On JOn June 22,
Exactly at 4 a.m.
Kiev was bombed, it was announced
That war had begun.
The war begun at dawn
To kill more people.
Parents were sleeping, their children were sleeping
When Kiev was bombed.
The enemies came in great avalanches,
We were not strong enough to hold them back,
When they marched into our native Ukrainian land
They began to kill people.
The Ukrainian people had risen
For the native land of our ancestors.
Everybody - every man, left for battle,
Burning their home and their work.
Everybody - every man, left for battle,
Burning their home and their work.
Shells and mines exploded,
Tank armors thundered,
Red hawks were circling around in the sky,
Hurrying towards the west in an arrow-like formation.
The winter cold had begun
The enemies were close to Moscow,
Guns were firing, mines were exploding
Ripping the Germans into pieces.
Guns were firing, mines were exploding
Ripping the Germans into pieces.
The battle for the capital was over
The Germans fled
Tanks were abandoned, mines were abandoned,
A couple thousand soldiers.
Remember the Hanses and the Fritzes
That time will soon come
We will scratch your lice-ridden heads,
You will remember us.