Viter plache y zavyvaye, skazeniye u snihach
Cherez hory i dolyny navivaye dykyi strach
Nich neshchadno obchopyla mloyu vse, shcho navkruhy
Syayvo misyacya ukryla, ta nebesni berehy

Chuyesh cholodu dychannya?! Vin bezmovno zastupyv
Zakuvavshy v kryhu riky, shuhoyu ozera vkryv
Vsi ochikuyut' zastyhshy, koly z’yavyt'sya vona
Bilosnizna i serdyta, svoyim zachom charivna

Vovkulaky zaspivaly himny temnoyi doby
Zustrichayut' svoyu pannu nache piddani raby
I prosnulas' ta chatuye do pryshestya Verchovyna
Zakruzyla, zametala porosheyu churtovyna

Stohnut' u lisach dereva, shcho v obiymach u zymy
Yiyi hrudy kormlyat' mertvych i prorochi lycho sny
Pohlyad zbudzuye bazannya spokiy v zabutti znayty
Cherez vse, shcho strach prynosyt', z neyu za ruku ity

Zarevila churtovyna i pomchalas' kriz' Karpaty
Snihopadom i chuhoyu vse zyve shchob pochovaty
Chuty vidchayu des' kryky, chtos' proshchayet'sya z buttyam
Zlyvshys' v unison z vitramy, chorovodyt' smert' z zyttya