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

Місяць яснесенький
Language: Ukrainian (Українська) 
Місяць яснесенький
Промінь тихесенький
Кинув до нас.
Спи ж ти малесенький,
Пізній бо час

Любо ти спатимеш,
Поки не знатимеш,
Що то печаль;
Хутко прийматимеш
Лихо та жаль.

Тяжка годинонько!
Гірка хвилинонько!
Лихо не спить…
Леле, дитинонько!
Жить — сльози лить.

Сором хилитися,
Долі коритися!
Час твій прийде
З долею битися,—
Сон пропаде…

Місяць яснесенький
Промінь тихесенький
Кинув до нас…
Спи ж ти, малесенький,
Поки є час!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   Y. Stepovyi 

Y. Stepovyi sets stanzas 1-2, 5

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Text Authorship:

  • by Larisa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka (1871 - 1913), as Lesya Ukrainka, "Колискова" [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), "Місяць яснесенький", stanzas 1-2,5 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-03-18
Line count: 25
Word count: 67

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