Yak na nebi hmara ta i na radist stala –
Nad vertepom zvizda yasna ves svit osiyala.
De Chrystos rodyvsya – Dyevoi oplatyvsya,
Yak cholovik pered Bohom, pered myrom yavyvsya.
Pastushka z yahnyatkom pered tym dytyatkom
Na kolinco prypadaly, Hospoda proslavlyaly.
– Oi Boze, nash caryu, nebesnyi sohvalju,
Poshly lito shchaslyvoye vsyakomu hrystyyanu.