"Kozachenku, kudy ydesh?
Nevze zalyu ne mayesh?"
"Oy ne plach ze, divchynonko, ne zurys'
Ta do moho serdenka pryhornys'".

"Ya bez tebe zahynu,
Yak ty pidesh v chuzynu..."
"Oy ne plach ze, divchynonko, ne zurys'
Ta do moho serdenka pryhornys'".

"Chy tebe lycho zene?
Bachu – zradysh ty mene".
"Ya vernusya, serdenko, voseny,
Yak upade lystyachko z kalyny".

Zdala divka navisna –
Myna osin i vesna.
Nema, nema kozachenka ta y ne chut',
Zliyi lyudy, vorozenky, vze kuyut'.

A yak zyto zacvilo,
Pryishla vistka u selo:
"Ne vertatys' vze do tebe kozaku –
Zasnuv v stepu vin, serdeha, doviku..."