Chorna zemlya, yak holovnya, vves narid hoduye

Chorna zemlya, yak holovnya, vves narid hoduye,
A chervona kalynochka ya v lisi zymuye.
Oi chervona kalynochka vves lis prykrasyla,
Hoduvala ta i Petryha ta na hvalu syna.
Hoduvala, hoduvala, krasno ho vbyrala,
Molodomu cisarevy do ruchok viddala.
Ale z tomu legynevy kucheri spuskayut,
Yeho nenku ridnenkuyu vodov vidlyvayut.