Krov

Homonila Ukrayina,
Dovho homonila,
Dovho, dovho krov stepamy
Tekla-chervonila.
Tekla, tekla ta i vysohla.
Stepy zeleniyut;
Didy lezat, a nad nymy
Mohyly syniyut.
Ta shcho z toho, shcho vysoki?
Nihto yih ne znaye,
Nihto shchyro ne zaplache,
Nihto ne zhadaye.
Tilko viter tyhesenko
Poviye nad nymy,
Tilko rosy ranesenko
Slozamy dribnymy
Yih umyyut. Ziide sonce,
Osushyt, pryhriye;
A unuky? yim baiduze,
Panam zyto siyut.
Bahato yih, a hto skaze,
De Honty mohyla, –
Muchenyka pravednoho
De pohoronyly?
De Zaliznyak, dusha shchyra,
De odpochyvaye?
Tyazko! vazko! Kat panuye,
A yih ne zhadayut.
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Homonila Ukrayina,
Dovho homonila,
Dovho, dovho krov stepamy
Tekla-chervonila.
I den, i nich gvalt, harmaty;
Zemlya stohne, hnetsya;
Sumno, strashno, a zhadayesh –
Serce usmihnetsya.