Nehai ze nas Boh ryatuye

Nehai ze nas Boh ryatuye,
Shcho nash batko ne statkuye:
Bere ivana i Dem’yana,
Petra, Hrycya i Stepana,
Maksyma, Semena shche i Tereshka.
Zibralasya kumpaniya
Nevelychka, ale chesna:
Yidni sily po odyn bik,
Druhi sily po druhyi bik,
Kuper’yan naistarshyi poseredyni.
– Zibralysya my ta vsi tutechky,
Ne prosti ljudy – vse remisnychky:
To pysari, to malyari,
To kovali, to sljusari,
To muzyky, to dzvonari,
To shevchyky, to kramari,
Vynovary i pyvovary,
Kuper’yan – cehmeister nad solomoyu.
Oi dai ze nam, Hospody,
Shcho my zibralys,
Shcho my sobi troshechky
Ponapyvalys.
Chto mayuchyi, hto bahatyi,
Chto pokirnyi, hto zavzyatyi,
Chto vrodlyvyi, hto horoshyi,
Komu techut z richok hroshi,
A Kuper’yan kaze: "Ya ves u zloti".
Bizyt Hanna shche i Tetyana,
Strashat batka Kuper’yana,
Bizyt Hanna shche i Danylko:
– Tikai, tatku, kudy vydko,
Os mamunya ide, vsim bida bude!
Odni kazut: "Iskryimosya!"
Druhi kazut: "Pryznaimosya",
Odyn kaze: "Sydim tyho",
Druhyi kaze: "Bude lyho",
A Kuper’yan kaze: "Yakos to bude!"