Are you looking for an English translation of the song "Не твоя війна - Ne tvoya viyna" by Okean Elzy? Here it is! :)
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| © Okean of Emotions / AleXa - 2015 background artwork: © Anatolij Klipo |
The war that is not yours
Не твоя війна
Battle at the break of dawn… Sun and smoke cloud.
Не твоя війна
Battle at the break of dawn… Sun and smoke cloud.
Very few know what will happen to them.
What will be in the young hearts tomorrow?
In some - fear and in some - hope.
Chorus:
In some - fear and in some - hope.
Chorus:
Kalyna's* branches are leaning down.
Mama, to whom did we pray?
How many others of your children will
This war that is not yours take?
Now that they became parents, daughters and sons,
Following their dreams in Technicolor,
Embraced misleading ideas…
For peaceful nights, they gave up every day they go on living.
Chorus
Back in time, everything was fine
Now that they became parents, daughters and sons,
Following their dreams in Technicolor,
Embraced misleading ideas…
For peaceful nights, they gave up every day they go on living.
Chorus
Back in time, everything was fine
In this place where everything went smoothly and where we never shed a tear.
But, we were moving toward nothingness…
I cannot go along this path;
I cannot go along this path;
How do you dare to follow it?!
Chorus
Kalyna's branches are leaning down.
Mama, our prayers were in vain!
How many others of your children will
This war that is not yours take?
Chorus
How many others of your children will it take?…
This war that is not yours take?
Chorus
How many others of your children will it take?…
* Kalyna (or cranberrybush) is one of the Ukrainian national symbols. This shrub, symbol of love, is very present in the tales and in traditional songs.
Songwriter: Svyatoslav Vakarchuk
Translation: AleXa / Okean of Emotions
Proofreading: Inna Carboni
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