Za nich zemlyu snihom vkrylo, – vse mistechko stalo bilym:
Bila richka, bila hreblya, bilyi svit.
I do shkoly, yak horobchyk,
Prostrybav yevreys'kyi chlopchyk
I zalyshyv na podvir’yi pershyi slid.
Zustrichaye yoho rebe:
"Shcho ty, chlopche? – spaty z treba!
A yak vze pryishov, to i zachod'.
To z sidaymo bilya svichky, – provodzaymo razom nichku,
Bo vona v moyiy chatyni shche Hospod'..."

Za nich zemlyu snihom vkrylo, – vse mistechko stalo bilym:
Bila richka, bila hreblya, bilyi svit.
I do shkoly, yak horobchyk,
Prostrybav yevreys'kyi chlopchyk
I zalyshyv na podvir’yi pershyi slid.