Dosyt' nevilnaya dumka movchala,
Mov ptashka u klitci zamknuta od svita,
Pisnya po voli davno ne litala,
Pryborkana tuhoyu, zalem prybyta.

Chas, moya pisne, u svit pohulyaty,
Rozpravyty krylcya, posharpani horem,
Chas, moya pisne, po voli buyaty,
Posluchat', yak viter zahrav ponad morem.

Plyn, moy pisne, yak chvylya chybkaya, –
Vona ne pytaye, kudy vona plyne;
Lyn, moya pisne, yak chayka prudkaya, –
Vona ne boyit'sya, shcho v mori zahyne.

Hray, moya pisne, yak viter sey hraye!
Shumy, yak toy shum, shcho kruh chovna vyruye!
Darma shcho vidhuku viter ne maye,
A shum na chvylynochku pohlyad charuye!..