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Thread #52765   Message #4172320
Posted By: GUEST,Grishka
16-May-23 - 09:06 AM
Thread Name: ADD: Soldiers' Chorus (Shaporin - 'Decembrists')
Subject: RE: ADD: Soldiers' Chorus (Shaporin - 'Decembrists')
The Guest of 09 May 20 - 09:22 AM means to say "It is the wife who is 'all' yearning for her husband, rather than 'everyone' for her." Absolutely correct. The punchline in both verses is "The beautiful wife" – nominative case, i.e. she is the one who is yearning and then crying.