My divchatam hraly na hitari,
V yunosti, koly cvily sady,
Nas ljubyly ochi, ochi kari,
A hubyly chorni, yak zavzdy.
My buly v kohanni nevhasymi,
My buly seriozni i smishni.
I kazaly: "Tak!", nam ochi syni,
Siri ochi nam kazaly: "Ni!"
Pryspiv:
Ochi, ochi, yak ya znovu hochu
Povernuty yunosti chasy,
Chochu, hochu, yak todi, shchonochi,
Plakaty vid Vashoyi krasy.
My litaly v nebesa dosvitni,
Anhely z shalenymy krylmy,
Zradzuvaly ochi nam blakytni,
A zelenym zradzuvaly my.
My prohraly yunist na hitari,
Ta cei prohrash vartyi peremoh,
I ochei divochyh vichni chary,
Kriz zyttya my v serci nesemo.
Pryspiv