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by Larisa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka (1871 - 1913), as Lesya Ukrainka

Czontra spem spero!
Language: Ukrainian (Українська) 
Get`te, dumy`, vy`, xmary` osinni!
To zh tepera vesna zolota!
Chy` to tak u zhalyu, v golosinni
Promy`nut` molodiyi lita?

Ni, ya xochu kriz` sl`ozy` smiyaty`s`,
Sered ly`xa spivaty` pisni,
Bez nadiyi taky` spodivaty`s`,
Zhy`ty` xochu! Get` dumy` sumni!

YA na vbogim sumnim perelozi
Budu siyat` barvy`sti kvitky`,
Budu siyat` kvitky` na morozi,
Budu ly`t` na ny`x sl`ozy` girki.

I vid sliz ty`x garyachy`x roztane
Ta kora l`odovaya, miczna,
Mozhe, kvity` zijdut` – i nastane
Shhe j dlya mene vesela vesna.

YA na goru krutu krem’yanuyu
Budu kamin` vazhky`j pidijmat`
I, [nesuchy` vagu]1 tu strashnuyu,
Budu pisnyu veselu spivat`.

V dovgu, temnuyu nichku nevy`dnu
Ne stulyu ni na xvy`l`ku ochej,
Vse shukaty`mu zirku providnu,
Yasnu vladarku temny`x nochej.

Tak! ya budu kriz` sl`ozy` smiyaty`s`,
Sered ly`xa spivaty` pisni,
Bez nadiyi taky` spodivaty`s`,
Budu zhy`ty`! Get` dumy` sumni!

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•   Y. Stepovyi 

Y. Stepovyi sets stanzas 1-3, 5-7

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1 Stepovyi: "вагу несучи"

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Text Authorship:

  • by Larisa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka (1871 - 1913), as Lesya Ukrainka, "Contra spem spero!" [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), "Цонтра спем сперо!", stanzas 1-3,5-7 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-03-15
Line count: 28
Word count: 138

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