Yak z Berezan do kadry
Sichovyky mandzaly,
To krayalos serdenko
Iz hor’ya i pechaly.
To krayalos serdenko,
Ne vtyhlo i na hvylynu:
V Berezanah pokynuv
Kohanuyu divchynu.
– Proshchai, 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 ljubovi,
To pocilui zlozyla
V ustonka malynovi.