Yihav strilec na viinonku,
Proshchav svoyu divchynonku:
– Proshchai, mylenka, chornobryvenka,
Ya idu v chuzuyu storononku.
Podai my, divchyno, hustynu,
Moze, ya v boyu zahynu,
Temnoyi nochi nakryyut ochi,
Lehshe v mohyli spochynu.
Podala divchyna hustynu,
Strilec u boyu zahynuv,
Temnoyi nochi nakryly ochi,
Lehshe v mohyli spochynuv.
Podala divchyna hustynu
Strilec u boyu zahynuv,
Tam sered polya hnetsya topolya
Ta i na strilecku mohylu.
Oi hnetsya, hnetsya, hoidayetsya,
Dodolu lystya spadaye,
A v tii mohyli syn Ukrayiny
Lezyt, spokiino spochyvaye.
A zliyi ljudy nasylu
Vzyaly neshchasnu divchynu,
Vzyaly vony, vzyaly, za inshoho daly,
A na strilcya ne chekaly.