Hei, byky, choho vy staly

– Hei, byky, choho vy staly? Chy pole strashno zaroslo?
Chy lemeshi irza poyila, chy zatupylos chereslo?

– A lemeshi i chereslo nove, valyayut terny v budyakah,
Ziphnuti korni toho zillya na nashyh batkivskyh polyah.

– Hei, byky, zoremo pole, posiyim yaroye zerno,
A doshchyk bryzne, nezabarom v zemli probudycya vono.

Probudycya i na svit hlyane, yak ti divochiyi vinky,
Zazeleniyut nashi nivy, – choho vy staly? Hei, byky!

Hei, byky, zerno pospilo, oblyti zolotom polya.
I poteche zerno ruch’yamy u nashi novi zakroma.