I dosi snytsya: pid horoyu,
Mez verbamy ta nad vodoyu,
Bilenka hatochka. Sydyt
Nenache i dosi syvyi did
Kolo hatynochky i bavyt
Chorosheye ta kucheryave
Svoye malenkeye vnucha.
I dosi snytsya: vyishla z haty
Veselaya, smiyuchys, maty,
Ciluye dida i dytya,
Az trychi veselo ciluye,
Pryima na ruky, i hoduye,
I spat nese. A did sydyt,
I usmihayetsya, i styha
Promovyt nyshkom: "De z te lyho?
Pechali tiyi, vorohy?"
I nyshchechkom staryi chytaye,
Perehrestyvshys, Otche nash.
Kriz verby sonechko siyaye
I tyho hasne. Den pohas,
I vse pochylo. Syvyi v hatu
i sobi pishov opochyvaty.
A ty prosto kohai
Ya ne takyi
Ty dochekaisya mene
Nichenkoyu temnoyu
Bilenka hatochka
Ya tvii Did Moroz!