Ode Lyrics

Chant ukrainien : R.
Vielle à roue : L'Atrabilaire
Texte de Taras Shevchenko
Hurdy Gurdy: L"Atrabilaire
Ukrainian singing: R

Along that river, in a field,
A darksome mound is seen;
Where once the Cossack life-blood flowed.
The grass is bright and green.
A raven perches on the mound,
And caws from hunger"s pain...
A Cossack dreams of Hetmans" days.
And sheds his tears again!
(Excerpt from the poem "The night of Taras" by Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861), St. Petersburg, 1838)

Translated by C.H Andrusyshen and Watson Kirkconnell