Masterfully fulfilled by Peter Fedynsky, Voice of America journalist and expert on Ukrainian studies, this first ever English translation of the complete Kobzar brings out Ukraine's rich cultural heritage
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Masterfully fulfilled by Peter Fedynsky, Voice of America journalist and expert on Ukrainian studies, this first ever English translation of the complete Kobzar brings out Ukraine's rich cultural heritage
Cover; Title page; Copyright information; - Acknowledgements; >>> TITLES IN ENGLISH; >>> TITLES IN UKRAINIAN; - A Kobzar for a New Millenium; - Translator's Introduction; - Shevchenko: The Artist as Poet and Poet as Artist; - Dedication; - - - KOBZAR - - -; Mad Maiden; A Thought (Water flows into the azure sea); A Thought (Raging wind, O raging wind!); A Thought (Life on earth is tough and trying); A Though (Why my dark brows); Night of Taras; In Everlasting Memory of Kotliarevsky; Kateryna; The Rambler; The Poplar; To Osnovianenko; Ivan Pidkova; "My thoughts, my thoughts" (1840)
To N. MarkevychTribute to Shternberg; Haidamaks; "The wind converses with the grove"; Maryanne the Nun; The Drowned Maiden; The Blind Woman (A Poem); Hamaliya; Funeral Feast; The Plundered Mound; "Chyhyryn, O Chyhyryn"; The Owl; A Maiden's Nights; Dream; "She didn't stroll on Sundays"; "Why is it so hard for me, so tedious"; "Tell me what's in store for me"; To Hohol (Gogol); "Envy not the rich man"; "Marry not a wealthy woman"; The Heretic; The Blind Man (A Poem); The Great Vault (A Mystery); The Hireling; The Caucasus; To the Dead, the Living, and to the Unborn; The Cold Ravine
Psalms of DavidTo Little Maryanne; "Days go by, nights go by"; Three Years; Testament (When I die, then bury me); "Why is it that we love Bohdan?"; The Lily; Water Nymph; "Drink the first, you'll be aroused"; Witch, The (1847); In Solitary Confinement; "I was sleepless, and the night"; The Princess (A Poem); N. N. (The sun sets, hills grow dark); N. N. (My thirteenth year was passing); "The sun is cold on foreign land"; Dream, A (O my lofty hills); Irzhavets; N. N. (O my thoughts! O wicked fame!); To the Poles; The Monk; "We ask each other"; "Alone it's strange. But where to go?"
"Row by row"The Kerchief; To A. O. Kozachkovsky; The Soldier'sWell (1857); "That's the vein I write in now"; "Come on, let's write some poems again"; The Branded Convict; "Oh I'll glance, I'll look"; "O Lord, allow none"; "An axe once lay behind God's door"; Czars (Kings); "Blessed is he who has a home"; The Sexton's Daughter; "Well, mere words, it seems…"; "Like a soul tax"; P. S. (There's no ire for the evil person); H. Z. (There's nothing worse in bondage); "Were we to meet again"; Maryna; The Prophet; The Owls; "A Kozak steals like a thief at night"; "Beside the setting sun"
"The sky's unwashed, the waves are spent""My thoughts, my thoughts" (1848); "On foreign soil I grew up"; "It's not for people, not for fame"; "Two lofty poplars grow"; "If I had shoes, I'd go a dancing"; "I am wealthy, I am pretty"; "I fell in love, I got married"; "My mother bore me in a lofty mansion"; "Oh, I sent my husband on a trip"; "I'll hone my friend"; "The snow is driven by the wind"; "Beside the house I'll sit"; "In a verdant grove"; Shvachka; "Beer and mead will not be quaffed"; "On the street there is no joy"; "That Kateryna has a fancy house"; "The sun rises, the sun sets"
