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by Larisa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka (1871 - 1913), as Lesja Ukrajinka

Ja ne kochaju tebe i ne prahnu družynoju...
Language: Ukrainian (Українська) 
Ja ne kochaju tebe i ne prahnu družynoju staty.
Tvoï pocilunky, obijmy i v mrijach ne snjat'sja meni,
V mysljach nikoly kochanym tebe ne odvažus' nazvaty;
JA často pytaju sebe: čy kochaju? – Odkazuju: ni!
Til'ky ž jak sjadu kraj tebe, serden'ko mov ptycja zab’jet'sja,
Dyvljusja na tebe j ne možu odvesty očej,
I choč z toboju rozstanus', to v dumci moïj zostajet'sja
Nače žyva tvoja postat' i kožneje slovo z rečej.
Často ja v dumci z toboju velyki rozmovy provadžu,
I svitjat', jak mrija, meni tvoï oči, ti zori sumni…
Och, ja ne znaju, mij druže, sama ja ne zvažu, –
Koly b ty spytav: «Čy kochaješ?» – čy ja b tobi movyla: ni ?..

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Note: the poem is preceded by the following epigraph:

…I znowu sobie zadaję pytanie:
Czy to jest przyjaźń, czy to jest kochanie?
Mickiewicz


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Text Authorship:

  • by Larisa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka (1871 - 1913), as Lesja Ukrajinka, "Поза збірками", subtitle: "На мотив з Міцкевича", appears in На крилах пісень (Na krylakh pisen') [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 Yulii Sergeievitch Meitus (1903 - 1997), "Я не кохаю тебе" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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Word count: 116

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