– Oi ty, Yanchuku
Urodlyvyi,
Hei, shche i horoshyi,
Chornobryvyi!
De z ty, Yanchuku,
Ruky pokryvavyv?
– Zabyv holubochku
V lisi na dubochku,
Oi shcho sydila,
Vorkotala,
Meni, Yanchuku,
Spat ne davala.
A v nedilju rano
U vsi dzvony dzvonyat
Hei, za Yanchukom
Turky honyat.
Dzvonyly, dzvonyly
Ta vze perestaly.
A vze z Yanchuka
Turky spiinyaly.
Vyvely Yanchuka
Ta v chysteye pole.
– Shcho-s zhlyanesh, Yanchuku,
To vse bude tvoye!
– Oi vydzu ya, vydzu
Plaskiyanycyu,
Shche zolotuyu
Shybenycyu.
Oi koly b ya znav,
Shcho to moya bude,
Shcho meni hotuyut
Dobriyi ljudy,
Hei, to kazav by-m
Domuruvaty,
Shche i talyaramy
Poobbyvaty.