Banduryste

Banduryste, orle syzyi,
Dobre tobi, brate, –
Mayesh kryla, mayesh sylu,
Ye koly litaty.
Teper letysh v Ukrayinu,
Tebe vyhlyadayut.
Poletiv by i ya z toboyu,
Ta hto pryvitaye.

Ya i tut chuzyi, odynokyi,
I na Ukrayini
Ya syrota, mii holube,
Yak i na chuzyni.
Choho z serce b’yetsya, rvetsya?
Ya tam odynokyi.
Odynokyi... a Vkrayina,
A stepy shyroki.

Tam poviye buinesenkyi,
Yak brat zahovoryt.
Tam v shyrokim poli volya,
Tam synyeye more.
Vyhravaye, hvalyt Boha,
Tuhu rozhanyaye.
Tam mohyly z buinym vitrom
V stepu rozmovlyayut.

Rozmovlyayut, sumuyuchy,
Otaka yih mova:
"Bulo kolys – mynulosya,
Ne vernetsya znovu".
Poletiv by, posluhav by,
Zaplakav by z nymy.
Ta ba, dolya pryborkala
Miz ljudmy i chuzymy.

Banduryste, orle syzyi,
Dobre tobi, brate –
Mayesh kryla, mayesh sylu,
Ye koly litaty.
Teper letysh v Ukrayinu,
Tebe vyhlyadayut.
Poletiv by ya z toboyu,
Ta hto pryvitaye.