"Dāvāja Māriņa meitenei mūžiņu" ( en, Dear

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gave the girl life) is a

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n song composed by

Raimonds Pauls Ojārs Raimonds Pauls (born 12 January 1936 in Iļģuciems, Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian composer and piano player who is well known in Latvia, Russia, post-Soviet countries and worldwide. He was the Minister of Culture of Latvia from 1988 to 1 ...

with lyrics by

Leons Briedis Leons Briedis (16 December 1949 – 1 February 2020) was a Latvian poet, a novelist, an essayist, a literary critic and publisher, translator of prose and poetry from Latin, Russian, English, Romance languages (Romanian, Spanish, French, Portugu ...

. It was performed at the 1981 ''

Mikrofona aptauja ''Mikrofons'' was the annual song contest took place in Latvia, in 1968–1994. Latvian composer Raimonds Pauls composed several songs that participated in, and won, the contest. One of Pauls's winning songs, with lyrics by Leons Briedis, was th ...

'' by

Aija Kukule Aija Kukule (born 1 October 1956) is a Latvian singer. She performed at the 1981 '' Mikrofona aptauja'' with Līga Kreicberga. Their song was "Dāvāja Māriņa meitenei mūžiņu" (English: Dear Māra gave the girl life). The song was later a ...

and

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. The song is one of Pauls's most popular ones. It has been covered by several artists, most notably by Russian

Alla Pugacheva Alla Borisovna Pugacheva, ) (born 15 April 1949), is а Soviet and Russian musical performer. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day, even though she has retired from performing. For her "clear mezzo-soprano and a full display ...

in 1982 with lyrics by

Andrei Voznesensky Andrei Andreyevich Voznesensky (russian: link=no, Андре́й Андре́евич Вознесе́нский, 12 May 1933 – 1 June 2010) was a Soviet and Russian poet and writer who had been referred to by Robert Lowell as "one of th ...

as "Million Scarlet Roses" (russian: Миллион алых роз, Million alykh roz).

Alla Pugacheva cover

Pugacheva's cover was written by

as "Million Scarlet Roses" (Миллион алых роз, Million alykh roz), and Voznesensky drew inspiration for the Russian lyrics from the life of Georgian painter

Niko Pirosmani Niko Pirosmani ( ka, ნიკო ფიროსმანი ''Nik’o Pirosmani''), simply referred to as Nikala (ნიკალა ''Nik’ala''; 1862–1918), was a Georgian painter who posthumously rose to prominence. Relatively poor for ...

who allegedly once filled with flowers a square of a hotel where Marguerite de Sèvres, a French actress whom he had affection over was staying. The song is also the opening and title track of Pugacheva's album of the same name released in Japan in 1983.

Charts

Other covers

Recordings

Numerous further covers are lyrically based on

lyrics (the cover by

): * 1984: Finnish singer Vera Telenius (with Finnish lyrics by Telenius as "Miljoona ruusua") * 1984: Finnish singer

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("Miljoona ruusua") * 1984: Finnish singer Pirjo Suojanen ("Miljoona ruusua") * 1984: Hungarian singer

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("Millió rózsaszál") * 1985: Swedish

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as ("Millioner Röda Rosor" with Swedish lyrics by the Russian speaking Swedish journalist

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) * 1987: Japanese singer

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("百万本のバラ", "Hyaku-man-bon no bara") * 1987: Finnish/Swedish singer

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(with Swedish lyrics by

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as "Miljoner rosor") * 1988: Finnish band Santa Lucia ("Miljoona ruusua") * 1991 North Korean

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singer

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("백만송이 장미") * 1997: South Korean singer

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("백만송이 장미", "Baegmansong-i Jangmi") * 1997: Russian singer

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("Million alykh roz") * 2001: Latvian/German singer

Larisa Mondrus Larisa Izrailevna Mondrus ( lv, Larisa Mondrusa, russian: Лари́са Изра́илевна Мо́ндрус, german: Larissa Mondrus; born 15 November 1943) is a Soviet singer ( soprano), who was popular in the USSR in the 1960s. In 1973 she e ...

a ("Dāvāja Māriņa meitenei mūžiņu") * 2003: Russian/Swedish singer

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("Million alykh roz") * 2006: Finnish singer Eero Aven ("Miljoona ruusua") * 2006: Vietnamese singer

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("Triệu Đoá Hoa Hồng") * 2006: Latvian a cappella band

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("Million alykh roz") * 2008: Iranian singer Farzaneh ("Gole Roz") * 2009: Polish singer

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("Milion Białych Róż") * 2011: South Korean singer

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("백만송이 장미") * 2013: Ukrainian singer

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("Million alykh roz") * 2014: Vietnamese singer

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("Triệu Đoá Hoa Hồng") * 2019: Japanese enka singer

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("百万本のバラ", "Hyaku-man-bon no bara") (both 2007 television performance as broadcast and 2019 CD ''Shin - Enka Meikyoku Collection 9: Daijôbu/Mogami no Sendô'') * 2019: Cinemagic Studio from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia created performance of this song in MongolianМиллион алых роз Монгольская версия
Youtube. * Matti ja Teppo ("Miljoona ruusua") * 2018:

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(Million alykh roz", with samples of this song, lyrics of was changed expect chorus) * 2020:

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feat. Dināra Rudāne ("Dāvāja Māriņa") * 2021: Assyrian singer Madlen Ishoeva ("Million Warde Smooqe")

Performances

* 2011: The song was performed live by

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at an event celebrating Raimonds Pauls's 75th birthday. *Korean band Infinity of Sound ( ko, 아이에스) (song title: "백만송이 장미")
lyricsperformance

References

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