Hey You Falcons [Hej Sokoły/Гей, соколи] (English)

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This is an English version of The Polish/Ukranian Song "Hej Sokoły"/"Гей, соколи". This is a beautiful song that took me quite a bit of time to get into a working version. Big Thanks to Karl Sternau* as his German version gave me a few pointers. Lyrics Below per usual!

Jeśli znasz polski, daj mi znać, jeśli uważasz, że tłumaczenie było dobre!
Якщо ви знаєте українську, дайте мені знати, чи вважаєте Ви переклад хорошим!

Lyrics:

Somewhere far above the black sea,
Sits a Cossack upon his steed
He says farewell to his darling
But to this land of his more sadly

Hey, hey, hey, you Falcons
Fly o’re rivers, forests, and mountains
Ring oh, ring oh, ring your gold bell,
Ring your song throughout the wide open steppe

Hey, hey, hey, you Falcons
Fly o’re rivers, forests, and mountains
Ring oh, ring oh, ring your gold bell,
In the wild steppe, oh ring, ring, ring

There are girls throughout the whole Earth
But most are of old Ukraine’s birth
That is where I left my heart near,
There with my most beloved dear

Hey, hey, hey, you Falcons
Fly o’re rivers, forests, and mountains
Ring oh, ring oh, ring your gold bell,
Ring your song throughout the wide open steppe

Hey, hey, hey, you Falcons
Fly o’re rivers, forests, and mountains
Ring oh, ring oh, ring your gold bell,
In the wild steppe, oh ring, ring, ring

She alone remains in Ukraine
While I ride from that wide green plain
Here in foreign lands I do stray,
Yet I dream of her both night and day

Hey, hey, hey, you Falcons
Fly o’re rivers, forests, and mountains
Ring oh, ring oh, ring your gold bell,
Ring your song throughout the wide open steppe

Hey, hey, hey, you Falcons
Fly o’re rivers, forests, and mountains
Ring oh, ring oh, ring your gold bell,
In the wild steppe, oh ring, ring, ring

How I miss that sweetest girl
And how in green Ukraine we’d whirl
How I miss her leaves my heart crying
„Oh how I will never see her more!”

[There *SHOULD* be a complete chorus here, but I cut it down because the song was getting long]

Hey, hey, hey, you Falcons
Fly o’re rivers, forests, and mountains
Ring oh, ring oh, ring your gold bell,
In the wild steppe, oh ring, ring, ring

Wine oh, Wine oh, give me wine!
And when I pass let me lie in.
My green land of old Ukraine,
So by my dear girl I can be again!

Hej, hej, hej sokoły
Omijajcie góry, lasy, doły
Dzwoń, dzwoń, dzwoń dzwoneczku
Mój stepowy skowroneczku

Hej, hej, hej sokoły
Omijajcie góry, lasy, doły
Dzwoń, dzwoń, dzwoń dzwoneczku
Mój stepowy, dzwoń, dzwoń, dzwoń

*Karl Sternau: https://www.youtube.com/user/Segelfliegerkamerad

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