Roby te, shcho mayesh

Ranok, volohist ta bilyi dym,
Estakady pusti, vidchuttya bidy...
Nam z toboyu, sestra, vze vidmiryano chas,
Shcho isnuye popered, to vze ne dlya nas.

Vze pryvabljuye spokii, vysnazuye hrih,
Vze povilno za viknamy padaye snih,
Tvoya zvychka – prychyna, i ty zvolikayesh,
Ale, kazu, sestra: roby te, shcho mayesh.

Ni, sestra, pevno, ce darma,
Bula hoch obraza, teper – nema,
Vse, sestra, vidpochyn, sestra, –
Vidsotok zahy za hvylynu vmyra.

Nashi sproby shchos vdaty – nevdali, dribni,
Bo uyava utomlena kaze "ni".
Dali tak nemozlyvo, i ty vidchuvayesh,
Shchos potribno zrobyty, – roby te, shcho mayesh.