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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
"How Can I Not Love You, Kyiv of Mine!" (Ukrainian: «Як тебе не любити, Києве мій!»), also translated as "How Can I Not Love You, My Kyiv!", is a lyrical song of Kievan 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]
- The green sea is playing,
- A quiet day is fading away,
- So dear have they 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 my eyes the cannas are gazing,
- I will pour my heart into them.
- Let them tell to my beloved one,
- How I faithfully love her.
- Now, I will dream and live
- On the wings of my hopes...
- How can one not love you,
- Kyiv, my dear!
- My weary city is falling
- in a peaceful and gentle sleep.
- There, as a necklace, lights
- Have bloomed over the Dnieper.
- The velvet of late afternoons
- Surfs over as euphoria.
- How can one not love you,
- Kyiv, my dear!
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- 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!
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