The Forest Song

The Forest Song
1914 edition cover
AuthorLesya Ukrainka
Original titleЛісова пісня
TranslatorsTarnawsky, Maxim; Cundy, Percival
LanguageUkrainian
GenreFéerie
Published1912
PublisherShevchenko Scientific Society (in Ukrainian)
Bookman Associates (in English)
Publication placeRussian Empire
USA
Published in English
1950

The Forest Song (Ukrainian: «Лісова пісня», romanizedLisova pisnya, ALA-LC romanization: Lisova pisni︠a︡) is a poetic play in three acts by Lesya Ukrainka. The play was written in 1911 in the city of Kutaisi, and was first staged on 22 November 1918 at the Kyiv Drama Theater. The work is one of the first prototypes of fantasy in Ukrainian literature.