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 pryvablyuye spokiy, vysnazuye hrich,
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 choch obraza, teper – nema,
Vse, sestra, vidpochyn, sestra, –
Vidsotok zahy za chvylynu 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.