Chei, skazy "Pryvit!", Nyu iork,
Pryvitaisya zi mnoyu, ya sumuyu za toboyu.
Chei, bezmeznyi okean,
Posmihayeshsya, ya znayu, bo ya tebe peretynayu.
Pryspiv:
Tu-ru-tu, tu-ru-tu, ya idu,
Tu-ru-tu, tudy, de blyzko zori,
Tudy, de okean, ya idu...
Chei, vhadai, pro shcho ya mriyu,
Ni, sekret cei ne vidkryyu, bo ty, na radoshchah, zomliyesh...
Na proshchannya obiimayu
Vidpuskayesh, zabuvayesh, davno mene ne pam’yatayesh.
Pryspiv
Mii shlyah sriblyastyi misyac osvityt,
Yak davno ya coho chekala, virysh?
Yak hmary, ya lehkoyu hodoyu pryplyvu do tebe, ty i ne pomitysh.
Ya lehka, ya, nache pir’yachko v nebi,
Ya kruzlyayu z chaikamy, znovu bez tebe...
Yakshcho hochesh – zakohayus u viter, a hochesh, – prylechu do tebe,
Ty i ne pomitysh.