Oy chmaryt'sya, tumanyt'sya!
Dribni doshchi ydut'!
A molodi zovnyaryky med horilku p’yut'.

P’yut' horilku, shche y nalyvku,
Yidyat' yahidky!
Ta shche y sobi spohlyadayut' na chuzi zinky!

Shabelyno! Shabelyno! Shabelyno!

Chuza zinka yak yahidka!
Yak vyshnevyi cvit!
A ty z meni, shabelyno, zav’yazala svit!

Viz'mu z tebe, shabelyno,
Ta y za hostryi kray!
Pushchu z tebe, shabelyno, v hlybokyi Dunay!

Shabelyno! Shabelyno! Shabelyno!

Plavay, plavay, shabelyno!
Vchysya plavaty!
A ya pidu molodenku zinku shukaty!

A yak sobi molodenku
Zinochku znaydu!
To ya z tebe, shabelyno, na hak zacheplyu!

Shabelyno! Shabelyno! Shabelyno!
Shabelyno!