The folk-pop duo NAVI will represent Belarus at Eurovision 2017 with their song “Historyja majho žyccia” (Story of my life). This uplifting song has Belarusian lyrics. It will mark the first time Belarus has sent a song to Eurovision with entirely Belarusian lyrics.
The song has a positive message and celebrates life and togetherness. The delightful duo sing, “The sun will sparkle in our blood/The entire beauty of your eyes”.
And despite the lyrics being in Belarusian, the song has an instantly recognisable hook that anyone can sing along with. All together now, “Hey! Hey! Hay-yay-yay-a-ho!”
“Historyja majho žyccia” – NAVI
“Historyja majho žyccia” lyrics – NAVI (Belarus, Eurovision 2017)
Original lyrics
Hey! Hey!
Hay-yay-yay-a-ho!
Hey! Hey!
Hay-yay-yay-a-ho!
Hey! Hey!
Hay-yay-yay-a-ho!
Hey! Hey!
Kol’ki dzyon, kol’ki spatkannyaw
Novyia vobrazy i harady
Sherah padzei, nas pakidaye
U sertsy trymayem
Idzem dalei
Historia mayho zhytstsya
Budze svyatsits’ yashche yarchei
U nashai kryvi sontsa zaygraye
Usya pryhazhosts’ tvaikh vachei
Hey! Hey!
Hay-yay-yay-a-ho!
Hey! Hey!
Hay-yay-yay-a-ho!
Hey! Hey!
Hay-yay-yay-a-ho!
Hey! Hey!
Dze bydzesh ty – ya adshukayu
Yarkia momanty znoidzem khutchey
Sennyashni dzen’, stane pachatkam
Novykh zhadannyaw, lepshykh idei
Historia mayho zhytstsya
Budze svyatsits’ yashche yarchei
U nashai kryvi sontsa zaygraye
Usya pryhazhosts’ tvaikh vachei
Hey! Hey!
Hay-yay-yay-a-ho!
(Repeat)
English translation
Hey! Hey!
Hay-yay-yay-a-ho!
Hey! Hey!
Hay-yay-yay-a-ho!
Hey! Hey!
Hay-yay-yay-a-ho!
Hey! Hey!
How many days, how many dates
New figures and towns
The chain of events falls behind us
Keeping in a heart and moving on
Story of my life
Will shine brighter
The sun will sparkle in our blood
The entire beauty of your eyes
Hey! Hey!
Hay-yay-yay-a-ho!
Hey! Hey!
Hay-yay-yay-a-ho!
Hey! Hey!
Hay-yay-yay-a-ho!
Hey! Hey!
I will seek you out wherever you may be
To discover vivid impressions rapidly
Present day will become a birth
Of new wills and better thoughts
Story of my life
Will shine brighter
The sun will sparkle in our blood
The entire beauty of your eyes
Hey! Hey!
Hay-yay-yay-a-ho!
(Repeat)
I love this song so much. Thank you for the translation, it fits my life perfectly. It’s really so bright and beautiful ?
They should have won!
The “?” was meant to be a heart 😉
Thank you for the translation!
Just heard the song and loved it. Love it even more now that I understand the lyrics.