Yakby ya mih znaty...

Yakby ya mih znaty, navishcho ya tut,
Ya navit u skruti ne kynuv by noshi
Mene b ne morochyly rechi ta hroshi,
Yakby ya mih znaty navishcho ya tut.

Ya ishov povz forteci, kremli ta reihstahy,
Chytav pro heroyiv ta yihni zvytyahy
Ya zyv tam de kozen susida pase.
I hto meni skaze: Navishcho vse ce?

I hto meni skaze, de ye ta krynycya,
Z yakoyi p’yut razom zorya ta zar-ptycya,
De znayut i radist moyu i bidu
I duze nadiyutsya, shcho ya pryidu

Yakby moya spraha vid Boha bula,
Ya vyishov by v pole i pyv by blakyti
I dyakuvav koznii rosyni i myti,
Yakby moya spraha vid Boha bula

Ya bachyv, yak hodyat svit za ochi ljudy,
Shukayuchy te, shcho ye skriz ta usyudy.
Blukayut prospektamy, mchat po shose.
Ta hto meni skaze: Navishcho vse ce?

I hto meni skaze, de ye ta krynycya,
Z yakoyi p’yut razom zorya ta zar-ptycya,
De znayut i radist moyu i bidu
I duze nadiyutsya, shcho ya pryidu

Yakby ya kohanu naspravdi ljubyv,
Ya pestyv by vsi yiyi prymhy ta vady
I my b navit holi daly sobi rady
Yakby ya kohanu naspravdi ljubyv

Ya buv na vesillyah de p’yani muzyky
Labayut 7-40, a hosti, yak dyki
To b’yutsya, to hlohnut vid vlasnyh pisen
I hto meni skaze: Navishcho vse ce?

I hto meni skaze, de ye ta krynycya,
Z yakoyi p’yut razom zorya ta zar-ptycya,
De znayut i radist moyu i bidu
I duze nadiyutsya, shcho ya pryidu

Bo v chystomu nebi ye shchedra krynycya,
De tyhoyi pravdy zyvaya vodycya,
De znayut i radist moyu i bidu
I vsi spodivayutsya, shcho ya pryidu