1
Ty vden – yak vsi, ty nepomitna,
Svit posmishku tvoyu ne bachyv.
Lyshe pohasne soncya svitlo –
Ty ydesh svoyu shukaty vdachu.

Ty yak metelyk na vohon letysh –
Taka krasyva i neshchaslyva.
I nache feya temna nich
Tebe na chas pryvorozyla.

Pryspiv:
Popelyushka, Popelyushka,
Kryshtalevi cherevychky.
Popelyushko, Popelyushko,
Lysh na vechir vse nezvychno.
Lysh na vechir koroleva,
Nu a dali ty vse znayesh.
Strilky mayatnyk shtovchaye,
A ty znovu nich chekayesh.

2
Mynaye nich, zamknulos' kolo,
I vyrvatys' nemaye syly.
Daremno dyvyshsya navkolo –
V zytti nichoho ne zminylos'.

Ty yak metelyk na vohon letysh –
Taka krasyva i neshchaslyva.
I nache feya temna nich
Tebe na chas pryvorozyla.