Taras Shevchenko's best-known lines (with the poem)
The top 3 according to 43 votes from people: Bury me, then rise up / and break your chains, / and sprinkle your freedom / with the enemy's evil blood. · When I die, bury me / in a grave / amid the wide steppe / of my beloved Ukraine · And in the great new family, / the family of the free, / do not forget to remember me / with a kind and quiet word.. (Updated Jul 27, 2024.)
From "The Testament" and "The wide Dnieper roars and groans" to "A cherry orchard by the house" and "Fight and you will win!": the lines by Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861) every Ukrainian knows by heart, with the poem and year.
Automatically translated (original in Українська). See the original
Top 11
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1
Bury me, then rise up / and break your chains, / and sprinkle your freedom / with the enemy's evil blood.
Poem "The Testament" (1845).
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When I die, bury me / in a grave / amid the wide steppe / of my beloved Ukraine
Poem "The Testament" (1845).
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3
And in the great new family, / the family of the free, / do not forget to remember me / with a kind and quiet word.
Poem "The Testament" (1845).
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Fight and you will win: / God is helping you!
Poem "The Caucasus" (1845).
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5
The wide Dnieper roars and groans, / the angry wind howls
Poem "The Bewitched Woman" (1837).
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6
In your own house, your own truth, / and strength, and freedom.
Poem "To My Countrymen, Living, Dead and Unborn" (1845).
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Learn, my brothers! / Think and read, / and learn from others, / but do not shun your own.
Poem "To My Countrymen, Living, Dead and Unborn" (1845).
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It does not matter to me whether I will / live in Ukraine or not.
Poem "It Does Not Matter to Me" (1847).
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9
A cherry orchard by the house, / beetles buzzing over the cherry trees
Poem "A Cherry Orchard by the House" (1847).
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10
Our thought, our song / will not die, will not perish… / There, people, is our glory, / the glory of Ukraine!
Poem "To Osnovianenko" (1839).
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11
Fall in love, dark-browed girls, / but not with Muscovites
Poem "Kateryna" (1838).
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«Заповіт» ми вчили напам'ять ще в третьому класі, а «Садок вишневий» мама співала мені замість колискової. Дякую за добірку.