– Oi, maty, maty, yest dyak u hati,
Spivaye, zartuye, ne daye spaty.
I yeshche, maty, hraye zo mnoyu!
– Byi yeho, donyu, hoch kocherhoyu!
– Boyusya, maty, shchob ne vkalyaty,
Volju ya dyachenka pociluvaty.
Zupan novenkyi, dyak molodenkyi, –
Boyusya, maty, shchob ne vkalyaty.
Ba yeshche, maty, budu prohaty
U postilonku do sebe spaty.
– Oi, donyu, donyu, bude z bidoyu,
Koly dyak lyaze spaty z toboyu.
– Oi, maty, maty, budu tryvaty,
Choch mene bude dyak zachipaty.
– Choch dyak zartuye, ale ne pustuye,
Nehai ze, donenko, perenochuye.
Poty sya hraly, poky ne spaly,
Zaky-m sya z soboyu ne obiznaly.
Obiznavshysya, pochne dyak spaty,
A divchynonka pochne plakaty.
Divchyna drimle, a dyak spivaye,
Pohlyada v vikonce, chy vze svitaye.
– Oi yeshche, dyache, barzo ranenko,
Prysunsya do mene, moye serdenko!
Prospavshysya, dyak pochne spivaty,
A divchynonka pochne plakaty:
– Oi dyache, dyache biloho lycya,
Podobno z mene yuz molodycya.
Oi pryishla maty doni pytaty:
– Chy harazd bulo, donenko, spaty?
– Oi spala-m, spala-m, led-m ustala,
Toze-m sya maty strahu nabrala!
– Oi, donyu, donyu, zartu ne znayesh,
Shcho sya tak bardzo dyaka lyakayesh!