Lesya Ukrainka — The Pine Tree
Lesya Ukrainka (1871–1913) was a writer and poet most famous for her play Forest Song. She struggled with tuberculosis throughout her life but left an impressive body of work.
By shashank shekharPublished 4 years ago • 1 min read
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The Pine Tree written by Lesya Ukrainka
The pine-tree said to the spring breeze
The ever-green pine
There I went and listened to everything
Everything she said.
Oh, she didn’t sing ‘the green din’
The ever-clouded pine
No, not the ‘green din’
A heavy winter thought was heard through all the noise.
On a winter morning, the oak-tree was silent
As though stricken with sorrow
The evergreen tree only whispered
To the dense high canopy
There I went and listened to everything
To everything she said
It is not a merry thought.
That was heard in the noise of the ‘green din’.


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