Romans pro duet

O, yak vony spivaly, yak spivaly!..
I veleljudni zamovkaly zaly,
I ljudy potim v zahvati kazaly
O, yak vony spivaly,
Yak spivaly!
A yii uze bulo, mabut, za sorok,
I, pevno, yii bulo vze troshky sorom
Zradlyvyh zmorshchok pid yiyi ochyma
Vid lit, shcho yih nosyla za plechyma.
I v noho lik rokam buv tez ne skromnyi,
Buly i v noho posyvili skroni,
I dovhyh lit vershyny i zavaly...
A yak vony spivaly, yak spivaly!
Vony spivaly i bachyly mynule,
I vorushyly hore nezasnule,
I radoshchi, yakyh bulo nemalo –
Use, shcho ne riznylo, a yednalo!
Vony proishly zyttya boljuchi trakty,
Vony zaznaly i nadban, i vtraty,
Velo yih shchastya, moze, i lyho hnalo,
Ta vse te ne riznylo, a yednalo!..

I to ne prosto pisni rivni zvuky,
To z’yednani navik nadiini ruky,
Shcho yih ne vsim potalanylo maty,
Tomu vony i vmily tak spivaty...

O, yak vony spivaly, yak spivaly!..
I veleljudni zamovkaly zaly,
I ljudy potim v zahvati kazaly
O, yak vony spivaly,
Yak spivaly!