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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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]
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