Temnenkaya nichka
Tmoyu svit zakryla.
Na nebesnim poli
Zorya sya z’yavyla.
A u Vefleyemi
Nyni myr yavyvsya.
Lyudy, zveselitsya,
Sam Boh narodyvsya.
Narodyvsya nyni
Z Mariyi-divy,
Z prechystoi, slavnoyi,
Shche i z Bohorodyci.
A ta Matir Boza
Po svitu hodyla.
Pryishla do bahacha,
Na nich sya prosyla.
– Pane-hospodaryu,
Perenochui mene,
Bo temnaya nichka
Zahodyt na mene.
A toi pan-hospodar
Ne htiv nochuvaty,
Skazav svoyim sluham
Psamy nahanyaty.
A tiyi sobaky
Yiyi ne kusaly.
Pered Matir Bozu
Na kolina staly.
A ta Matir Boza
Po svitu hodyla.
Pryishla do bidnoho,
Na nich sya prosyla.
– Pane-hospodaryu,
Perenochui mene,
Bo temnaya nichka
Zahodyt na mene.
– Oi radyi, ya b radyi
Perenochuvaty,
Tilky ya ne mayu
Vecheronky daty.
– A ya ta i ne hochu
Vecheronky tvoyi,
Tilky pusty mene
Do svitlonky svoyi.
Chy to sonce shodyt,
Chy misyac zahodyt,
Chy to Matir Boza
Svoho syna rodyt.
To ne sonce shodyt,
Ne misyac zahodyt,
A to Boza Matir
isusa Chrysta rodyt.
Yakby meni znaty,
Shcho to Maty Boza,
To pustyv by yiyi
Do svoyeho loza.