Day of Victory

Day of Victory! You were so far away,
Like an ember in a dying fire’s wake!
Miles of hardships, miles of dust and burning woods,
But we strove for this day as best we could.
Oh, this Day of Victory, powder and smoke,
Day so festive, yet our temples white as snow,
Day so joyful, but in bitter tears soaked.
Day of Victory!
Day of Victory!
Day of Victory!

Nights unending, forging triumph, forging steel
Stood our Land its watch and never knew fatigue,
Days unending, we engaged the foe and stood,
And we strove for this day as best we could.
Oh, this Day of Victory, powder and smoke,
Day so festive, yet our temples white as snow,
Day so joyful, but in bitter tears soaked.
Day of Victory!
Day of Victory!
Day of Victory!

Dear Mother! We are back, but we are few,
How I wish to gallop barefoot through the dew…
Half of Europe, half the planet marked out boots
When we strove for this day as best we could.
Oh, this Day of Victory, powder and smoke,
Day so festive, yet our temples white as snow,
Day so joyful, but in bitter tears soaked.
Day of Victory!
Day of Victory!
Day of Victory!

Oh, this Day of Victory, powder and smoke,
Day so festive, yet our temples white as snow,
Day so joyful, but in bitter tears soaked.
Day of Victory!
Day of Victory!
Day of Victory!