Anthem of the City of Kyiv - How can I not love you, Kyiv of mine? (2014 - Present)

Yak tebe ne liubyty, Kyieve mii! (Ukrainian: Як тебе не любити, Києве мій! English: How can I not love you, Kyiv of mine?) is a lyrical song of Kyiv composer Ihor Shamo and lyrics by poet Dmytro Lutsenko. At first the song was performed in 1962 in duet by Yuriy Gulyayev and Kostiantyn Ohnyevyi who at that time performed at Kyiv Opera Theatre. After over half a century later, in 2014 the song became official anthem of Kyiv city. English Lyrics: Green sea is playing Quiet day is fading away So dear have become for me the slopping banks of Dnieper Where branches are swaying of amorous dreams... How can one not not love you, Kyiv, my dear! Into eyes Cannas are gazing My heart I will pour into them Let them tell to my beloved one How I faithfully love I will dream and live now On wings of my hopes... How can one not not love you, Kyiv, my dear! Falling my weary city in peaceful and gentle sleep There lights as a necklace Have bloomed over Dnieper Velvet of late afternoons Is as euphoria surf How can one not not love you, Kyiv, my dear!