Polyushka Polye (Field, O My Field) - Russian Folk Song

I'd have to say that Don Bellisario has a way of influencing all sorts of things. JAG brought about my marriage to my wife who is a fellow JAG fan. Another Don Bellisario series brought about my appreciation for Russian music. In Airwolf "Proof Through The Night", the Russian folk song: Polyushka Polye (Field, O My Field) is played in two locations during the episode. Initially when Moses Rostoff goes to pick up his family in the secondary location in Russia because he wanted his family to be able to exit the Soviet Union along with him; and secondly when Stringfellow Hawke goes out to have a talk with Tanya Rostoff outside his cabin (Tanya being disgruntled at having to escape Russia and go to the USA with her father).


Hawke playing his cello (Copyright Don Bellisario-Universal Pictures)


Tanya singing (copyright Don Bellisario/Universal Pictures)

The Romanized Lyrics (Russian)

Polyushko-polye
Polyushko shiroko polye
Yedut da po polyu gyeroi
Proshlogo vryemyeni gyeroi

Vyetyer razvyeyet
Eh, da po zelyenu polyu
Ih udalyye pyesni
Proshlogo vryemeni pyesni

Tolko ostavit
Im boyevuyu slavu
I zapylyennuyu dorogu
Vdal uhodyashuyu dorogu

Polyushko-polye
Polyushko shiroko polye
Yedut da po polyu gyeroi
Proshlogo vryemyeni gyeroi

Polyushko-polye
Vidyelo nyealo gorya
Bylo propitano krovyu
Proshlogo vryemyeni krovyu

Polyushko-polye
Polyushko shiroko polye
Yedut da po polyu gyeroi
Proshlogo vryemyeni gyeroi

Vyetyer razvyeyet
Eh, da po zelyenu polyu
Ih udalyye pyesni
Proshlogo vryemeni pyesni

Tolko ostavit
Im boyevuyu slavu
I zapylyennuyu dorogu
Vdal uhodyashuyu dorogu

Polyushko-polye
Vidyelo nyealo gorya
Bylo propitano krovyu
Proshlogo vryemyeni krovyu

Polyushko-polye
Polyushko shiroko polye

And the favorite recording of this is by the Russian Red Army:
(the volume sucks on this video, you may have to crank the volume on it)



I don't know if it is the melody of the music or the deep Slavic rhythms of the piece that draws me to it, but it strikes a chord deep inside.