Banduryste, orle syzyi,
Dobre tobi, brate, –
Mayesh kryla, mayesh sylu,
Ye koly litaty.
Teper letysh v Ukrayinu,
Tebe vyhlyadayut.
Poletiv by za toboyu,
Ta hto pryvitaye?
Pryspiv:
Ya tut chuzyi, odynokyi,
I na Ukrayini
Ya syrota, mii holube,
Yak i na chuzyni.
Choho z serce b’yetsya, rvetsya?
Ya i tam odynokyi.
Odynokyi... a Ukrayina,
A stepy shyroki.
Tam poviye buinesenkyi,
Yak brat zahovoryt.
Tam v shyrokim poli volya,
Tam synyeye more.
Vyhravaye, hvalyt Boha,
Tuhu rozhanyaye.
Tam mohyly z buinym vitrom
V stepu rozmovlyayut.
Rozmovlyayut, sumuyuchy,
Otaka yih mova:
"Bulo kolys ta mynulosya,
Ne vernetsya znovu".
Poletiv by ta i posluhav,
Zaplakav by z nymy.
Ta ba, dolya pryborkala
Miz ljudmy chuzymy.
Pryspiv
Banduryste, orle syzyi,
Dobre tobi, brate –
Mayesh kryla, mayesh sylu,
Ye koly litaty.
Teper letysh v Ukrayinu,
Tebe vyhlyadayut.
Poletiv by za toboyu...
Za toboyu...
Za toboyu...
Hodi vze
Chai zyve nadiya
Paramy
Tak prosto
Krayina
Tvoyi ruky
Banduryste, orle syzyi
Skazy
Odynokaya
Bez nazvy
Chochu
Obcy ty