Kobzar Quotes

“PRAYER

To me, God, while on earth I wend
Grant love, Lord, heart-felt paradise;
I ask no more; that will suffice.

To toiling folk, All-Gracious Lord
On land robbed from them, without end
Let Thy strength from on high descend.

And for the pure in heart? Round them
Let Thine angels aye attend,
And their purity defend.

And as for me, dear Lord, grant love
For truth and right to the world's end,
And grant me a sincere true friend.

And to us all on earth, grant we
In amity may ever wend,
And true fraternal love, O send.”
― Taras Shevchenko, Kobzar