I znovu zahraly v pokhidny kohorty* navisnykom v hriznykh boyakh,
I v nichen'ku temnu, i v nichku tryvozhnu kozak osidlaye konya.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, kozak osidlaye konya.
Kozak pered boyem pidtyahne papruhy**, podtyahne kozats'ke vbrannya,
Naypershe kozak potsiluye podruhu, a potim pohladyt' konya.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, a potim pohladyt' konya.
Konya pryholubyt': "Proshchayte, stanytsi, nalyti vyshnevi sady.
Poday zhe, divchyno, konyu voronomu z krynytsy kholodnoyi vody".
Hey, hey, hey, hey, z krynytsy kholodnoyi vody.
– Bud', myla, zdorova, ya skoro pryyidu, yakshcho ne zahynu v boyu,
Yak sira ptashyna v sadu zashchebeche, todi ya do tebe povernus'.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, todi ya do tebe povernus'.
Kozats'ku kytayku nakynuv na sebe*** i vitrom u step kin' pomchav,
Lysh viter ? rozvyvav yomu chuba, kozats'kyy zhupan rozlitavs'.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, kozats'kyy zhupan rozlitavs'.
Znyalasya pylyuka nad stepom shyrokym, i slid uzhe de-de prypav,
Lysh chuty bulo, yak u lisi hlybokim ostanniy raz kin' zairzhav.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, ostanniy raz zairzhav.
* kohorta – pidrozdil armiyi
** papruha – remin'
**na plechi – variant vykonannya.
Both Miklos
Myroslava Vertiuk
Yuriy Rybak
2018-05-29