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

Ya ne koxayu tebe i ne pragnu druzhy`noyu...
Language: Ukrainian (Українська) 
Ya ne koxayu tebe i ne pragnu druzhy`noyu staty`.
Tvoyi pocilunky`, obijmy` i v mriyax ne snyat`sya meni,
V my`slyax nikoly` koxany`m tebe ne odvazhus` nazvaty`;
YA chasto py`tayu sebe: chy` koxayu? – Odkazuyu: ni!
Til`ky` zh yak syadu kraj tebe, serden`ko mov pty`cya zab’yet`sya,
Dy`vlyusya na tebe j ne mozhu odvesty` ochej,
I xoch z toboyu rozstanus`, to v dumci moyij zostayet`sya
Nache zhy`va tvoya postat` i kozhneye slovo z rechej.
Chasto ya v dumci z toboyu vely`ki rozmovy` provadzhu,
I svityat`, yak mriya, meni tvoyi ochi, ti zori sumni…
Ox, ya ne znayu, mij druzhe, sama ya ne zvazhu, –
Koly` b ty` spy`tav: «Chy` koxayesh?» – chy` ya b tobi movy`la: 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]

Researcher for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-03-31
Line count: 12
Word count: 116

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