Ukrainian Folk Lullaby - Ніч яка місячна (What A Moonlit Night): Fall 2025 Recital at SFCM 12/8/2025

Описание: Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦🔱

Fall 2025 Vocal Performance Workshop, Continuing Education Department.
Vocal performance instructor: Dr. Phillip Harris.
Piano accompanist: Keisuke Nakagoshi.
Performed December 8th, 2025, at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

This video is for research/scholarly purposes only, to track my progress since starting June 2025.

"What a Lovely Moonlit Night" is a famous Ukrainian folk lullaby.
Ніч яка місячна (romanized: Nich yaka misiachna) is the official title.
Lyrics from a poem by Mykhailo Starytsky.
Music was written by Mykola Lysenko (I misspoke in the intro).

My performance rendition is inspired from the 1962 Moscow performance by Yevgeny Belyaev (tenor) and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir.

Heroyam slava! 🇺🇦🔱

LYRICS AND TRANSLATION:
Ніч яка місячна, зоряна ясная,
(The night is so moonlit, so starry, so bright ,)
Видно, хоч голки збирай,
(There's so much light that you could pick up needles,)
Вийди, коханая, працею зморена,
(Come, my love, so tired with work,)
Хоч на хвилиночку в гай.
(Just for a minute to the grove.)
Вийди, коханая, працею зморена,
(Come, my love, tired with work,)
Хоч на хвилиночку в гай.
(Just for a minute to the grove.)

Сядемо вкупочці тут під калиною,
(We'll sit together under the viburnum,)
І над панами я пан!
(I'm the lord over other lords!)
Глянь, моя рибонько, — срібною хвилею,
(Look, my little fish, at the field,)
Стелеться в полі туман.
(It's covered with the blue fog.)
Глянь, моя рибонько, — срібною хвилею,
(Look, my little fish, at the field)
(Стелеться в полі туман.)
It's covered with the blue fog.

Ти не лякайся, що змерзнеш, лебедонько,
(Don't be afraid to be cold, my swan,)
Тут нема вітру, ні хмар...
(Here's neither wind nor clouds...)
Я пригорну тебе до свого серденька,
(I will hold you close to my heart,)
А воно палке, як жар.
(Which is as hot as flame.)
Я пригорну тебе до свого серденька,
(I will hold you close to my heart,)
А воно палке, як жар.
(Which is as hot as flame.)