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Victor Zabila (1808-1869) was a Ukrainian poet. He came from the ancient Cossack family of Zabil. By his creative direction, he belonged to the Romantic poets who were influenced by the works of Taras Shevchenko. He published several poems in the Ukrainian almanac &Lastivka&, published by E. Hrebinka, and in Chernihiv Provincial Gazette. The poems "The wind is blowing very hard in the field" and "Don't chirp, nightingale", set to music by M. Hlynka, became folk songs. Zabila composed melodies to such poems as "The Dove", "The Boat", "Don't Cry, Girl". Only in 1906, through the efforts of Ivan Franko, a complete collection of Zabila's poetry was published under the title "Singing through Tears.