Kobzar by taras shevchenko5/13/2023 The translator of these poems spent considerable time in arriving at an understanding of the spirit of the poems and the nature of the situations described. In the struggle of the Ukrainians for freedom the spirit of this poet, who was born a serf, remains ever their guiding star. But he gravely misreads their literature who fails to perceive the grim resolve beneath the sorrow. The Slavonic temperament, too, is given to melancholy and seems to dwell congenially in an atmosphere misty with tears. To our western folk, reared in happier surroundings there is a bitter tang about some of them, somewhat like the taste of olives, to which one must grow accustomed. In these poems speaks the struggling soul of a downtrodden people. Read in English by Ron Altman Dominique van de Vorle Alan Mapstone Garfield Dsouza Trax Adrian Stephens Phil Schempf Larry Wilson Brianna Chiles Ken Masters Stefan Von Blon KevinS (Translated by Alexander Jardine Hunter.) LibriVox recording of The Kobzar of the Ukraine by Taras Shevchenko.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |