Dolya moya, dolya, dolya neshchasnaya.
Nashcho z mene, neshchasnuyu, na svyet sporody(ly)?

Nashcho z mene, neshchasnuyu, na svyet sporodyly?
Luchshe z mene malenkoyu v mori z utopy(ly).

Yak pidu ya ponad morem – synye more hraye.
Pryimy z, pryimy, synye more, shche y volna mors'ka(ya).

Pryimy z, pryimy, synye more, shche y volna mors'kaya.
Oy yak meni nadoyila zyzn moya hirka(ya).

Oy yak myeni nadoyila zyzn moya hirkaya.
A yeyi more otvichaye: – Ty shche y ze moloda(ya).