V peleni mary-korabli,
Dumy-yakori porynaly.
U vyri syl ya nepevnyi plyv,
Chvyli vladari rozburhalys.
More stohne v hlybyni,
Lyudy plynut u neprytomnosti.
Veletni-vitry zakruchuyut hytro,
Pletut perepony pidvodyat zakony,
Napustyat tumany, na smutok omany,
Pidstupni rulady, nezlicheni zavady.
Lukavi potvory zahodyatsya horom,
Otruyenym dymom navodyat snovydy.
Opysuyut kola zlovisni sokoly.
Mriyi-mayaky zahasaly.
More harne u velychi,
Lyudy vsyudy horem otocheni.
More chorne u dalyni,
Lyudy chuyut zvuky bezmeznosti.