Artist: Teodor Kukurudza
Lyrics and music author: Теодор Кукурудза |
De tviy pochatok – skazy Ukrayino?
V yakiy storoni i v yakych svitach?
Chy v dalekych varyahach kolini?
Chy v rozkosych aziys'kych ochach?
Chy zyvyi toy pochatok bezodniy
U dalekych Skifs'kych stepach,
A syniv i dochok tvoyich sonnych
Zakolysuye slava v ustach.
I tilky pradavnya istoriya
Ta kurhaniv netlinnyi prach,
Ce nam vkazuyut' predky neskorenych,
Ce nam vkazuye ariyi shlyach
Tak yim sudylosya tut na storozi
Shchyrym dobrom voyuvaty zi zlom,
Imenem neba, imenem Bozym
Svyatyneyu buty nad syvym Dniprom,
Shchob potim u zemli daleki neznani
Na pivnich, pivden, zachid i schid
U zoryach vechirnich i rannich
Blahotvornyi lyshyty sviy slid
Ni, ty ne ye chyyas' okrayina
Krayu heroyiv, a ne nikchem,
Bohom darovana – ty Ukrayino
Zemlya vkrayana pluhom i mechem.
I pid nebom tvoyim vysokym ta synim
Na solodkych medach i hirkych polynach
Zriyut' dolya i shchastya tvoyi Ukrayino,
Shchoby slavyty Boha v vikach;
I polyne dusha nevhamovno
Nevmyrushcha ta vichno zyva,
U yednanni vid Syanu do Donu
I v stepach zablyshchyt' bulava
Obnimut'sya braty skoro vze,
Bo zakinchyat'sya chvary y rozbrat,
Ce nakazuyut' predky ne skorenych,
Ce nam vkazuye zlahody shlyach;
Ni, ty ne ye chyyas' okrayina
Krayu heroyiv, a ne nikchem,
Bohom darovana – ty Ukrayino
Zemlya vkrayana pluhom i mechem...