Oi ce dyvnoye narozdennya Bozoho Syna.
V cei den ioho sporodyla Dyeva Mariya.
Ta i v cei den ioho sporodyla, yasnoho spovyla,
A spovyvshy male dytya, pid hrest vidnesla.
Ta i de uzyalysya try yanholy, stepom letyuchy,
Temnoi nochi, yasnoi zori, hresta hlyadyuchy.
Oi ostrahnulas Dyeva Mariya cyh troh yanholiv.
A vony yii prospivaly: "Oi ne biis ty nas.
Oi ne biis ty nas, Dyeva Mariya, – ce yanholskyi hlas.
Pryimai dytya narozdene na ruky pry nas".