Dyki levy

"Budte tverezi, pylnuite,
Vash suprotyvnyk – dyyavol –
Chodyt, rychuchy, yak lev,
Shcho shukaye pozerty koho.
Protyvtes iomu, tverdi v viri,
Znavshy, shcho ti sami muky
Traplyayutsya i vashomu bratstvu
Po sviti" (2 Petra 4:7, 8)

Dyki levy shuhayut hashchamy mista
I maskuyutsya usmishkamy nemovlyat,
A ty, brate, trymaisya, micno trymaisya,
Za ruku Velykoho storoza dush.

Chai hoda tvoya bude smilyva i chysta,
Chai niyake boloto ne lypne do p’yat,
I ty, brate, na sebe ne pokladaisya,
Nadiisya na Boha i viry ne zrush.
A ty, brate, trymaisya, micno trymaisya,
Za ruku Velykoho storoza dush.

Dyki levy pokazut shyroku dorohu,
De pid blyskom zvablyvym shovayut kapkan,
A ty, brate, za ruku bery podoroznih,
Yim ljubov prykladai do roz’yatrenyh ran.

Rozkazy yim pro krov, shcho tebe osvyatyla,
Rozkazy yim, shcho Car Tvii voskres i zyve,
Rozkazy, shcho na leviv chekaye mohyla,
Vichne Carstvo na tyh, hto zrechetsya sebe,
A ty, brate, skazy, – yakshcho yim ne pid sylu,
Chai doviryatsya Bohu, yakyi moze vse.