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by Ivan Yakovych Franko (1856 - 1916)

Ой ти, дівчино, з горіха зерня
Language: Ukrainian (Українська) 
Ой ти, дівчино, з горіха зерня,
Чом твоє серденько — колюче терня?
Чом твої устонька — тиха молитва,
А твоє слово остре, як бритва?
Чом твої очі сяють тим чаром,
Що то запалює серце пожаром?
Ох, тії очі темніші ночі,
Хто в них задивиться, й сонця не хоче!
І чом твій усміх — для мене скрута,
Серце бентежить, як буря люта?
Ой ти, дівчино, ясная зоре!
Ти мої радощі, ти моє горе!
Тебе [кидаючи]1, любити мушу,
Тебе кохаючи, загублю душу.

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•   S. Lyudkevych 

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1 Lyudkevych: "видаючи"

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ivan Yakovych Franko (1856 - 1916), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Anatoly Iosipovich Kos-Anatolsky (1909 - 1983), "Ой, ти дівчино з горіха, зерня", 1956 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Stanyslav Pylypovych Lyudkevych (1879 - 1979), "Ой, ти дівчино з горіха, зерня", 1958 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-09-25
Line count: 14
Word count: 82

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