The song is about the region of Bukovina in Ukraine. It describes the cuckoo bird singing so loudly that its song resonates throughout Bukovina and the city of Chernivtsi. It asks where the young men of Bukovina have gone, stating they were taken to another country but will return in the spring still loving their homeland. It warns the treeless mountains not to let their guard down, or else their country will disappear if they do.
The song is about the region of Bukovina in Ukraine. It describes the cuckoo bird singing so loudly that its song resonates throughout Bukovina and the city of Chernivtsi. It asks where the young men of Bukovina have gone, stating they were taken to another country but will return in the spring still loving their homeland. It warns the treeless mountains not to let their guard down, or else their country will disappear if they do.
The song is about the region of Bukovina in Ukraine. It describes the cuckoo bird singing so loudly that its song resonates throughout Bukovina and the city of Chernivtsi. It asks where the young men of Bukovina have gone, stating they were taken to another country but will return in the spring still loving their homeland. It warns the treeless mountains not to let their guard down, or else their country will disappear if they do.
The song is about the region of Bukovina in Ukraine. It describes the cuckoo bird singing so loudly that its song resonates throughout Bukovina and the city of Chernivtsi. It asks where the young men of Bukovina have gone, stating they were taken to another country but will return in the spring still loving their homeland. It warns the treeless mountains not to let their guard down, or else their country will disappear if they do.
The cuckoo sings, oh poor soul, So that the whole Bukovina resonates, The cuckoo sings, oh poor soul, So that the whole Bukovina resonates.
The cuckoo sings on top of a small fir tree
So that it resonates in Chernivtsi.
Bukovina, land of flowers,
Where are your young men? Bukovina, land of flowers, Where are your young men?
They were taken away to a different country,
But they return by next spring, They were taken away to a different country, But they return by next spring, They were taken away to a different country, But they return by next spring.
When they come back,
They will still love you.
Mountains with treeless summit,
Don't stay off guard, Mountains with treeless summit, Don't stay off guard!
If you stay off guard,
Our country will disappear, If you stay off guard, Our country will disappear.