Yihav strilec na viinonku,
Proshchav svoyu divchynonku:
"Proshchai, mylenka, chornobryvenka,
Ya idu v chuzuyu storononku.
Dai my, divchyno, hustynu,
Moze, ya v boyu zahynu –
Temnoyi nochi nakryyut ochi,
Lehshe v mohyli spochynu."
Dala divchyna hustynu –
Strilec u boyu zahynuv,
Temnoyi nochi nakryly ochi,
Lehshe v mohyli spochynuv.
Lyhiyi ljudy nasylu
Vzyaly neshchasnu divchynu.
Tam, sered polya, hnetsya topolya,
Ta i na strilecku mohylu.