Oi u poli try krynychenky,
Lyubyv kozak try divchynonky:
Chornyavuyu ta bilyavuyu,
Tretyu rudu ta pohanuyu.
"Shcho chornyavu vid dushi ljublju,
Do bilyavoyi zalycyayusya,
A z rudoyu, prepohanoyu,
Pidu, mabut, rozproshchayusya".
"Chy ya tobi ta i ne kazala,
Yak stoyaly pid svitlyceyu:
Ne yid, ne yid ta i u Krym po sil,
Bo zastanesh molodyceyu".
"Lyubyv tebe ya divchynoyu,
Lyubytymu i molodyceyu,
A shche budu hoch sim lit zdaty,
Poky stanesh udovyceyu".
Chy vsi z tiyi ta sady cvitut,
Shcho vesnoyu rozvyvayutsya,
Chy vsi z tiyi ta i vinchayutsya,
Shcho ljublyatsya ta kohayutsya?
Polovyna tyh sadiv cvite,
Polovyna rozvyvayetsya,–
Odna para ta vinchayetsya,
A druhaya rozluchayetsya.