Bezmolvnaya serost' tuch hrozovich,
V bolota zerkale otrazayas',
Vsplesky zarnyc daryla zemle,
Lesnoy tyshynoy voschyshchayas'.

Vetra porivi vrivalys' tuda,
Hde shumelo lysh' lyst'ev padene.
Pechalyu obdalo chertohy mcha
V bezmyateznom bolot zapustene.

Narushaya pokoy – Hrom vozhremel,
Bury prychod veshchaya.
Zamlel v ocepenenyy les, onemel,
Pervoy kaply zvon ozydaya...

S hrochotom soten tisyach kamney –
Voda polylas' v odno mhnovene;
Sorvavshys' buranom shtormovim,
Veter krushyl vekovoe zabvene.

Potokom chlinuv, obrushylsya dozd',
Blahost' spokoystvyya smetaya...
Dyko revel-zavival urahan,
Biluyu razmerennost' pohrebaya.

...Hde korny derev'ev?!
...Hde kroni teper'?!
Povsyudu ych sety spletene!..
Hde uvekovechen bil myr y pokoy –
Lysh' Chaos, Ruyni, Smyatene...