Padayut' dni, yak lystya,
Padaye chas, yak doshch,
Padaye snih na misto,
Yak sil u borshch.
Shvydko tikaye osin,
Sila na sviy charley,
Kynula dym u prostir,
Pechal v lyudey.

Lyudy chodyat' sumni,
Zamerzli sercya
Bazayut' zihrity lyubov’yu,
V c'omu sviti sami,
Zabuly Tvorcya,
A Vin tak blyz'ko,
Zovsim poryad,
Yak chlib, yak voda,
Yak doshch nadiy,
Yak svitlo dnya.

Padaye pohlyad v zori,
Padayut' kroky vdal,
Vpasty tak lehko doli,–
Sliz'my v asfalt,

Ale serce sumne,
Zamerzle naskriz'
Chtos' bazaye zihrity lyubov’yu,
Vin pidiyme tebe,
Ty tilky zvernys',
Vin tak blyz'ko,
Zovsim poryad,
Yak chlib, yak voda,
Yak doshch nadiy,
Yak svitlo dnya.