U staryi shynok pid zovtym lihtarem
Ya zablukav, shchob vypyty vyna.
Tam syvyi kum Orfei ta hlopchyk Kupidon
Z Danayeyu hulyayut v din i don!
Tam charivna Marlen z Nikolo-skrypalom
Shchop’yatnyci tancuyuyut kotilion...
A ya sydzu i dyvljusya charivnyi dyvnyi son,
I ya kazu: – Ishche vyna, garson!
Pryspiv:
Din-dili-dili-don-dili-dili-dili-don-don!
Dili-dili-dili-don-dili-don!
Din-dili-dili-don-dili-dili-dili-don-don!
Dili-dili-dili-don-dili-don!
Za stinamy shynka blukaye nich hluha,
Pid lihtaryamy brodyat zebraky.
Perishchyt siryi doshch i po brukivci stika,
Ale ya mayu pid kamzolom zmenku chasnyka.
Stara madam Tyusso vdyvlyayetsya v vikno,
I palyt papirosy v mundshtuku.
Na dizkah p’yanyi pan i kozlonohyi favn
Hulyayut v bridz na pyvo i tyutyun.
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