Взяв би я бандуру,
Настроїв, заграв, -
Щоби голос пісні
До небес лунав.
Кажуть мені люди,
Що ж я учинив?
Нащо я дівчину
Вірно полюбив?
А все через очі,
Як би я їх мав,
Через тії очі,
Бандуристом став.
I would take a bandura
I adjusted up, playing
So that the voice of the song
It was hanging up to heaven.
People say to me
What did I do?
Why am I a girlfriend
Did you really love
And all through the eyes
As if I had them
Through those eyes
Became a bandurist.