Odyn verblyud skazav kolezi verblyudu:
– Chau du yu du! Chau du yu du-du-du!
Yak sya podobaye pustelya vam ocya?
Kudy ne hlyan – ni krayu, ni kincya!
– Ya z vamy zhoden, – bula vidpovid', – O, yyes!
Pustelya – fest! Bo hriye, mov toy p’yec.
A shche do toho – ni mashyn, ani lyudey.
Zyvem o’key, kayfuyem evri dey!

Yakos' zustrilas' verblyudycya verblyudam:
– Bonzur, mes'ye! – O, bonzur, madam!
Ne spodivalys', shcho lyubov znaydem svoyu.
Amore mio! End ay lav yu!
Ta vidpovila yim dvohorba ta madam:
– Shershe lya fam! Ya zovsim vas ne znam!
Ne dlya kochannya ya potrapyla syudy,
A shchob znayty chocha b vidro vody!

– To shcho za natyaky, probachte, ne dlya vas.
Vody zapas, shcho v horbach ye u nas. My pas!
Chto choche pyty, toy ne lize do pusteli.
– A ya yakzesh? – Orevuar, madmuazel.
Vona blahala yich: – Spasit', choloviky,
Bez hash dva o propadu naviky.
I spravdi zdochla kolo nych na tretiy den,
Hud bay, lyubov, ovfiderzeyn.

I kozen z chlopciv zo chvylynu pomovchav
i proburchav: – Bambino, chao-chao-chao.
I het pochapaly oti tvaryny dvi,
taka lyubov i selyavy.
Taka lyubov, bo to ye selyavi.