Skilky sliv potribno, shchob opysaty kohannya,
Yake ya bachu u tvoyih ochah?
A skilky sliv potribno, shchob opysaty strazdannya,
Koly bez tebe ya blukayu v svoyih snah?
Pryspiv:
Ya bez tebe – samotnya dusha,
Zemlya bez tebe – pustelya nima,
Zyttya bez tebe – holodna zyma,
A kohannya – prosto slova.
Ty znayesh, istyna davno isnuye v sviti:
Kohannya – son, a son – odna korotka myt.
Yakshcho ne zmozesh ty teplom ljubov zihrity
Vona yak svichka povilno dohoryt.
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