Yak z Berezan do kadry
Sichovyky mandzaly,
To krayalos' serdenko
Iz hor’ya i pechaly.

To krayalos' serdenko,
Ne vtychlo y na chvylynu:
V Berezanach pokynuv
Kochanuyu divchynu.

– Proshchay, moye Olyatko,
Divchyna chornobryva,
Ya tebe hen zhadayu,
Shcho ty moya yedyna.

Yak divchyna pochula
Taki slova zavzyattya,
Sklonyla holovonku –
I vpala mu v obnyattya.

Yak divchyna pochula
Taki slova lyubovi,
To pociluy zlozyla
V ustonka malynovi.