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Zhyvi, zhyvi, choloviche, zhyvi da y pokaisia

Lyudvynivka (Kyivs'ka oblast)


Lyrics

Zhyvi, zhyvi, choloviche, zhyvi da y pokaisia,
/ Da v velikiie raskoshy da y nie udavaisia. / 2

Bo velikiie raskoshy, okh, y ony zh tiebie zradiet,
/ Y ony tiebe, chalaviche, v tomnyi hrob zapravadiet. / 2

A v tom tomnom hrobi da tma pretiamushcha,
/ Niekhto tiebie nie zastupit, okh, ni tsar, ni vladyka. / 2

– Tsaru zh ty moi, tsaru, tsaru moi niebiesnyi,
/ Pusti zh mienie ty, moi tsaru, khoch na tsei svit, na ziemliu. / 2

– Okh, nie zrinut tiie liudi, katri v mori vtanuli,
/ Da nie vstanut tiie liudi, katri ruchky zghornuli. / 2

Izghornuvshy y bieli ruchky, z bielym svietom paprashchalis:
/ – Prashchai, prashchai, moi bielyi sviet, da shche yasneie sontse. / 2

Da shche yasneie sontse,
/ Zachynilis mai dvieri, zachynilos akontse. / 2

Zachynilos akontse –
/ Nie pobachu bielaho svietu, okh, ni yasnoho sontsa. / 2





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Location

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Performers

Balashenko Nina Fedosivna (1936)
Horbets'ka Hanna Vlasivna (1938)
Zayets' Oleksiy Valentynovych (1990)




Information

Genre:

Psalms




Participants

Collectors:

Both Miklos
Myroslava Vertiuk
Susanna Karpenko


Descriptors:

Vasylyna Tkachuk


Date of collecting:

2016-10-27



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