The Anthem of Transnistria

Transnistria

Transnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...

is named We sing the praises of Transnistria . The music was written by Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov

Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov

Major General Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov was a Soviet Russian composer, and, from 1946 to 1986, the second head of the Alexandrov Ensemble which was founded by his father, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov...

, and the lyrics by Boris Parmenov, Nicholas Bozhko and Vitaly Pishenko. The anthem has lyrics in all three official languages of Transnistria: Moldovan

Moldovan language

Moldovan is one of the names of the Romanian language as spoken in the Republic of Moldova, where it is official. The spoken language of Moldova is closer to the dialects of Romanian spoken in northeastern Romania, and the two countries share the same literary standard...

, Russian

Russian language

Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

, Ukrainian

Ukrainian language

Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....

. They are, however, not all literal translations of one another. The origin of the anthem was from the Russian patriotic song "Long live our State" (Да здравствует наша держава), a 1943 composition that was one of the proposed songs to be the anthem

National Anthem of the Soviet Union

The National Anthem of the Soviet Union or the State Anthem of the USSR was introduced during World War II on March 15, 1944, replacing The Internationale as the official national anthem of the Soviet Union as well as the national anthem of the Russian SFSR...

 of the former Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

. Boris Alexandrov's composition was however rejected in favor of the one submitted by his father, Alexander Alexandrov

Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov

Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov was a Russian Soviet composer, the founder of the Alexandrov Ensemble, who wrote the music for the national anthem of the Soviet Union, which, in 2001, became the anthem of Russia . During his career, he also worked as a professor of the Moscow State Conservatory,...

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Moldovan Cyrillic

I

Трэяскэ Нистрения-мамэ,

О царэ де фраць ши сурорь,

Чя драгосте фэрэ де сямэн

Ць-о дэруе фийче, фечорь.

Кынта-вом ливезь ши узине,

Ораше, кэтуне, кымпий,

Ку еле - ши'н зиуа де мыне

О, царэ, просперэ не фий!

Рефрен

Прин време пурта-вом

Нумеле мындрей цэрь.

Ту, Република либертэций,

Ешть крезул ын пашниче зэрь.

II

Кынта-вом ши вэй, ши колине,

Лучеферь дин Ниструл кэрунт,

Баладе'нцелепте, бэтрыне,

Че'н вякурь дестойничь не-ау врут.

Слэви-вом ероикул нуме,

'Н ачя бэтэлие кэзут

Ши'н фаца меморией сфинте

Ной цэрий журэм сэ-й фим скут!

Romanian Latin

I

Trăiască Nistrenia-mamă

O ţară de fraţi şi surori

Ce dragoste fără de seamă

Ţi-o dăruie fiice, feciori.

Cînta-vom livezi şi uzine

Oraşe, cătune, cîmpii,

Cu ele şi-n ziua de mîne

O, ţară, prosperă ne fii!

Refren

Prin vreme purta-vom

Numele mîndrei ţări.

Tu, Republica libertăţii

Eşti crezul în paşnice zări.

II

Cînta-vom şi văi, şi coline,

Luceferi din Nistrul cărunt,

Balade-nţelepte, bătrâne,

Ce-n veacuri destoinici ne-au vrut.

Slăvi-vom eroicul nume,

'N acea bătălie căzut

Şi-n faţa memoriei sfinte

Noi ţării jurăm să-i fim scut!

Translation from Moldovan Romanian

I


Transnistrian parent living


A country of brothers and sisters


What is love without notice

You are gifted daughters, sons.


We sing, orchards and factories


Cities, hamlets, plains,


With them he did on me


O country, our children thrive!

Refrain

Through the time we shall carry

The name of our proud country

Thee, the Republic of liberty

You are the belief in peaceful horizons.

II

We shall sing both valleys and hills,

Morning stars from the gray old Dniester

Wise and old ballads

Which for centuries wanted us worthy.

We shall glorify the heroic name

Which fell in that battle

And in the face of the holy memory

We swear to the country to be its shield

Russian version

I

Мы славу поем Приднестровью,

Здесь дружба народов крепка,

Великой сыновней любовью

Мы спаяны с ним навека.

Восславим сады и заводы,

Поселки, поля, города –

В них долгие славные годы

На благо Отчизны труда.

