Melnyk – molodec'
Melnyk vse zyttya pracyuye chesno
Melnyk – ne zyvec'
Nadto chesnym buty – ne pochesno

Melnyk – molodec'
Mlyn peretyraye vse na poroch
Melnyk – ce kinec'
Dzerkalo – ce nash naypershyi voroh

Yakshcho ty strilec'
Znachyt' pomyraty budesh vilnym
Smert' – ce ne kinec'
Do kincya ty mayesh buty sylnym

Chtos' kolys' pomer
Ale peremoha yde za namy
Uyavy teper
Shcho zyttya – viyna pomiz mlynamy

A po inshyi bik
Chtos' teper ide na mlyn viynoyu
Tak iz roku v rik
Cya viyna mlyniv ide zi mnoyu

Yde viyna svitiv
Dzerkalamy svit zartuye z namy
Kolamy zyttiv
Kozen voyuvaty yde z mlynamy