– Oy ziydy, ziydy,
Ty zironko vechirnyaya!
Oy vyidy, vyidy,
Divchynonko moya virnaya!

Rada b zirka ziyty –
Chorna chmara nastupaye;
Rada b divka vyity –
Tak matusya yiyi ne puskaye.

Oy zironka ziyshla –
Use pole y osvityla,
A divchyna vyishla –
Kozachenka ta y zveselyla.

– Oy ty, kozache,
Ty, chreshchatyi barvinochku!
Chto z tobi postele
U dorozi ta postilonku?

– Oy stelet'sya meni
Shyrokyi lyst burkovyna,
A pid holovy –
Holubaya ta zupanyna.

Oy cherez mezu
Zelenyi horoshok slavsya;
Kozak do divchyny
Cherez lyudy ta y poklonyavsya:

"Oy i poklonit'sya,
Oy vy, dobriyi lyudy,
Nechay moyiy myliy
Tam lehesenko bude!

Och i poklonit'sya,
Oy vy divchyni-nebozi,
A shcho meni dobre
U dalekiy dorozi!"