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OUR LIFE MONTHLY, 'published by Ukrainian National Womens League of America V ol. Х Х У ІІ. F E B R U A R Y , 1970 N o . 2 Our Helping Hand To th o se, w ho follow ed th e n ew s fr o m our hom eland th ro u g h o u t la s t year, i t u n d ou b t ed ly seem ed to con tain an u n u su al am ou n t o f evil. In our m a g azine w e h a v e alread y d iscu ssed th e n ew w a v e o f p ersecu ssio n w h ich spread th r o u g h t th e land. I t m u st h ave sapped n ation al e n er g ie s g re a tly . B u t e v il n ever see m s to com e alone. N a tu ra l d is a ste r s took an u nprecedented toll th is p a st year. F ir s t w e heard r e p orts o f e x te n siv e flood d am ages in W e st U k rain e. Flood w a te rs le f t th o u sa n d s o f people n o t on ly h o m eless, b u t w ith o u t m eans to rebuild th e ir life anew . T hen cam e rep orts o f d u st sto r m s in th e S o u th e a stern region s. A gain , crops w ere ruined, and people faced d isa ster. F in a lly , th e w orld w a s shocked b y rep orts o f earth q u ak es in Y u g o sla v ia . T he w o r st o f th e s e w ere con cen trated in B a n y a L uka, B osn ia. Som e o f us m ay n ot h a v e realized i t b e fore, b u t th e reg io n o f B a n y a L u ka is one o f th e ce n ters o f U k rain ian s e ttle m e n t in Y u g o slavia. U k rain ian s e ttle r s h a v e lived th e r e fo r a lm o st a cen tu ry , and th e y re ta in th e ir p ride in b e in g U k rain ian . T h ey, lik e th e ir cou n terp arts in th e U S A , cam e to a str a n g e n ew land, see k in g n ew op p ortu n ities. T here th e y str u g g le d n ot only to m a k e a n ew life fo r th e ir fa m ilie s, b u t to r e ta in th e ir n ation al id e n tity . L ike our com m u n ity h ere, t h e y h a v e succeeded in b u ild in g up th e ir ch u rch es and sch ools, and in m a in ta in in g an in te r e s t in U k rain ian life . It is on ly n atu ral, th a t rep orts lik e th o se above, could n o t fa il to s tir our social con scio u sn ess, our in stin c tiv e d esire to help. H ow ever, th e p o licies o f th e S o v ie t U n ion b e in g w h a t th e y are, a h elp in g h and w a s n o t e a s y to ex ten d . E v en th o u g h w e f e lt th a t d isa ste r s piled up on top o f a p olicy o f p ersecu tio n placed too g r e a t a burden on th e populace, our help w a s lim ited to p riv a te co n ta c ts. O fficia lly , h elp w a s n eith er req u ested , nor allowed. Our help to th e v ic tim s o f both, th e flood and d u st sto rm s, could on ly be in th e fo r m o f p r iv a te ly sen t, e x p en siv e p a ck a g es fo r p ri v a te ind ividu als. L a te ly h ow ever, a n ew aven u e Olena Teliha is a poetess who represented the spirit of nationalism spreading anew in Ukraine in the 1 9 3 0 ’s. In her poetry she sought to find a path for the woman ac tively engaged in the life-and-death struggle of her homeland. Her own life exemplified this striving. Having returned to Kiev during the German occupation Olena Teliha headed the young literary movement there. In her untiring effort to win freedom for Ukraine she and other members of the group of young intellectuals were arrested and executed by the Gestapo in 1942. Olena T elih a x x x Oh y e s, I know , w om en should n ot advance W ith sw ord in hand and lig h tn in g in th e blood, W ith m a r tia l step and w ith a h u n tsm a n ’s glan ce W ith reso lu tio n th ro u g h b oth fir e and flood. W h y w e are m an ’s tr u e h aven , calm and b righ t, W h ere lik e a sh a tte r e d sh ip you tu rn to r e st. T h e V irg in , n o t th e L ion, is our light; F or ten d ern ess, n o t w ra th , our n am e is b le st. B u t h ard ly fro m your fe eb le h ands in str e s s Slip s down you r w eapon to th e fo e m a n ’s f e e t T hen th e fa m ed raven d rain s our te n d er n e ss — T h a t dem on o f th e b a ttle and d efe a t. A nd w h en our fin g e r s, lo n g and slender, s tr iv e To rend con ven tion s lik e old door-drapes worn, T h a t fr o m you r h an d s you r w eapon s w e m a y riv e A n d s m ite you r en em ies w ith proper scorn. B u t w h en th e sp ark lin g sw ord a t la s t a ssu a g e s In our d eterm in ed g ra sp t h is m an lik e sh are, T im e w ill u n fold to u s it s an cien t p a g es O f love and p a ssion , te n d er n e ss and care . . . S elected and tr a n sla te d b y C. H . A n d r u sy sh e n F rom th e book “T he U k rain ian P o e t s ” and W atso n K irkconnell 16 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЛЮТИЙ, 1970 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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