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by Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (1814 - 1861)

Oj gop, gopaka!
Language: Ukrainian (Українська) 
Oj gop, gopaka!
Polyuby`la kozaka,
Ta rudogo, ta starogo —
Ly`xa dolya taka.
Idy` zh dole, za zhurboyu,
A ty`, stary`j, za vodoyu,
A ya — tak do shy`nku.
Vy`p’yu charku, vy`p’yu drugu,
Vy`p’yu tretyu na potugu.
P’yatu, shostu, ta j kinecz`.
Pishla baba u tanecz`,
A za neyu gorobecz`!
Vy`krutasom-vy`xy`lyasom…
Molodecz` gorobecz`!
[Stary`j rudy`j babu kly`che,
A ta jomu duli ty`che:
“Ozheny`vsya, satano,—
Zaroblyaj zhe na pshono;
Treba ditok goduvat`,
Treba ditok odyagat`.
A ya budu dobuvat`,
A ty`, stary`j, ne grishy`,
Ta v zapichku koly`shy`,
Ta movchy`, ne dy`shy`”.]1

“Yak bula ya molodoyu prepodobny`ceyu,
Povisy`la xvartushy`nu nad vikonny`ceyu;
Xto jde — ne my`ne,
To ky`vne, to morgne.
A ya shovkom vy`shy`vayu,
V kvaty`rochku vy`glyadayu:
Semeny`, Ivany`,
Nadivajte zhupany`,
Ta xodimo pogulyajmo,
Ta syademo zaspivajmo”.
Gej, gej, gej!..
Oj gop-gopaka,
Polyuby`la kozaka,
Gej!...

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Text Authorship:

  • by Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (1814 - 1861), no title, appears in Гайдамаки (Gajdamaki), in the section "Benket u Lisjanci" [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 Ihor Naumovych Shamo (1925 - 1982), "Ой гоп-гопака" [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862) [an adaptation] ; composed by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky, Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-13
Line count: 38
Word count: 135

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