Tini zabutykh predkiv (translation: "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors") was to have been the Ukrainian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin performed by Alina Pash. It was to have been performed in the first semifinal.
On 16 February 2022, Pash withdrew as Ukrainian representative over a travel document controversy regarding a visit to Crimea in 2015
Lyrics[]
Trembity plachutʹ za miy vilʹnyy narod
Kotre stolittya zhyye pomizh nehod
Plemen molytyv chuly i Perun i Dazhboh
Viche formuvalo kod etnichnykh spil’not
Aby bulo dobre vsim vel’mozhym i panam
Boranyv iz kozakamy zemlyu otaman
Moya Batʹkivshchyna yak divchyna moloda
Bude prorostaty yak pshenytsya zolota
Hey, vyydy dole iz vody
Vyzvolʹ moye serdenʹko z bidy
Come out from the water destiny
All my sisters (sisters)
All my brothers (brothers)
Give the drop that all we need
Tini zabutykh predkiv moyikh i tvoyikh
V litopysakh, sertsyakh, ochakh, krovi vikiv na vik
Shadows of forgotten ancestors a-a-a
In chronicles, hearts and eyes, in our blood forever
Imma girl from a small town
My folk, are best described in the writings of Dumas
One for all, and all for one!
Nowadays, Dante would’ve written The Divine Tragedy
But We need Picasso’s dove, it’s The Divine Strategy
In my childhood, girls played with toy dolls, but I wrote these words, herе
Coz, my favorite toy was a book of Shakespearе
Just like the Brothers Grimm, I’ll leave behind a piece of me
Remember your ancestors, but write your own history
Tini zabutykh predkiv moyikh i tvoyikh
V litopysakh, sertsyakh, ochakh, krovi vikiv na vik
Shadows of forgotten ancestors a-a-a
In chronicles, hearts and eyes, in our blood forever
Trembitas are crying for my free people
Who centuries live through storm
Perun and Dazhboh heard prayers of the tribes
The Viche was formed of the code of ethnic communities
May all the nobles and gentlemen be well
The ataman defended the land with the Cossacks
My fatherland like a young girl
Will sprout up like golden wheat
Hey, come from down the water
Liberate my heart from trouble
Come out from the water, destiny, destiny
All my sisters, all my brothers
Give the drop that all we need
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, mine and yours
In chronicles, hearts, eyes, blood century after century
Shadows of forgotten ancestors, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh,
In chronicles, hearts and eyes, in our blood forever
I’m a girl from a small town
My folks are best described in writings of Dumas
One for all, and all for one
Nowadays, Dante would’ve written the Divine Tragedy
But we need Picasso’s dove, it’s the divine strategy
In my childhood, girls played with toy dolls
But I wrote these words here because my favourite toy
Was a book of Shakespeare
Just like the Brothers Grimm, I’ll leave behind a piece of me
Remember your ancestors
But write your own history
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, mine and yours
In chronicles, hearts, eyes, blood century after century
Shadows of forgotten ancestors, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh,
In chronicles, hearts and eyes, in our blood forever
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, mine and yours
In chronicles, hearts, eyes, blood century after century
Shadows of forgotten ancestors, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh,
In chronicles, hearts and eyes, in our blood forever
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