Ch'ornyi voron, chto ty v'esh'sya
Chto ty v'esh'sya nado mnoi?
Ty dobychi ne dozhdesh'sya,
Ch'ornyi voron, ya ne tvoi!
Chto zh ty kryl'ya raspuskaesh'
Nad moeyu golovoi?
Il' dobychu sebe chaesh',
Ch'ornyi voron, ya ne tvoi!
Poleti v moyu storonku,
Skazhi matushke moei,
Ty skazhi moei lyubeznoi,
Chto za Rodinu ya pal.
Otnesi platok krovavyi
Miloi lyubushke moei.
Ty skazhi – ona svobodna,
Ya zhenilsya na drugoi.
Kalena strela venchala
Sredi bitvy rokovoi.
Vizhu smert' moya prikhodit –
Ch'ornyi voron, ves' ya tvoi!
Like with any folk song the lyrics may slightly differ from performance to performance