Ходити пудити
Году мою краине дівч.
На віки любити
7. З віден гора звідти друг
По серед долина
Межи тими горінками
Любаи дівчина
8. Треба гори розкопати
Долину рівняти
Щоби ми ся видно було
До “милої” хати
[shadowed lower portion partially visible with fragments including possible date “1902.” or similar and partial words]
To walk and bore
I will feed my beautiful girl.
To love for ages
7. From here the mountain from there friend
Across the middle of the valley
Among those little hills
Beloved girl
8. Need to dig up the mountains
To level the valley
So that it would be visible to us
To the “dear” house
[shadowed lower portion partially visible with fragments including possible date “1902.” or similar and partial words]
Theme: Deep romantic devotion and the longing to overcome physical or emotional barriers for the beloved (“дівчина” / “мила”). The imagery is vividly pastoral and hyperbolic — mountains must literally be dug up and the valley leveled so the speaker’s love can be clearly “visible” all the way to the “dear house.” It’s classic Ukrainian folk-song motif: love as a force strong enough to reshape the landscape itself, paired with eternal commitment (“На віки любити”).
Noting the torn page: The bottom right corner is physically torn away, which obscures additional lines or a possible date/signature at the foot of the page. Only faint fragments remain visible in that damaged area; the main stanzas above it are fully legible. This matches the pattern of wear seen across other pages in the same notebook.
