Shalene zyttya

Yaka b ne bula, brehnya pomyraye,
Ruinuye, gvaltuye, tebe vbyvaye...
Darma ne shukai, v nii shchastya nemaye,
Bezzalna, zorstoka vid svitla vtikaye...

Pryspiv:
Shalene zyttya! Padayut zori –
Obicyanky buty zavzdy razom
V shchasti i hori!
Shalene zyttya – nabir mehakvitiv,
Zabuti slova v prostori i chasi
Nahaduyut dity!..

Yaka b ne bula, pravda ozyvaye,
Buduye, ryatuye, tebe zcilyaye...
Dorohu yiyi radist vkryvaye,
Toho, hto neyu ide, shchastya ne mynaye.

Shalene zyttya! Padayut zori –
Obicyanky buty zavzdy razom
V shchasti i hori!

Pryspiv