Купала напісаў гэты твор больш за 100 гадоў таму (1905-1907г.):
- А хто там ідзе, а хто там ідзе
У агромністай такой грамадзе?
— Беларусы.
Кожны беларус ведае гэтыя радкі.
Дык які ж гэты - беларускі народ?
І чаго ен жадае?
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Greatest Belarusian poet Yanka Kupala wrote his verse "And, say, who goes there?" more than 100 years ago.
And although a century has passed, but still most people in the world do not know that in the center of Europe there is such a country - Belarus.
We live in our isolated post-Soviet swamp.
We have no freedom of speech..
Any protests are prohibited by law..
And so when, in the midst of a long silence, the call for change is heard, only the bravest dare to come out of the forest and at least look: "Who goes there?"