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by Ivan Yakovych Franko (1856 - 1916)

Siksty`ns`ka Madonna
Language: Ukrainian (Українська) 
Xto smiv skazat`, shho ne bogy`nya ty`?
De toj bezbozhny`k, shho bez sercya drozhi
V tvoye ly`ce nebesne glyanut` mozhe,
Netknuty`j bly`skom tvoyi krasoty`?

Tak, ty` bogy`nya! Maty`, rajs`ka rozhe,
O glyan` na mene z svoyi vy`soty`!
Bach, ya, shho v nebesax ne mig najty`
Bogiv, pered toboyu klonyus` tozhe.

O bozi, duxax mozh sya sumnivaty`
I nebo j peklo kazkoyu vvazhaty`,
Ta ty` j krasa tvoya – ne kazka, ni!

I chas pry`jde, koly` ves` svit poky`ne
Bogiv i duxiv, ly`sh tebe, bogy`ne,
Chty`t` bude vichno – tut, na polotni.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ivan Yakovych Franko (1856 - 1916), "Сікстинська Мадонна", written 1880 [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 Vitalii Dmytrovych Kyreyko (1926 - 2016), "Сікстинська Мадонна" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-03-12
Line count: 14
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