Припев

Пронесем через годы

Имя гордой страны

И Республике свободы

Как правде, мы будем верны.

II

Мы славим родные долины,

Седого Днестра берега.

О подвигах помним былинных,

Нам слава отцов дорога.

Восславим мы всех поименно,

Погибших за наш отчий дом.

Пред памятью павших священной

Отечеству клятву даем.

Translation from Russian

I

We sing the praises of Transnistria,

Where the friendship of peoples is strong.

We are connected to it for centuries to come

With great love as sons.

Let’s praise gardens and factories,

Settlements, fields and cities –

Much work effort has been put into them

For the sake of the Motherland.

Chorus

Let's carry through the years

The name of the proud country.

We'll be faithful to the Republic of freedom

As to the truth.

II

We praise the native valleys,

The banks of the grey Dniester.

We remember epic heroic deeds,

The glory of our fathers is dear to us.

We will praise everyone by the name

Who died for the fatherly home.

We take an oath to the Motherland

In holy memory of the dead.

Longer Russian Version

Мы славу поем Приднестровью,


Здесь дружба народов крепка,


Великой сыновней любовью


Мы спаяны с ним навека.



Восславим сады и заводы,


Поселки, поля, города —


В них долгие славные годы


На благо Отчизны труда.



Пронесем через годы


Имя гордой страны


И Республике свободы


Как правде, мы будем верны.



Мы славим родные долины,


Седого Днестра берега.


О подвигах помним былинных,


Нам слава отцов дорога.



Восславим мы всех поименно,


Погибших за наш отчий дом.


Пред памятью павших священной


Отечеству клятву даем.

Tranliteration


My slavu pojem Pridněstrovju,



Zděs družba narodov krepka,



Velikoj synovněj ljubovju



My spajany s nim navěka.




Vosslavim sady i zavody,



Poselki, polja, goroda –



V nich dolgije slavnyje gody



Na blago Otčizny truda.




Proněsem čerez gody
Imja gordoj strany



I Respublike svobody



Kak pravde, my buděm verny.




My slavim rodnyje doliny,



Sedogo Dněstra berega.



O podvigach pomnim bylinnych,



Nam slava otcov doroga.




Vosslavim my vsech pojimenno,



Pogibšich za naš otčij dom.



Pred pamjatju pavšich svjaščennoj



Otčestvu kljatvy dajem.

English Translation


We sing the glory of Transnistria, 



There is strong friendship between the peoples, 



Great filial love 



We fused with him forever. 
 



Glorified gardens and plants, 



Villages, fields, cities - 



They many glorious years 


For the benefit of 
homeland labor. 



Will carry through the years 



Name proud country and the Republic of 
freedom


As the truth, we are faithful.


We praise their native valleys,



Gray Dniester banks.


Remember about the exploits of the epic, 



We thank the fathers road.


We all praised by name, 



Died for our father's house.


Before memory of the fallen sacred oath


To give to the 
Fatherland.

Original lyrics (Ukrainian)

I

Ми славимо край Придністров'я,

Де люди пишаються тим,

Що дружбою, ладом, любов'ю

Навіки пов'язані з ним.

Прославимо наші заводи,

Широкі лани і міста,

Тут чесно працюють народи

На благо Вітчизни труда.

Приспів

Через доли і води

Пронесемо ім'я

Ми Республіки свободи,

Хай живе тут народів сім'я

II

Ми славимо рідні долини,

Красоти Дністра берегів,

І нам не забути билини

Про подвиги наших батьків.

Прославимо всіх поіменно

Полеглих за наш отчий дім,

Де пам'ять загиблих священна,

Вітчизні співаємо гімн.

Translation from Ukrainian

I

We praise the land Transnistria

Where people are proud

Friendship, harmony, love

Are forever associated with it.

Famous for our plants,

Broad fields and cities

There are honest people

Who labor for the benefit of the Motherland.

CHORUS:

A shares and water

Our proud name

The Republic of freedom,

Long live the family of people here

II

We praise native valley

Beauty of the Dniester river banks,

And we should not forget the epic

On the deeds of our fathers.

Glorify their names

Fallen for our father's house,

Where the sacred memory of the dead,

Motherland sing the anthem.

External links

• Pridnestrovie.net - The website with general information on Transnistria features a page about the anthem, including sheetmusic and audio files.