U zyttya burchlyvi chvyli –
Komu yaka dolya:
Komu shchastya, komu hore.
Na vse Boza volya.
Vertyat' "chaykamy" porohy,
Posmichnys', yunache!
Doma zde tebe kochana,
Trymaysya, kozache!

Pryspiv:
Povorotiv lyshe dev’yat'
Do shchastya y lyubovi.
Pospishy z bo, chornovusyi –
Zde divcha v dibrovi!

Bud' smilyvym, druze-brate,
Zhaday pro Bohdana:
Yak borovsya proty lyachiv,
Turka hnav v lymanach.
Na shlyachu z bo povorotiv
Shche dev’yat' do shchastya,
Y Hulyay-viter, kriz' tumany,
Dodaye nenastya.

Pryspiv