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Zaplyvlo tumanamy,
Zatemnilo mryakoyu,
Zamelos-zaviyalos
Dribnotoyu vsyakoyu.

I zdalos: naviky vze
Z moho sercya vyhnane.
A vono nema, nema –
i znov u dumci vyhlyane.

Z teplymy dolonkamy,
Z yamochkamy yunymy
Vidizvetsya zhadkoyu,
Yak bandura strunamy.

U prostomu sytchyku
Miz osyk zamayetsya,
Shchob ya mih zadumatsya,
Shchob ya mih pokayatsya.

Shchob u shchyrist virylos,
Shchob pro shchyrist mriyalos,
Shchob tiyeyu shchyristyu
Vse na sviti miryalos.

...Zaplyvlo tumanamy...
Ta z dushi ne vyhnane,
Bo vono nema, nema –
Znovu vizme i vyhlyane...