Za Sybirom sonce schodyt', chlopci, ne zivayte,
Vy z na mene, Karmalyuka, vsyu nadiyu mayte!
Povernuvsya z Sybiru ta y ne mayu doli,
Choch ishche z ya ne v kaydanach ta vse z ne na voli.

Mayu zinku, mayu dity, ta chiba z yich bachu?
Yak zhadayu pro yich dolyu, sam hirko zaplachu.
Uryadnyky, ispravnyky za mnoyu hanyayut',
Bilshe z vony lyudey vbyly, yak ya hroshey mayu.

Zovut' mene rozbiynykom, kazut', shcho vbyvayu,
Ya nikoho ne vbyvayu, bo sam dushu mayu.

U nedilyu rano-vranci v usi dzvony dzvonyat',
Lysh odnoho Karmalyuka, yak sobaku honyat',
Nechay honyat', nechay honyat', nechay prohanyayut',
Nechay mene, Karmalyuka, v sviti vspomynayut'! (2)