The Red Army occupied the independent Baltic states in 1940–1941 and, after a period of German occupation, again in 1944–1945. As Stalinist repression intensified over the following years, 50,000 residents of these countries used the heavily forested countryside as a natural refuge and base for armed anti-Soviet resistance.
This is a song of Lithuanian Forest Brothers recorded by Ugniavijas in November 2020 as a thank you to all the warriors who defended our freedom.
Lithuanian and English lyrics are provided below.
You can read more about the resistance movement here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Brothers
Dainos žodžiai:
Miške prie laužo Vanagai sėdėjo,
Liūdną dainelę traukė pamažu,
Ir tylus aidas taip gražiai skambėjo,
Kurio klausytis buvo taip žavu.
Laužo šviesoje veidai surimtėja,
Į šalis blaškos deganti liepsna,
O mintys skraido apie gimtą šalį,
Kur jųjų laukia tėviškės dukra.
Skriski, dainele, apie brolius seses,
Apie gimtuosius sodžiuj namelius,
Apie motulę laukiančią prie kelio,
Ir mergužėlės mėlynas akis.
Laužas jau gęsta ir naktis artėja,
Gana dainuoti broliai Vanagai,
Ruoškimės žygin laikas jau atėjo,
Nes naktužėlė mūsų motina.
Mes partizanai kovų nepabūgę,
Nešame laisvę ant savų pečių,
Ir tegul priešas mūsų nebaugina,
Nes mes nebijom alkanų gaujų.
English lyrics:
In the forest, by the fire the Hawks were sitting,
Slowly singing a sad song.
A gentle echo was ringing,
And it was so beautiful to listen to it.
In the light of fire the faces grow serious;
The burning fire is rushing about
And the thoughts are wandering to the birth land,
Where they are awaited by the daughter of the Homeland.
Fly, dear song, about brothers and sisters,
About the houses of the homestead,
About the mother waiting by the road,
About the blue eyes of the girl.
The fire is dying out –
Enough of singing, brothers Hawks.
Lets prepare for the march – the time has come,
Because the night is our mother.
We are partisans,
The ones not frightened by the fights,
We are carrying freedom on our shoulders.
And an enemy should not try to frigten us,
Because we are not afraid of the hungry gangs.
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