Yak_tebe_ne_lyubyty,_Kyieve_miy!

Yak tebe ne liubyty, Kyieve mii!

Yak tebe ne liubyty, Kyieve mii!

1962 song with lyrics by Dmytro Lutsenko performed by Yuri Aleksandrovich Gulyayev

Yak tebe ne liubyty, Kyieve mii! (Ukrainian: Як тебе не любити, Києве мій! English: How can I not love you, Kyiv of mine?) is a lyrical song of Kyiv composer Ihor Shamo and lyrics by poet Dmytro Lutsenko [uk]. At first the song was performed in 1962 in duet by Yuriy Gulyayev and Kostiantyn Ohnievyi [uk] who at that time performed at Kyiv Opera Theatre.

Commemorative coin with a face of Dmytro Lutsenko and name of his poem
Memorial plaque of Ihor Shamo in Kyiv with his notes to the song

After over half a century later, in 2014 the song became official anthem of Kyiv city.[1]

Rough translation

References

  1. [1]
    The Kyiv council approved the Kyiv's anthem (Київрада затвердила гімн Києва). Ukrayinska Pravda. 13 November 2014
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