Stoyit' hora vysokaya,
Popid horoyu hay, hay...
Zelenyi hay, hustesenkyi,
Nenache spravdi ray!

Pid hayem v’yet'sya richechka,
Yak sklo, voda blyshchyt',
Dolynoyu zelenoyu
Kudys' vona bizyt'.

Kray bereha u zatyshku
Pryv’yazani chovny,
Tam try verby schylylysya,
Mov zuryat'sya vony.

Shcho proyde krasne litechko,
Poviyut' choloda,
Osyplet'sya z nych lystyachko
I ponese voda.

Zuryusya y ya nad richkoyu...
Bizyt' vona, shumyt',
A v mene bidne serdenko
I mliye, i bolyt'.

Oy richenko, holubonko!
Yak chvylechky tvoyi,
Probihly dni shchaslyviyi
I radoshchi moyi!

Do tebe, lyuba richenko,
Shche vernet'sya vesna,
A molodist' ne vernet'sya,
Ne vernet'sya vona!..

Stoyit' hora vysokaya,
Zelenyi hay shumyt',
Ptashky spivayut' holosno,
I richenka blyshchyt'...

Yak choroshe, yak veselo
Na bilim sviti zyt'!..
Choho z u mene serdenko
I mliye, i bolyt'?

Bolyt' vono ta zuryt'sya,
Shcho vernet'sya vesna,
A molodist' ne vernet'sya,
Ne vernet'sya vona!