Porozni chaty, vsochli vyshni
Zaklyak kolodyaz' u dvori –
Za shcho karaye nas Vsevyshniy
Prominnyam chornoyi zori.

Povze proklyattya po oselyach,
I nyshchyt' zemlyu navkruhy.
Radiaciyna yoho chelyad'
Zbyraye po chatach borhy.

Pryspiv:
Chornobyls'ki chaty, chornobyls'ki chaty,
Vdyvlyayet'sya v nebo, zaplakana maty.
Chornobyls'ki chaty, chornobyls'ki chaty,
Vam vypala dolya, pustymy stoyaty.

Chto vynen stronciyu slipomu?
Chym zavynyly my, komu
Tomu reaktorovi zlomu
Chy moze Bohu Samomu.

O, zbav, Hospod', vid kary toyi,
Strashenne vohnyshche zhasy.
Ta zerna istyny svyatoyi
Do nas, do hrishnych donesy.

Pryspiv:
I den, i nich – dvadcyate lito
Use kruzlya pekelnyi ptach.
Movchazno horblyat'sya mohyly
V starych, pokynutych chrestach.