Chy chuyesh, mii druze-yunache,
Chy chuyesh toi bryazkit kaidan,
Yak maty Ukrayina plache
Za stilky terpinnya i ran?
Chy chuyesh – Dnipro vysyhaye,
Porohy shumity stayut,
Zozuli po derevah sidayut,
Pro dolju Vkrayiny kuyut!
Chy bachysh – zyta pohylylys,
Ty siyav – vono ne tvoye,
Ty muchyvs po dnyah i po nochah,
A voroh lysh z toho zyye?
Chy bachysh – Karpaty sumuyut,
Dyvlyachys na yarmo syniv,
A viter tyhenko po voli
Roznosyt zalibnyi yih spiv!
Vden voroh do tebe smiyetsya,
A v vechir v kaidany kuye,
Za tvoyu cyu pracyu hirkuyu
Harmaty na tebe kuye.
My chuly ci boli shche zmalku
I v serci skazaly sobi:
"Dlya Tebe zyvem, Ukrayino,
Shchob volju zdobuty Tobi".