Da vidna (translation: "Before dawn") was to have been the Belarusian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam performed by the duo VAL. It would have been the second entry in its country's history to be performed entirely in the Belarusian language since 2017.
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Zaplyatala vosyen' yasnu kosami dy rasplyala
Zaplutala, yak zima zamyataye stsyezhki pozniya saboy dabyala
Zapytala, oy nashto mnye toy, kaho nye vybirala
Oy, zablytala da vidna, nochka tsyomna tayamnitsami i zharstsyu pawna
Da vidna, da vidna zastalasya nye adna
Da vidna, da vidna vostry myesyats nas yadnaw
Da vidna, da vidna vostry myesyats nas yadnaw
Da vidna, da vidna zastalasya nye adna
Nye maya vina, zastalasya nye adna
Oy, yak mala maladzyen'kaya w dzyewkakh dy pabyla
Oy, yak rana, oy rana, ruzha byelaya, kamu ty tak kvitnyets' pachala?
Oy, ty mama, oy nashto mnye toy, kaho nye vybirala
Oy, zablytala da vidna nochka tsyomna tayamnitsami i zharstsyu pawna
Da vidna, da vidna zastalasya nye adna
Da vidna, da vidna vostry myesyats nas yadnaw
Da vidna, da vidna vostry myesyats nas yadnaw
Da vidna, da vidna zastalasya nye adna
Nye maya vina, zastalasya nye adna
Zastalasya nye adna
I braided the autumn and then unbraided it
I got lost, for winter covered the late paths with snow
I asked myself why I needed the one that I had not chosen
I stayed confused until dawn, dark night full of secrets and passion
Until dawn, until dawn I wasn't yet alone
Until dawn, until dawn the clear moon kept bringing us together
Until dawn, until dawn the clear moon kept bringing us together
Until dawn, until dawn I wasn't yet alone
I wasn't the one to blame for not being on my own
Oh I did not stay a girl for long, my youth passed me by
Oh how early, oh so early, did you bloom, my white rose, and to whom?
Oh mamma, why do I need the one that I have not chosen
I stayed confused until dawn, dark night full of secrets and passion
Until dawn, until dawn I wasn't yet alone
Until dawn, until dawn the clear moon kept bringing us together
Until dawn, until dawn the clear moon kept bringing us together
Until dawn, until dawn I wasn't yet alone
I wasn't the one to blame for not being on my own
I wasn't on my own