Anthem of Transnistria
The anthem of Transnistria, titled "We Sing the Praises of Transnistria", was written by Boris Parmenov, Nicholas Bozhko and Vitaly Pishenko, and composed by Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov. The anthem has lyrics in all three official languages of Transnistria: Romanian, Russian and Ukrainian. 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 of the former Soviet Union. Boris Alexandrov's composition was, however, rejected in favor of the one submitted by his father, Alexander Alexandrov.
Lyrics
editRomanian
editCyrillic script (official) | Romanian Latin script | IPA transcription |
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I Трэяскэ Нистрения-мамэ, Рефрен: Прин време пурта-вом II Кынта-вом ши вэй, ши колине, Рефрен (2x)
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I Trăiască Nistrenia-mamă, Refren: Prin vreme purta-vom II Cînta-vom și văi, și coline, Refren (2x)
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1 [trəjaskɨ nistrenijaɲamɨ |] Refren: [prin vreme purtavom] 2 [kɨntavom ʃɨ vəj | ʃɨ kolinʲe |] [refren]
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Russian
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I Мы славу поём Приднестровью, Припев: Пронесём через годы' II Мы славим родные долины, Припев (2x)
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I My slavu pojom Pridnestrovjju, Pripev: Pronesjom čerez gody II My slavim rodnyje doliny, Pripev (2x)
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Ukrainian
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I Ми славимо край Придністров'я, Приспів: Через доли і води II Ми славимо рідні долини, Приспів (2x)
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I My slavymo kraj Prydnistrovja, Pryspiv: Čerez doly i vody II My slavymo ridni dolyny, Pryspiv (2x)
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Translations into English
editSince Transnistria has three official languages, the anthem has official lyrics in Romanian, Russian and Ukrainian; however, they are not all literal translations of one another and all have different semantic meanings. The translations are represented below:
Translation from Romanian | Translation from Russian | Translation from Ukrainian |
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I Long live Mother Transnistria, Refrain: Through the time we shall carry II We'll sing both valleys and hills, Refrain (2x)
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I We sing the glory of Transnistria, Refrain: We will carry through the years II We praise their native valleys, Refrain (2x)
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I We praise the land Transnistria Refrain: A shares and water II We praise native valley Refrain (2x)
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