V temnu nich vesnyanu rozbudyv mene shum –
Nadi mnoyu cyhanka stoyala
I prosyla mene zeby yiy pomohty –
U shatri yiyi dochka vmyrala.

Ya pishla vslid za neyu v cyhans'ke shatro,
U shatri yiyi dochka lezala,
Vsya v zalyu, vsya v krovi, v ramkach chornych volos',
Na hrudi yiyi rana ziyala.

Ty ne plach, ne zurysya, starenkaya maty.
Ne zcilyty bolyuchoyi rany.
Ya lyubyla yoho shche y lyublyu haryache,
Ya ne znala zalyu i omany.

Vin vid mene pishov v Olenburs'ki lisy,
Vin pishov v Olenburs'kiyi stepy,
A cyhans'kaya krov moloda, haryacha, –
Ne skuyesh svoho sercya v kaydany.

V temnu nich vesnyanu rozbudyv mene shum –
Nadi mnoyu cyhanka stoyala
I prosyla mene zeby yiy pomohty –
U shatri yiyi dochka vmyrala.