Двадцать второго июня,
Ровно в четыре часа...

Okay, as I started translating this one, I gradually realized that you can sing it to the tune of "Синий Платочек" -- especially when I reached the lines "И ты смотри / С чувством моим не шути...".

Can we assume that it's meant to be a "serious parody" of -- or rather, "an homage to" -- the more famous song "The Blue Kerchief"? (Or is the word "скоммуниздить" more appropriate here?)

Anyway, as with "Фронтовая Катюша", the original melody was so loud and clear in my mind that I found it impossible to take liberties with the meter for the sake of rhyme.

So, I did an unrhymed version -- however, I did try to show the change in meter between the "строфы" and the "припев". (The text doesn't have a "refrain", but the melody does.)

"It Was June the Twenty-Second..."

It was June the Twenty-Second,
Exactly oh-four-hundred hours.
Kiev was bombed, announcing to us
That the war had begun at last.

They started just before daybreak,
In order to kill more of our people --
Parents still slept, the kids tucked in bed,
When the bombing of Kiev began.

The time of peace is over,
The hour's come for us to part,
I'm leaving, and I promise
To stay true to you forever.

And you --
Take care,
Not to treat
My poor heart
Like a toy!
Come out, my fair lady,
To the train depot --
Come see your man off to war!

The car's wheels are gonna lurch forward,
The train'll speed off like an arrow,
As you from the platform, and I from the train,
Are waving sadly to each other.

Shells and mines were exploding
Tanks rumbled beneath their armor
Fighter planes, like red hawks, circling above
As we hurtled west, fast as an arrow.

Winter's brutal cold had come
The enemy forces were near Moscow
The cannons blazed, the mines exploded,
Tearing the Germans limb from limb.

The battle for the capital is over,
The Germans have fled helter-skelter
Abandoning their tanks and their mortars,
Enemy soldiers ran away by the thousands.

The years
Will pass,
And someday I
Shall see you
Once more!

You'll smile and hug me,
Feel our hearts beating,
And finally you'll kiss me again!
(x2)