Artist: Oleksandr Shevchenko
Lyrics and music author: Олександр Шевченко |
Yak poviye buynyi viter nad tvoyeyu holovoyu,
Osidlay ze konya voronoho, v dorohu chas,
Tilky kuryava zdiymet'sya bytym shlyachom za toboyu,
Ozyrnysya v ostanniy raz.
Yak poviye buynyi viter nad tvoyeyu holovoyu,
Bude poruch z toboyu tviy druh,
Za porohamy, kozache, ty ne budesh syrotoyu,
Pryime Bat'ko Velykyi Luh,
Bat'ko Velykyi Luh!
I nichoho v c'omu sviti ne zaliy sobi, kozache,
Bo zyttya molode – korotke, yak litnya nich.
Yak polyazesh v chystim poli, to nichto i ne zaplache,
Bo ne plache za synamy Sich.
Yak zakryache chornyi voron nad tvoyeyu holovoyu,
Vkryye ochi kytaykoyu druh
I cholodnoyu zemleyu, i zelenoyu travoyu
Vkryye Bat'ko Velykyi Luh,
Bat'ko Velykyi Luh!
Bo taka kozac'ka dolya – voyuvaty do zahynu,
Kozen sam vybyraye v zytti yedynyi sviy shlyach,
Ty ne toy, shcho vse proshchaye, i ne toy, shcho horbyt' spynu,
Ty u poli vilnyi kozak.
Yak poviye buynyi viter nad tvoyeyu holovoyu,
Vze ne vyrvet'sya voroh iz ruk,
Ty nikoho ne boyishsya, bo u tebe za spynoyu
Maty Sich i Velykyi Luh,
Bat'ko Velykyi Luh! Bat'ko Velykyi Luh!