45 Před 4 lety +2

      Its more then that
      Its a Cartoon about russian society.
      Wolk is different in newer Episode, cause manhood changed. And thats why it was a genius move to choose a song from a Songwriter, who never feared to sing the truth even though his label was owned by the Gouvernement

    • @dacevilsone8093
      @dacevilsone8093 Před 4 lety +2

      Best thing that, possibly, happened to you. Visocky is a Legend.

    • @dacevilsone8093
      @dacevilsone8093 Před 4 lety

      It's an irrelevant rubbish

    • @dacevilsone8093
      @dacevilsone8093 Před 4 lety +1

      Oktopus, or whatever you call yourself- good reference from Žiglov role master Visocky played- so all you 'undergroud, like rats with no ( real) name.