Dumka

Dosyt nevilnaya dumka movchala,
Mov ptashka u klitci zamknuta od svita,
Pisnya po voli davno ne litala,
Pryborkana tuhoyu, zalem prybyta.

Chas, moya pisne, u svit pohulyaty,
Rozpravyty krylcya, posharpani horem,
Chas, moya pisne, po voli buyaty,
Posluhat, yak viter zahrav ponad morem.

Plyn, moi pisne, yak hvylya hybkaya, –
Vona ne pytaye, kudy vona plyne;
Lyn, moya pisne, yak chaika prudkaya, –
Vona ne boyitsya, shcho v mori zahyne.

Hrai, moya pisne, yak viter sei hraye!
Shumy, yak toi shum, shcho kruh chovna vyruye!
Darma shcho vidhuku viter ne maye,
A shum na hvylynochku pohlyad charuye!..