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By Raimonds Pauls and Andrej Voznesenskij
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Tuesday, Jul 22, 2014


Music: Million Roses (Миллион алых роз)
Composed: Raimonds Pauls
Words: Andrej Voznesenskij
Performed: Alla Pugacheva



"Million Roses" is originally from a Latvian song "Dāvāja Māriņa" composed by Raimonds Pauls with lyrics by Leons Briedis. 

"Dāvāja Māriņa" is one of Pauls's most popular songs and has been covered by several artists and in several languages, including the famous Russian singer Alla Pugacheva with Russian lyrics by Andrej Voznesenskij as "Миллион алых роз”.

Regardless of who wrote, or who has performed this song, Pugacheva made it hers.

The Russian lyric differs from the original Latvian. Voznesenskij’s lyrics are based on a true love story about a famous Georgian painter, Niko Pirosmani, from Tbilisi. Pirosmani fell in love with a French actress, Margarita, who loved flowers. Pirosmani loved her so much that he finally sold his house and paintings and bought her one million roses. But Margarita rejected him and he lived lonely, and in poverty, with just a million roses in his memory.





Translation by: David Huang

Once upon a time there was a painter

He had a house and paintings

He fell in love with an actress

who loved flowers

He then sold his house

And his paintings and shelter

With all the money he bought

A whole sea of flowers



Million, million, million of red roses

From your window, from your window, from your window you can see

Who is in love, who is in love, and seriously in love with you

Turn his life into million flowers for you



Million, million, million of red roses

From your window, from your window, from your window you can see

Who is in love, who is in love, and seriously in love with you

Turn his life into million flowers for you



In the morning you stand at the window

Maybe you've lost your mind

As in a continuation of a dream

The front yard is full of flowers

Your soul trembles

What miraculous rich man have done

Under the window, however, just breathing

The poor artist stands



Million, million, million of red roses

From your window, from your window, from your window you can see

Who is in love, who is in love, and seriously in love with you

Turn his life into million flowers for you



Million, million, million of red roses

From your window, from your window, from your window you can see

Who is in love, who is in love, and seriously in love with you

Turn his life into million flowers for you



The meeting was short

In the night she left on a train

But since then she always recalled

The mad song of million roses.

While the painter still lived alone

And endured many hardships and pains

But his life was continuously with

A whole sea of colorful roses.



Million, million, million of red roses

From your window, from your window, from your window you can see

Who is in love, who is in love, and seriously in love with you

Turn his life into million flowers for you



Million, million, million of red roses

From your window, from your window, from your window you can see

Who is in love, who is in love, and seriously in love with you

Turn his life into million flowers for you


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