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Blahoslovlyayu zinku, shcho na svitanku vidslonyt
Vikna v tvoyemu domi.
Yiyi vymyta shkira ryahtityme holodom,
Yak roztyate vranishnye yabluko.
Zinku, yaka bezshelesno, navshpynkah
Proide na kuhnyu,
Postavyt kavu.
Yiyi ochi i ruky budut pry comu smiyatys.
Blahoslovlyayu cyu zinku,
Sonnu ptahu yiyi volossya,
Zatamovanyi podyh yiyi hody,
Sirnyka, shcho horyt miz palciv,
Rozdvoyuyuchys u bezodnyah zinyc,
Povilnu blakytnu muzyku ven
Na ruci, pidnyatii z hrebenem...
Blahoslovlyayu zinku, yaku ya tobi daruyu,
Zinku, yakii nalezyt pylnuvaty tvii dobryi ranok.
Ce ya vidlyvayu yiyi dlya tebe
Zi sliv yasnyh, az pekuchyh,
Shcho po krapli stikayut poverhneyu shybky,
V yaku dyvljusya,
I v yiyi hlybyni kolyvayetsya
Pidvodna kvitka moho oblychchya...
Blahoslovlyayu cyu zinku – yak use-taky shkoda,
Shcho ciyeyi zinky tobi nikoly ne znaty.