Ya vtomyvs... snahy nemaye...
Myla, pozalii!
Vze do mene ne litaye
Mrii blakytnyh rii.
Nich spustylas. Syayut zori
V temnii vyshyni,
V nezmiryanomu prostori
Svityatsya vohni.
Misyac syaye... sad drimaye,
Viter shepche shchos,
Strunkyi yasen odmovlyaye,
On spivaye htos...
Ta u serci zhasla zirka,
Pisnya ne dzvenyt,
A rydaye hirko, hirko,
Molyt i krychyt.
Yak by myla usmihnulas,
To v dushi moyii
Proneslysya b, strepenulys
Zhrayi niznyh mrii.
Yak by holos niznyi, tyhyi,
Lyubyi zalunav –
Na hvylynu b, moze, lyho
Vin tyazke pryspav.
Smih yasnyi, yak den blakytnyi,
Ne dzvenyt... ya sam
Odynokyi, bezpryvitnyi
Viddayus pisnyam. (ves kuplet – 2)