1.
Yakshcho ty chochesh sydity y kovtaty
I zreshtoyu maty dyyavola v kysheni,
Yakshcho chochesh, shchob mriyi chovaly,
To shvydshe zlitay na raketi zeleniy.
Skazit' meni, chy ce pravda,
Shcho ranishe tut buv cholovik?
Ya bachu lysh chornu dirku.
Krashche schovayus' u zatinku povik.

2.
Yakshcho prahnesh ty buty derevom,
Bez zalyu i bez bazan, –
Zaryi sebe hlybshe u m’yaku zemlyu,
Hlyady yak zrostaye tvoya hilchana hran.
Ya znayu, shcho koly nedilya –
Ce chas dlya neyi i dlya tebe.
Ale s'ohodni den polyvky
Dereva v apartamentach neba.