Ya vertayus' v staryi nash dvir,
De vikamy hrayut'sya dity,
De shche vchora smiyalos' lito,
A teper, a teper – zyma...
Ya vertayus' v staryi nash dvir
Pislya dovhych blukan po svitu,
Tvoyi vikna stoyat' bez svitla,
Bo za nymy tebe nema... (ost 2 ryadky – 2)

Ya vertayus' v staryi nash dvir,
Shcho buv litnim teplom zihrityi,
I nikudy uze ne ditys'
Vid vyny, shcho v meni bolyt'...
Ya vertayus' v staryi nash dvir
Ta ne kvitne buzok u sichni,
Dlya proshchannya potribna vichnist',
Dlya proshchennya – korotka myt'. (ost 2 ryadky – 2)

Ya vertayus' v staryi nash dvir,
A zyma zasypaye snihom
Ti stezky, de kolys' ya bihav
De u mriyach zlitav do zir...
Ya vertayus' v staryi nash dvir,
Nache ptach, shcho zabuv pro kryla,
Poryatuy mene i pomyluy,
Moya yunist' – staryi nash dvir... (ost 2 ryadky – 3)