Oi na hori snih bilenkyi,
Des poyihav mii mylenkyi,
Des poyihav ta i nemaye,
Serce z zalju zavmyraye.
Ochi chorni, mov ternochok,
Brovy rivni, mov shnurochok,
Lychko bile, rum’yaneye,
Serce moye kohaneye.
Poky tebe ne ljubyla,
Spokiinenko v sviti zyla,
A teper ya hirko plachu,
Poky tebe ne pobachu.
"Balamute, vyidy z haty,
Chochesh mene zakohaty,
Zakohaty ta i zabuty –
Vsi vy, hlopci, balamuty!
Balamute, biisya boha,
Ty bahatyi, a ya vboha,
Ty bahatyi shche i horoshyi
A ya bidna shche i bez hroshei!"