Kotylasya bochka ta vze z ohirkamy...
Zazurylys bahachi bidnymy divkamy.
Ne zuritsya, bahachi, taka nasha dolya!
A v kotroyi dolya dobra, ta vyide i bez polya!
A bidnaya divchynonka dvi kopy nazala,
A bahata divchynonka v borozni lezala.
V bahatoyi divchynonky namysto na hrudyah,
Popid horu nese vodu – hrypyt yiyi v hrudyah.
A v bidnoyi divchynonky odna koralyna,
Popid horu nese vodu – cvite, yak kalyna!
A v bidnoyi divchynonky namysta nemaye,
Popid horu nese vodu – yak mak procvitaye!