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by Oleksandr Yakovych Konysky (1836 - 1900)

Sy`roty`na
Language: Ukrainian (Українська) 
Ne toj sy`roty`na –
Kogo rid ne znaye;
U kogo xaty`ny`
J xudoby` nemaye;

Ne toj sy`roty`na –
Xto xody`t` v desyatci,
U kogo svy`ty`na –
Vsya latka na latci;

Aby` bula v jogo
Golova ta ruky`;
Lyubov do narodu,
Voli i nauky`, –

Vin ne sy`roty`na,
Vin [rody`nu]1 maye,
Vin krayu dy`ty`na,
I kraj jogo [znaye;]2

Vin chado gromady`:
Vona jogo lyuby`t`,
Yak sy`na koxaye,
Yak sy`na goluby`t`.

Xto zh vsim koverzuye,
Znevazha rody`nu,
Svogo ne shanuye,
A sluzhy`t` chuzhy`ni;

Xto v krashhe ne viry`t`,
Dusheyu ne rvet`sya
Budushhy`nu zmiry`t`
J zhy`ve «yak zhy`vet`sya»,

Xto pravdy` boyit`sya,
Xto pans`ka dy`ty`na, –
Otoj-to bezridny`j,
Otoj sy`roty`na;

Tomu treba plakat`
Na sebe samogo,
Bo ne pry`vitaye
Vkrayina takogo.

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•   M. Lysenko 

M. Lysenko sets stanzas 1-4

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Confirmed with Кониський О. Оповідання. Повість. Поетичні твори. – К.: Наукова думка, 1990 р., с. 512.

1 Lysenko: "родичів"
2 Lysenko: "знає."

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Text Authorship:

  • by Oleksandr Yakovych Konysky (1836 - 1900), "Сиротина" [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 Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko (1842 - 1912), "Сиротина", stanzas 1-4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-03-07
Line count: 36
Word count: 119

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