Skeli Dovbusha

Z chasiv, mabut, paleolitu
V pidnizzi yihnim – dyvnyi grot,
U nomu prah neanderlita
I zertv ioho bezvynna krov.
Tut volhv staryi palyv bahattya,
U skelyah cyh ioho dusha,
Shcho v somnodymnomu sum’yatti
Shche i dosi tvoryt chudesa.
Try skeli tryzubom do neba,
A neba kupol, nache mid,
Shchob sut zyttya piznaty – treba
Vvibraty v sebe skel cyh mic!

Shche svizi skriz slidy opryshkiv,
Skarbnyci yihni bez zasuv,
V nyh duh, shcho maye drevnii vyshkil, –
Zyvyi! – Vin navit ne zasnuv.
Tut zapah myrty i ladanu,
Choraly dyvni, holosy...
Idut i idut chenci z iordanu
Na klych Novitnoyi Rusy.
Try skeli tryzubom yedynym
V yedyne nebo – sushchyi rai –
Zertovnym polum’yam rodynnym
Vony osvyachuyut nash krai!