Chochetsya buty

Chochu but kozakom. Chochu v polya, de travy zeleni, yak more,
I yaskravi, yak sonce, a v nebi kruzlyaye yastrub.
Chochu buty vovkom... Chochu rosyanym rankom
shuhnuty u balku, de zverhu tuman, a shyly vkryvayutsya ryastom.

Chochu buty tumanom... Chochu kovtnuty vovka i kozaka,
I prysluhatys, yak vony u meni vorushatsya.
Chochu dlya nyh staty soncem i rozihnaty tuman...
I kin kozaka zradiye meni, vuha ioho nashoroshatsya...

Chochu buty hrozoyu, hochu vodoyu omyty step,
Bezkrayii, yak dushi vilni. Chochu buty hrozoyu...
Chochu buty z toboyu, hochu ity poryad daleko-daleko za obrii,
A yak lyazesh spaty, lyahty bilya tebe, m’yakoyu, yak nich, kovyloyu...

Chochetsya buty... Chochetsya buty...
Chochetsya buty... Chochetsya buty...