Oi ziidy, ziidy, ty zironko vechirnyaya

– Oi ziidy, ziidy,
Ty zironko vechirnyaya!
Oi vyidy, vyidy,
Divchynonko moya virnaya!

Rada b zirka ziity –
Chorna hmara nastupaye;
Rada b divka vyity –
Tak matusya yiyi ne puskaye.

Oi zironka ziishla –
Use pole i osvityla,
A divchyna vyishla –
Kozachenka ta i zveselyla.

– Oi ty, kozache,
Ty, hreshchatyi barvinochku!
Chto z tobi postele
U dorozi ta postilonku?

– Oi steletsya meni
Shyrokyi lyst burkovyna,
A pid holovy –
Holubaya ta zupanyna.

Oi cherez mezu
Zelenyi horoshok slavsya;
Kozak do divchyny
Cherez ljudy ta i poklonyavsya:

"Oi i poklonitsya,
Oi vy, dobriyi ljudy,
Nehai moyii mylii
Tam lehesenko bude!

Oh i poklonitsya,
Oi vy divchyni-nebozi,
A shcho meni dobre
U dalekii dorozi!"