Nechay ze nas Boh ryatuye,
Shcho nash bat'ko ne statkuye:
Bere Yvana i Dem’yana,
Petra, Hrycya i Stepana,
Maksyma, Semena shche y Tereshka.
Zibralasya kumpaniya
Nevelychka, ale chesna:
Yidni sily po odyn bik,
Druhi sily po druhyi bik,
Kuper’yan naystarshyi poseredyni.
– Zibralysya my ta vsi tutechky,
Ne prosti lyudy – vse remisnychky:
To pysari, to malyari,
To kovali, to slyusari,
To muzyky, to dzvonari,
To shevchyky, to kramari,
Vynovary y pyvovary,
Kuper’yan – cechmeyster nad solomoyu.
Oy day ze nam, Hospody,
Shcho my zibralys',
Shcho my sobi troshechky
Ponapyvalys'.
Chto mayuchyi, chto bahatyi,
Chto pokirnyi, chto zavzyatyi,
Chto vrodlyvyi, chto choroshyi,
Komu techut' z richok hroshi,
A Kuper’yan kaze: "Ya ves' u zloti".
Bizyt' Hanna shche y Tetyana,
Strashat' bat'ka Kuper’yana,
Bizyt' Hanna shche y Danylko:
– Tikay, tatku, kudy vydko,
Os' mamunya yde, vsim bida bude!
Odni kazut': "Iskryimosya!"
Druhi kazut': "Pryznaymosya",
Odyn kaze: "Sydim tycho",
Druhyi kaze: "Bude lycho",
A Kuper’yan kaze: "Yakos' to bude!"