Sered mista, de budynky-skeli,
Ya samotniy, mov korol pusteli.
I z nadiyeyu kohos' zustrity
Noshu z soboyu kvity.

Ya zustrinu tebe sered nochi, chuyesh?
U rukach moyich palayut' kvity, chochesh?
Zabery sobi yich chochesh, chuyesh?
Chy chochesh nebo pidpalyty?

Ci chervoni kvity tak chotily zyty,
I vony znayshly sviy dim
U bahryaniy tvani polum’ya bazannya
Nazavzdy spalylo dim
I usich, chto buly v nim.

Chuyesh, yak tremtyt' haryache tilo?
Vse choho nezal, vohnem zhorilo,
Ale doky ye chomu hority,
Ne ziv’yanut' moyi kvity!