Yichav strilec' na viynonku,
Proshchav svoyu divchynonku:
– Proshchay, mylenka, chornobryvenka,
Ya ydu v chuzuyu storononku.

Poday my, divchyno, chustynu,
Moze, ya v boyu zahynu,
Temnoyi nochi nakryyut' ochi,
Lehshe v mohyli spochynu.

Podala divchyna chustynu,
Strilec' u boyu zahynuv,
Temnoyi nochi nakryly ochi,
Lehshe v mohyli spochynuv.

Podala divchyna chustynu
Strilec' u boyu zahynuv,
Tam sered polya hnet'sya topolya
Ta y na strilec'ku mohylu.

Oy hnet'sya, hnet'sya, hoydayet'sya,
Dodolu lystya spadaye,
A v tiy mohyli syn Ukrayiny
Lezyt', spokiyno spochyvaye.

A zliyi lyudy nasylu
Vzyaly neshchasnu divchynu,
Vzyaly vony, vzyaly, za inshoho daly,
A na strilcya ne chekaly.