Mertva chorna voda
Shche spyt pid tovshcheyu kryhy,
Blide holodne sonce
Shche ne daruye teplo.
Viter,
Shcho prynosyt z soboyu
Cholodnyi zapah vesny,
Neshchadno kydaye v nebo
Chorne hillya,
Take ponure,
Lamke
Pryhynaye ioho
Do potemniloho taloho snihu.
Shche odyn obert
Vichnoho kolesa,
Shche odna zhraya ptahiv
Vertayetsya na pivnich,
Shche odnoho zyttya
Podyh.
Podyh holodnoyi chornoyi zemli (Berezen)
Proshchannya zi skorbotnymy ptahamy oseni (Zovten)
Koly bohy zalyshayut svoyi smarahdovi chertohy (Serpen)
Nich zitkana zi snihu, vitriv ta syvyh zirok (Hruden)