An on-line friend turned out to be an associate professor of Russian somewhere in the Midwest, so I asked her about "Maladyozhenaya." She knew the song, which originally came from a 1938 Soviet film (a musical comedy!) called Volga-Volga, and sent me all of the words, complete with translation. So, just in case anyone else cares....


MOLODEZHNAYA

Vyotsia dymka zolotaya pridorozhnaya (Golden smoke weaves through the air)
Oi ty, radost' molodaya, nevozmozhnaya! (Oh, you! Young impossible joy!)
Tochno nebo, vysoka ty (Like the sky, you are tall/high)
Tochno more, shiroka ty (Like the sea, you are wide)
Neobyatnaya doroga molodezhnaya (The immense road of youth/The immense youthful road)

(Chorus)
Ei, gryanem (Hey! Let's get moving!)
Sil'nee! (Stronger!)
Podtyanem (We'll hitch together)
Druzhnee! (Closer/Friendlier!)
Tochno nebo, vysoka ty (Like the sky, you are tall/high)
Tochno more, shiroka ty (Like the sea, you are wide)
Neobyatnaya doroga molodezhnaya (The immense youthful road)

V more chaiku obgonyaem my dalekuiu, (In the sea we'll overtake the faraway seagull)
V nebe tuchu probivaem my vysokuiu (In the sky, we'll break through a high cloud)
Ulybaias' nashei stae (Smiling at our pack)
Vsei zemli odna shestaia (One sixth of the entire earth)
Nashei radost'iu napolnena shirokoiu (Full [the sixth] of our wide happiness)

(Chorus)
Ei, gryanem (Hey! Let's get moving!)
Sil'nee! (Stronger!)
Podtyanem (We'll hitch together)
Druzhnee! (Closer/Friendlier!)
Ulybaias' nashei stae (Smiling at our pack)
Vsei zemli odna shestaia (One sixth of the entire earth)
Nashei radost'iu napolnena shirokoiu (Full [the sixth] of our wide happiness)


Chto mechtalos' I khotelos', to sbyvaetsia (What was dreamed and wished for, will be)
Priamo k solytsy nasha smelost' probivaetsia (Straight to the sun our bravery will reach)
Vsekh razbudim—budim—budim, (We'll wake everyone up—wake up—wake up)
Vse dobudem—budem—budem! (Everyone will get there—we'll be there—we'll be there)
Slovno kolos, nasha radost' nalivaetsia (Like a stalk of wheat, our joy is ripening)

(Chorus)
Ei, gryanem (Hey! Let's get moving!)
Sil'nee! (Stronger!)
Podtyanem (We'll hitch together)
Druzhnee! (Closer/Friendlier!)
Vsekh razbudim—budim—budim, (We'll wake everyone up—wake up—wake up)
Vse dobudem—budem—budem! (Everyone will get there—we'll be there—we'll be there)
Slovno kolos, nasha radost' nalivaetsia (Like grains of wheat, our joy is ripening!)

V pliaske nogi khodiat sami, sami prosiatsia (Our legs will do a dance themselves, will invite themselves)
I nad nami solov'yami pesni nociatsia! (And above us, songs of the nightingales will be carried)
Ei, podruga, vykhodi-ka (Hey! Girlfriend, come on out!)
I na druga pogliadi-ka (And take a look at your guy)
Chtoby shutkoiu veseloi perebrosit'sia! (So we can share a happy joke!)

(Chorus)
Ei, gryanem (Hey! Let's get moving!)
Sil'nee! (Stronger!)
Podtyanem (We'll hitch together)
Druzhnee! (Closer/Friendlier!)

Ei, podruga, vykhodi-ka (Hey! Girlfriend, come on out!)
I na druga pogliadi-ka (And take a look at your guy)
Chtoby shutkoiu veseloi perebrosit'sia! (So we can share a happy joke!)