Viyut vitry, viyut buini
Az dereva hnutsya;
Ah, yak bolyt moye serce
Sami slezy llyutsya.
Trachu lita v ljutim horyu
I kincya ne bachu;
Lyshen sercyu lehshe stane
Yak nyshkom poplachu.
Sut shche ljudy, shcho i moyii
Zavyduyut doly;
Chy shchaslyva z ta bylynka,
Shcho roste u poly?
Shcho u poly na pisochku,
Bez rosy na soncy,
Tyazko zyty bez myloho
I v svoyii storonci.
Bez myloho shchastya nema,
Staye svit tyurmoyu;
Bez myloho doli nema,
Nema i spokoyu.
De ty, mylyi chornobryvyi,
De ty? – vidizvysya!
Ya bez tebe vse horyuyu,
Pryidy, podyvysya!
Poletila b ya do tebe,
Ta krylec ne mayu;
Sohnu, chahnu ya bez tebe,
Vsyak den umyrayu.