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by Fedir Hryhorovych Petrunenko (1879 - 1938)

Koval`
Language: Ukrainian (Українська) 
«Numo, shhe raz, mij kovalyu,
Vdar po dzvinkij stali stallyu!»
– «Oj, v ruci vzhe sy`l nema,
Zastelyaye ochi t`ma…»
«Bil`sh zaxoplyuj grud`my` duxu,
Shhob okripnuty`, ta j buxaj.

Duzhche by`j, xaj zhar valy`t`,
Xaj od bolyu stal` sy`chy`t`, –
Z toyi muky`, z togo bolyu
Ty` skuyesh vinecz` na volyu;
Bude volya u vinci –
Ozhy`vut` todi j starci…»

Metushat`sya iskry`, syayut`,
I gudut`-gudut`, spivayut`,
Nache bdzholy` ognyani…
Vzhe pro sonce chut` pisni…
A koval` kry`chy`t`:
«Vmy`rayu! Bil`she sy`ly` vzhe ne mayu!» –

Na kovadli sty`gne stal`,
Pid kovadlom – sam koval`…
– «Oj, vmy`rayu!» Ta, kriz` tugu,
[Bil`sh]1 z kovadla chuty` drugu
Rich veselu ta novu:
– «Oj, zhy`vu, zhy`vu, zhy`vu!»

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•   Y. Stepovyi 

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1 Stepovyi: "Річ" (typo?)

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Text Authorship:

  • by Fedir Hryhorovych Petrunenko (1879 - 1938), "Коваль" [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 Yakiv Stepanovich Stepovyi (1883 - 1921), "Коваль" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-03-14
Line count: 24
Word count: 114

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