Repercussions

Lesja Ukrainka

The third collection of rhymes by Lesja Ukrainka "Repercussions" was published in 1902 in Chernivtsi. It consists of lyric cycles "From the Slave Songs series", "Rhythms", "Minutes", written during 1900 – 1902, section "Legends" and the dramatic poem "Possessed" (1901).

Content

From the Slave Songs series

Jewish melody

"When Israel got enemies in exile…"

"Jeremiah, the dark prophecy of iron yoke"

Epilogue

Forgotten words

Popular assembly

"Always a crown of thorns…"

[1 variant]

Rhythms

"Where did the you disappear, high-flown words…"

"Is it just as lightning fly…"

"If those very rays of gold…"

"I wish I could swim away in water…"

"No! I can not subdue it…"

"If all my blood flow out so…"

"Oh, how hard it is to walk through…"

"Why can not I fly up…"

Minutes

Lied ohne Klang

Holy Night

"You happy bright stars…"

"Grey kerchiefs of snow slush…"

"Bypass, I was, valleys and mountains…"

"Hey, I go into those green mountains…"

"Want to know what it really was…"

"Dark clouds, a rainbow bright…"

"Oh, it seems – I don't be sad…"

"Oh, I go to dark pine forest…"

Legends

Sphinx

Ra-Meneis

Offering

Legends

Saul

Tragedy