Kotylasya bochka ta vze z ohirkamy...
Zazurylys' bahachi bidnymy divkamy.

Ne zurit'sya, bahachi, taka nasha dolya!
A v kotroyi dolya dobra, ta vyide y bez polya!

A bidnaya divchynonka dvi kopy nazala,
A bahata divchynonka v borozni lezala.

V bahatoyi divchynonky namysto na hrudyach,
Popid horu nese vodu – chrypyt' yiyi v hrudyach.

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!