[lyrics: Ivan Franko]



Who dared to say that Thou art not a Goddess?

Where is the monster who was not entranced,

Who did not gaze upon Thee, rapt and wordless,

His heart unmoved by beauty's radiance?

Thou art the Queen of Heaven. I implore,

Look down upon me from Thine kingdom high!

I used to think that empty was the sky,

But Thee, oh Rose of Eden, I adore!

In gods and spirits men are free to doubt,

And tales of paradise and hell my flout.

But Thou art in our hearts, not tales, enthroned,

And come a day, the whole world will forget

All gods and spirits, and will genuflect

Before. Thy painted image, Thee alone!