Why did you grow black, green lea?
 I grew black due to the blood spilt for freedom.
 Brave citizens of Zaporozhye covered the ground be their bodies for four miles away.
 By midnight I was covered by the ravens
 They peck kazaks’ eyes,
 But don’t wanna peck corpses.
 I, green, grew black
 And for your freedom
 I will be green again
 But you will [bad word] back to freedom,
 You will sing songs to me
 And curse your freedom.