Alternative Hryvnias / Альтернативні гривні

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Media: Alternative Hryvnias_Ukrainka

© Davyd Chychkan

Dark and damp a peasant’s hut is,

Lord has mansion that’s much brighter;

There is reason people say that

Even lordsy bones are whiter! 

 

Peasant woman’s hands are dirty

Lady’s fingers please the viewer;

There is reason people say that

Even lordsy blood is bluer!

 

One day peasants came to wonder

Whether all those bones are whiter.

Will one see the blue blood running

If one stabs a knife in mighty?

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