Don't forget your mother – v3

She is wailing, weeping,
her body wracked in pain,
in your turning from her,
loving other lovers,
forgetting all she is,
all she was to you, Ukraina…
 
Don’t forget your mother,
my brothers, my sisters,
this what I beg you,
remember Ukraina’s past,
her ancient glory, now
wearing another’s valor…
 
Stay true to her memory,
“let your mother smile with pleasure”,
as you turn back to your first love,
by the Dnipro, on the heights,
remembering our own story,
the glory of Ukraina…
 
Learn your own stories,
don’t adopt another,
cleave to your mother
breaking the chains, the fetters,
that hold you from her,
oh, return to your mother,
your first love, Ukraine…
 
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Edited November 25, 2024
Don't forget your mother – v3
 
after poem, “Don't forget your mother”,
based on the poem, “The Epistle”,
1 John 4:20
by Taras Shevchenko
 
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