[This blog post was originally shared on the SnowCalmth blog by Anton Dovganyuk and was automatically imported. Originally published on September 17, 2022.]
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Artist: Alina Pash
Country: Ukraine
Original language: English and Ukrainian
Copyright owner: Independent
Music video with English subtitles
Original English-Ukrainian lyrics:
Iron birds are pecking our land
Iron worms are eating homes where we grew
These little eyes just saw his mother’s hands
These little feet have not been in the shoe
Their Angel lips could have sung the lullaby
But now they’re praying for us from the sky
there is no greater pain than burying your child
My soul cries with blood when our children fly to heaven (heaven, heaven)
Моя душа плаче кров‘ю коли наші діти відлітають на небо
Тату,
Ти вирушив у Київ, берегти столицю
Поглянувши на наші побліділі лиця
Сказав, ще обіймемося,
Та доню моя, обіцяй
Що вбережеш в собі митця.
Бо допоки в Україні помирають діти
Від рук диктаторів із ядерною зброєю сусіди
Сидіти осторонь не може жоден батько
В світі,
Якщо його дитину хочуть скривдити чи вбити!
Збирала воїна уся рідня
Душа світла як в Архангела
Ой тату, захисти від зла!
English translation
Iron birds are pecking our lands
Iron worms are eating homes where we grew
These little eyes just saw his mother’s hands
These little feet have not been in the shoe
Their angel lips could have sung the lullaby
But now they’re praying for us from the sky
There is no greater pain than burying your child
My soul cries with blood when our children fly to heaven
My soul cries with blood when our children fly to heaven
Daddy, you went to Kyiv to protect the capital
After looking at our pale faces, you said, let’s hug each other
And, my daughter, promise that you’ll keep the artist within you
Because while children are dying in Ukraine
at the hands of our neighbors, dictators with nuclear weapons
No father in the entire world can sit on the sidelines,
not when they want to hurt or kill their children!
The whole family of the warrior was gathered by the light of the soul
which is as bright as an archangel
Oh, dad, protect me from evil!
- Alina Pash – Heaven [Ukrainian to English translation] - January 26, 2023
- Злата Огнєвіч – Світло [Ukrainian to English translation] - December 2, 2022