– I shumyt, i hude,
Dribnyi doshchyk ide,
A hto z mene, moloduyu,
Ta dodomu zavede?
Obizvavsya kozak
Na solodkim medu:
– Hulyai, hulyai, chornyavaya,
Ya dodomu zavedu.
– Oi proshu z ya tebe:
Ne vedy z ty mene –
Bo lyhoho muza mayu,
Bude byty, dobre znayu.
Noma, hlopci, noma, hlopci, –
Vze chort muza nese,
Yak pobachyt mene z vamy,
Yeho tryascya zatryase.
Nehai tryase, nehai tryase,
Yak u polju budyakom,
A ya stanu pohovoryu
Z molodenkym kozakom.