Are you looking for an authentic Ukrainian band with magnificent songs? Then you should probably listen to Один в каное. As soon as you hear at least one of their songs, you won’t misrecognize the voice of their frontwoman Ірина Швайдак. She has a unique manner of singing, which takes your breath away.
Один в каное is quite a young band from Lviv, which started performing in 2010. Its name is translated as “One person in a canoe” and refers to the Native American name “Wickaninnish.” However, their music is totally Ukrainian!
Listen to one of the most famous Ukrainian songs of Один в каное – «Небо» (“The Sky”) and enjoy its philosophical sense along with the wonderful music!
Один в каное — Небо (Odyn V Kanoe — Nebo) — Video
Один в каное — Небо (Odyn V Kanoe — Nebo) — Lyrics with translations
Сьогодні небо таке раптове, | Today, the sky is so sudden |
Трохи готичне і ледь барокове. | A little gothic and slightly baroque, |
На білі плечі чиєїсь втоми | To the white shoulders of somebody’s tiredness, |
Складає у стопи небесні тони. | It piles up celestial tones to the feet |
Небо шукає, небо знаходить. | The sky is searching, the sky is finding, |
Спустилося з даху і знову ходить, | It went down the roof and walks again, |
Ходить грозою, лягає в квіти, | It walks as rainstorm, lies down to the flowers, |
Трохи полежить і мусить іти | Lies for a bit and has to go. |
Приспів: | Chorus: |
Та я не піду, трохи постою, | But I will not go, I will stay a bit, |
Поки гроза не мине, буду з тобою. | Until the rainstorm stops, I will be with you. |
Небо так і не прийняло теорій буття, як і я, | The sky never accepted the theories of being |
Бо ціль життя, бо ціль життя – віднайти життя. | Cause the aim of life, cause the aim of life is to find out life. |
Небо – солоне, таке спонтанне, | The sky is salty, so spontaneous, |
Дивиться в когось і в когось тане. | Looks into someone and melts into someone, |
Дихає громом, знаходить цілі – | Breathes the thunder, finds the aims – |
Напитись моря і стати сіллю. | To drink the sea and become the salt. |
Небо міліє, останнє губить. | The sky shallows, loses the last one. |
Шукає вічність – знаходить… губи. | It is searching for the eternity, finds… the lips. |
Впивається знову і знову кресне | It indulges again and strikes again |
Її земним в своє небесне. | By her terrestrial to its celestial. |
Приспів | Chorus |
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