Yak zadumayu zenyt'sya, moloduyu zinku brat',
Zrazu treba nauchyt'sya, yak yiy bubna vybyvat'.

Nashcho meni zenyt'sya, moloduyu zinku brat'?
Sey hod sino ne vrodylo, nichym zinky hoduvat'.

A oves urodyv, dak ne bude yisty,
A yachmin z ostyukamy, bude v zuby lizty.