In an alien land – v3

You have deserted your mother,
your dying homeland, Ukraine,
you have fallen into the trap
of pleasures unknown…
 
You lay your head in palaces,
“in an alien land, amid strangers”,
forgetting about your deceased mother,
your barren homeland, Ukraine…
 
You have chosen your enemy,
your accursed master, the Tsar,
squandering your history, your future
for a false peace, comfort, but at a cost…
 
You lay your head in palaces,
“in an alien land, amid strangers”,
forgetting about your deceased mother,
your barren homeland, Ukraine…
 
You has abandoned your identity,
your days will be like grasses,
gathered for the fire, a pyre,
the burning of Ukraina…
 
You lay your head in palaces,
“in an alien land, amid strangers”,
forgetting about your deceased mother,
your barren homeland, Ukraine…
 
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Edited November 26, 2024
In an alien land – v3
 
after poem, “In an alien land”,
based on the poem, “In the Fortress, No. 4”,
by Taras Shevchenko
&
Edited November 2, 2024
I have been brought to wait – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/i-have-been-brought-to-wait-v2.html
after poem, “I have been brought to wait”,
based on the poem, “In the Fortress, No. 10”,
by Taras Shevchenko
&
Edited and posted October 16, 2024
what a difference – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/what-difference-v2_24.html 
after poem, “what a difference”,
based on the poem, “In the Fortress, No. 3”,
by Taras Shevchenko
&
Edited and posted October 16, 2024
It makes no difference to me – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/it-makes-no-difference-to-me-v2_24.html
Written and posted October 9, 2024
It makes no difference to me
typed October 16, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/it-makes-no-difference-to-me.html
after poem, “It makes no difference to me”,
based on the poem, “In the Fortress, No. 3”,
by Taras Shevchenko
&
Edited November 2, 2024
From the tomb a Kozak – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/from-tomb-kozak-v2.html
after poem, “From the tomb a Kozak”,
based on the poem, “In the Fortress, No. 2”,
by Taras Shevchenko
&
Edited November 2, 2024
Fly to me, my darling thoughts – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/fly-to-me-my-darling-thoughts-v2.html
after poem, “Fly to me, my darling thoughts”,
based on the poem, Poems of Exile,
“1847 Songs of Mine, songs of mine…”,
by Taras Shevchenko
 
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