Ty ljubyv – yak tvoryv. Patetychnym akordom
Prolunav u dushi moyii, sprahlii chudes.
I nehai roziishlys my movchazno i hordo –
Opalyv mene blysk emeraldovyh lez.
U stratenchim zalju ya, u skrusi shalenii
Kozen spomyn palju, zahubyvshy yim lik, –
Ale ochi tvoyi, nezhlybymo zeleni,
Mov sukno kartyara, mene zvatymut vik.
Chai svitanky horyat, yak roz’yatreni rany,
Nablyzayut shchoraz zapovitnyi porih, –
U hlybynah morskyh, o mii niznyi tyrane,
Ne stmyaniye dokir dvoh bezoden tvoyih.