NE PRAV ILYUSIYI,
BO TO - NENACHE PARA,-
SPADAYUT' SNIHOM BILYM CHY DOSHCHEM,
NE VARTI ROZUMINNYA RYM CHY REM,
NEMOV ZIPSOVANYY KOMPOT CHY KREM,
NENACHE SVIT NEZNANYKH SEM,
DAVNO ZABUTYY PLEMENEM TOTEM.
IVAN PETRYSHYN
/ UKRAINIAN ,TRANSCRIPTION/ CHICAGO, IL 2/23/08/

RUSSIAN VERSION:

NYE PRAF' ILLYUZIY,
ETO - BUDTO PAR,
SNISKHODYAT SNYEGOM IL' DOZHDYOM,
NYE STOYAT PONIMANYA RIFM I REM,
BUDTO ISPORCHYENNYY KOMPOT IL' KRYEM,
KAK BUDTO MIR NAM NYEIZVYESTNYKH SEM,-
ZABYTYY PLYEMYENYEM TOTEM.
IVAN PETRYSHYN
/ RUSSIAN ,TRANSCRIPTION/ CHICAGO, IL 2/23/08/