Chy ye v sviti molodycya,
Yak ta Handzya bilolycya?
Oy skazit'-no, dobri lyudy,
Shcho zi mnoyu teper bude?

Pryspiv:
Handzya – dushka, Handzya – lyubka,
Handzya myla, yak holubka.
Handzya – rybka, Handzya – ptychka,
Handzya – cyacya-molodychka. (ves' kuplet – 2)

Handzyu moya, Handzyu myla,
Chym ty mene napoyila?
Chy lyubystkom, chy charamy,
Chy solodkymy slovamy?

Pryspiv