Here are the lyrics to the national anthem of Ukraine.
What is the Ukrainian national anthem?
The Ukraine national anthem is 'Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia', also known as 'Glory and freedom of Ukraine has not yet Perished' and 'The State Anthem of Ukraine'. The lyrics were officially adopted as Ukraine's national anthem in 2003.
What are the lyrics to the Ukraine national anthem in English?
Here are the lyrics in English to the anthem as it is performed today. Typically, the first verse and chorus are performed at state occasions and sports matches.
Ukraine's freedom has not yet perished, nor has her glory,
Upon us, fellow Ukrainians, fate shall smile once more.
Our enemies will vanish like dew in the sun,
And we too shall rule, brothers, in a free land of our own.
Chorus:
We'll lay down our souls and bodies to attain our freedom,
And we'll show that we, brothers, are of the Cossack race!
II
Brethren, stand together in a bloody fight, from the Sian to the Don
We will not allow others to rule in our native land.
The Black Sea will smile and grandfather Dnipro will rejoice,
For in our own Ukraine fortune shall flourish again.
Chorus
III
Our persistence and our sincere toils will be rewarded,
And freedom's song will resound throughout all of Ukraine.
Echoing off the Carpathians, and rumbling across the steppes,
Ukraine's fame and glory will be known among all nations.
More national anthem lyrics
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Who wrote the lyrics to the Ukraine national anthem?
The anthem started life as a patriotic poem written in 1862 by Pavlo Chubynsky, who lived near Kyiv. It is believed he was inspired by the Polish national song 'Poland Is Not Yet Lost'. It soon became popular and was first performed in 1864, despite Chubynsky receiving heavy condemnation from the head of the Gendarmerie, Prince Vasily Dolgorukov who asked for him to be banished.
Today Chubynsky's poem remains the basis for the anthem but there have been a few tweaks, mainly to its first line, which has changed from 'Ukraine has not yet died, neither her glory, nor her freedom' to 'Ukraine’s glory has not yet died, nor her freedom'.
What are the original Ukrainian national anthem lyrics?
Ще не вмерла України і слава, і воля, Ще нам, браття молодії, усміхнеться доля. Згинуть наші воріженьки, як роса на сонці. Запануєм і ми, браття, у своїй сторонці.
???? Душу й тіло ми положим за нашу свободу, І покажем, що ми, браття, козацького роду.
The lyrics to Chubynsky's original poem in English
Never perished is Ukraine's
Glory and freedom!
Still upon us, young brethren,
Fate shall smile!
Our enemies shall vanish
Like dew in the sun;
We too shall rule In our beloved country.
Soul and body shall we lay down
For our freedom
And show that we are brethren
Of the Cossack nation,
Hey, hey dearest brothers
Onward, take to battle
Hey, hey, time to rise,
Time to gain freedom!
Nalyvaiko, Zalizniak And Taras Triasylo
Call us from beyond the grave
To the holy battle.
Recall the famous death of
Chivalrous Cossacks
Not to lose vainly
Our youth.
Soul and body ...
Oh Bohdan, Bohdan
Our great hetman
What for did you give Ukraine
To wretched Muscovites?!
To return her honor,
We lay our heads
We shall call ourselves
Ukraine's Faithful sons!
Soul and body ...
Our Slavic brothers
Already took up arms
No one shall see
That we should stay behind.
Unite together all, Brothers Slavs:
So that enemies perish,
And freedom comes!
Soul and body ...