Homonila Ukrayina,
Dovho homonila,
Dovho, dovho krov stepamy
Tekla-chervonila.
Tekla, tekla ta y vysochla.
Stepy zeleniyut';
Didy lezat', a nad nymy
Mohyly syniyut'.
Ta shcho z toho, shcho vysoki?
Nichto yich ne znaye,
Nichto shchyro ne zaplache,
Nichto ne zhadaye.
Tilko viter tychesenko
Poviye nad nymy,
Tilko rosy ranesenko
Slozamy dribnymy
Yich umyyut'. Ziyde sonce,
Osushyt', pryhriye;
A unuky? yim bayduze,
Panam zyto siyut'.
Bahato yich, a chto skaze,
De Honty mohyla, –
Muchenyka pravednoho
De pochoronyly?
De Zaliznyak, dusha shchyra,
De odpochyvaye?
Tyazko! vazko! Kat panuye,
A yich ne zhadayut'.
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Homonila Ukrayina,
Dovho homonila,
Dovho, dovho krov stepamy
Tekla-chervonila.
I den, i nich gvalt, harmaty;
Zemlya stohne, hnet'sya;
Sumno, strashno, a zhadayesh –
Serce usmichnet'sya.