Yak tebe ne liubyty, Kyieve mii!

1962 song with lyrics by Dmytro Lutsenko performed by Yuri Aleksandrovich Gulyayev
Commemorative coin with a face of Dmytro Lutsenko and name of his poem
Memorial plaque of Ihor Shamo in Kyiv with his notes to the song

Yak tebe ne liubyty, Kyieve mii! (Ukrainian: Як тебе не любити, Києве мій! English: How can I not love you, Kyiv of mine?) is a lyrical song of Kyiv composer Ihor Shamo and lyrics by poet Dmytro Lutsenko [uk]. At first the song was performed in 1962 in duet by Yuriy Gulyayev and Kostiantyn Ohnievyi [uk] who at that time performed at Kyiv Opera Theatre.

After over half a century later, in 2014 the song became official anthem of Kyiv city.[1]

Rough translation

Green sea is playing
Quiet day is fading away
So dear have become for me
the sloping banks of Dnipro
Where branches are swaying
of amorous dreams...
How can one not love you,
Kyiv, my dear!
Into eyes Cannas are gazing
My heart I will pour into them
Let them tell to my beloved one
How I faithfully love
I will dream and live now
On wings of my hopes...
How can one not love you,
Kyiv, my dear!
Falling my weary city
in peaceful and gentle sleep
There lights as a necklace
Have bloomed over Dnieper
Velvet of late afternoons
Is as euphoria surf
How can one not love you,
Kyiv, my dear!
Грає море зелене,
Тихий день догора.
Дорогими для мене
Стали схили Дніпра,
Де колишуться віти
Закоханих мрій...
Як тебе не любити,
Києве мій!
В очі дивляться канни,
Серце в них переллю.
Хай розкажуть коханій,
Як я вірно люблю.
Буду мріяти й жити
На крилах надій...
Як тебе не любити,
Києве мій!
Спить натомлене місто
Мирним, лагідним сном.
Ген вогні, як намисто,
Розцвіли над Дніпром.
Вечорів оксамити,
Мов щастя прибій...
Як тебе не любити,
Києве мій!

References

  1. ^ The Kyiv council approved the Kyiv's anthem (Київрада затвердила гімн Києва). Ukrayinska Pravda. 13 November 2014

External links

  • Notes to Yak tebe ne liubyty, Kyieve mii! at pisni.org.ua
  • Kyieve mii (video)
  • Kyieve mii at nashe.com.ua
  • Yak tebe ne liubyty, Kyieve mii! - Official Anthem of Kyiv (audio)