Iulia Mitiashova “1944” Blind Audition (The Voice Ukraine)

I saw this video yesterday, and was so moved by how she sang this song that I wrote a new poem titled “the heron’s cry (for ukraine).” Here is a link to wikipedia so you can get a “feel” for what this song is about (and how history remains relevant).

I hope you are moved by this song (as I was)…

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Song lyrics for “1944”

When strangers are coming…
They come to your house,
They kill you all
and say,
We’re not guilty
not guilty.

Where is your mind?
Humanity cries.
You think you are gods.
But everyone dies.
Don’t swallow my soul.
Our souls

Yaşlığıma toyalmadım
Men bu yerde yaşalmadım

(“I could not spend my youth here
because you took away my peace”)

Yaşlığıma toyalmadım
Men bu yerde yaşalmadım

(“I could not spend my youth here
because you took away my peace”)

We could build a future
Where people are free
to live and love.
The happiest time.

Where is your heart?
Humanity rise.
You think you are gods
But everyone dies.
Don’t swallow my soul.
Our souls

Yaşlığıma toyalmadım
Men bu yerde yaşalmadım

(“I could not spend my youth here
because you took away my peace”)

Yaşlığıma toyalmadım
Men bu yerde yaşalmadım

(“I could not spend my youth here
because you took away my peace”)

* Thank you to ParisRoxane for translating the dialect to French, which helped me translate to English