zapoweet

[wasyl_kulyk]

Does any1 know the poem zapoweet?

[wasyl_kulyk]

it's by Taras Shevchenko

[StasUA]

Yeah, here it is:

Yak umru, to pohovayte,
Mene na mogili,
Sered stepu shirokogo,
Na Vkrayini milyy
Shob lany shiropoli
I Dnipro, i kruchi
Bulo vidno, bulo chuty
Yak reve revuchiy
Yak ponese z Ukrayini
U synee more
Krov voroju, otoydi
I lany, i gory
Vse pokynu i polinu
Da samogo Boga
Molitisya, a do togo
A ne znayu Boga.
Pohavayte ta vstavayte,
Kaydany porvite
I vrajoyu zloyu krov'u
Volyu okropite
I mene v sem'yi velykiy
V sem'yi volniy, noviy
Ne zabudte pom'yanuty
Nezlym tyhym slovom

Stas

[steve_vlasenko]

Hi Wasyl,
This is the translation, for those people who don't speak Ukrainian.

My Testament

When I am dead, bury me
In my beloved Ukraine,
My tomb upon a grave mound high
Amid the spreading plain,
So that the fields, the boundless steppes,
The Dnieper's plunging shore
My eyes could see, my ears could hear
The mighty river roar.

When from Ukraine the Dnieper bears
Into the deep blue sea
The blood of foes ... then will I leave
These hills and fertile fields --
I'll leave them all and fly away
To the abode of Cod,
And then I'll pray .... But till that day
I nothing know of God.

Oh bury me, then rise ye up
And break your heavy chains
And water with the tyrants' blood
The freedom you have gained.
And in the great new family,
The family of the free,
With softly spoken, kindly word
Remember also me.

Pereyaslav,
December 25, 1845

There are other translation, but I think this is the best. It is however, much better in Ukrainian.

Take care,

Vlas

[wasyl_kulyk]

StasUA,
Your pronunciation sucked
ex. pohvayte should have been pokoviyte
ex. mogili should have been mohili

and steve, good job, some parts were a little different.

[StasUA]

Wasyl, if you even consider learning Ukrainian, you'll find out that there is no "pokoviyte" in Ukrainian language. If you think that you are able and responsible for creating new words, and inserting them into Ukrainian language, then you are moron, it's just fact, not an opinion. Pohovayte is pohovayte! Pohovaly,Pohovayte,Etc.

It's a second time I post a message directed to you, but it doesn't mean I will waste my time on you anymore, you can post as many meaningless negative comments towards me as you like, it will just show your high intelligence to us.

Good luck!

[This message has been edited by StasUA (edited 23 August 2000).]

[wasyl_kulyk]

once again your wrong Stas you fag. I happen to have the poem. it isn't spelled with a heh it is a scottish k
and when you put an ah and iy together it makes a long i ex.pokoviyte