Zah

Zah, zah zovtyi zal zamuchyv,
Cha-ho-hochesh ty vtekty,
A chy znayesh yak zyvuchi
Chorni hadyny paljuchi
I posharpani koty.

M’ya-m’ya-m’yatyi viter svyshche,
S-s-stezky vze nema,
Chuty kryky blyzche i blyzche,
Nebo trusyt popelyshchem,
Probudylasya pitma.

Kupa bubniv plachut bezlich,
Lava lize z-pid hory,
Zah, zah, zah bere za plechi
I vlitayut zovti smerchi
Poluvidomskoyi hry.

Didky do mene, do mene,
Polum’ya drantya palene,
V odyah prystoinyi vberitsya
I zabyraitesya zvidsy.

Spivy podohnut ptashyni,
De na kaminnii stezyni
Hady ne svyni i blazni
Zmishuyut telbuhy vlasni.

Tam, de chuma hryplo kryache,
Smerchem promchitsya haryachym.
Zbilshuvatysya povynne
Carstvo moye domovynne.

Didky do mene, do mene,
Polum’ya drantya palene,
V odyah prystoinyi vberitsya
I zabyraitesya zvidsy.
Didky do mene, do mene,
Polum’ya drantya palene...

Chto-hto topche pecheryci,
Pecheni harchi shchuryci? Zupynys!
Chiba ne vidayesh, nezhrabo,
Zaba tam puskaye z hraba zovtu slyz.

I tam kota litaye nyavkit,
Padayut povzuchi p’yavky na playi,
A de po-po-paporot nesetsya
V’yetsya smuzkoyu po stezci sik zmiyi.

Chalepa sklep tobi hotuye,
Ya vze piyu aliluya po tobi,
V mohylnomu nichnomu klochchi,
Zhynesh za nishcho ty, hlopche, dalebi.

Ta i nashcho cvit tobi kazkovyi,
Zzerly vchora vse korovy. Zah-zah-zah!
Povir beru u svidky Boha
Sut usoho svitu coho u hroshah.

Pechera temna kolopnyaye
Tam i tyho pominyayem to na to,
Meni svoyu viddaite dushu
Ya z tobi miz hir natrushu zoloto.

Oi hodyt son kolo vikon,
A drimota kolo plota.
Pytayetsya son drimoty:
Oi de z ty budesh nochuvaty?