On the social network “Facebook,” I. Navikienė shared a post in which she sensitively spoke about her late beloved and published poems dedicated to him.
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“Dear person, You will always remain in my heart and in the most wonderful memories. Thank you for being my fragile companion on the path of life, beloved, respected fellow traveler. May the Highest protect Your rest. I will carry You in my prayers, see You in a bright little star, feel You in the sun rays, hear You in the most resonant music chords.
I will be gone… only time will tick into the overblown spaces…
With drops of dew, rich flowers only memories will return.
Only a flower I am from the bud, from divine warmth,
A speck of dust on the path laid out for me, on the measured stretch.
I will be gone, only rivers will flow, at the time I hurried,
In the stream of life the wind will howl, sinking into the depths of the future.
I will be gone, only occasionally dew will return to newly blossomed flowers,
Maybe as a bird gently, gently I will still respond in the line of an unfinished song…
I will be gone, I will shine in the sunbeam or in the moonlight,
Leaving footprints and coolness in the morning dew on the sacred earth.
I will be gone, only time will remain, which will continue the paths not taken,
Other lives will greedily gather that time and the scorching sun rays…”, – wrote I. Navikienė on the social network.
Žmonės.lt reminds that Stasys Liupkevičius was a popular singer of the 8th-9th decades of the last century, a folk music performer, songwriter, arranger, and longtime leader of the “Armonika” ensemble.
Until quite recently, S. Liupkevičius told the magazine “Legendos” that every Saturday evening at his and his beloved poet Irena Gildutytė-Navikienė’s home, their favorite couple’s show “Greeting Concert” was turned on on Lithuanian television – almost always featuring songs recorded by Stasys with the “Armonika” ensemble. The ensemble’s repertoire is still so popular that songs are constantly ordered to congratulate a family member, relative, or friend celebrating a jubilee. While listening to the concert, Stasys would also accompany with his voice or at least hum well-known melodies.
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The musician, who spent almost his entire life on stage, was convinced that no secret ingredients are needed for a song to become popular.
“That’s my character: if I work, I do it with all my heart. Don’t think I’m a braggart, but I always liked not to sing standing quietly on stage, but to break through a note ahead and sing energetically, with fire, looking nicely at the ladies, smiling,” he recalled. “I tried to make the song as good as possible: I found friends who created good arrangements, wrote beautiful music, or nicely arranged the words. I wanted the songs to sound impeccable,” said the musician.
He was officially married twice, but both wives have already passed away. With the first, he raised two daughters – Ugnė and Audra. After the death of his second wife, the musician felt completely broken. Only meeting Irena from Kupiškis straightened his shoulders again.
