Aurora 2025 with cover

Svitlana Ramer

A life eternally divided in half Wherever I am, Ukraine is my home The Golden gate and Podil district Are all my land, one and whole And Kyiv City that you can’t not love And the Carpathians that brim with sound You want to live here and to love Your eyes grow stars when you are here Here every breath is lungs’ desire And the bluest sky on earth is here As light at midnight as at midday Because the sun shines in people’s hearts And I will certainly return again And by the flag get on my knees As long as I fight for her with all my might Ukraine always lived inside of me

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