Shche ne vmerla Ukraina
"Ukraine's glory has not perished" (Ukrainian: Ще не вмерла Україна) is the national anthem of Ukraine. The music was composed in 1863 by Mykhaylo Verbytsky, a western Ukrainian composer and Catholic priest intended to accompany a patriotic poem written in 1862 [1] by Pavlo Chubynsky, a prominent ethnographer in the Kyiv region. Widely sung around the country, the lyrics were somewhat similar to those of Polish and Serbian anthems.
In 1917, it became the anthem of the short-lived Ukrainian People's Republic.
Shche ne vmerla Ukraina was sung as the de facto national anthem at the inauguration of the first President Leonid Kravchuk on December 5, 1991.
Article 20 of the Constitution of Ukraine (June 28, 1996) designates Verbytsky's music as the theme of the national anthem: The State Anthem of Ukraine is the national anthem set to the music of M. Verbytskyi, with words that are confirmed by the law adopted by no less than two-thirds of the constitutional composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
On March 6, 2003, the parliament adopted the lyric, which has slightly modified Chubynsky's original words.
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Ukrainian words
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.
Chorus:
Душу й тіло ми положим за нашу свободу.
І покажем, що ми, браття, козацького роду.
Latynka
Šče ne vmerla Ukrajiny i slava, i voľa,
Šče nam, bratťa molodiji, usmichneťśa doľa.
Zhynuť naši vorižeńky, jak rosa na sonci,
Zapanujem i my, bratťa, u svojij storonci.
CHORUS(twice)
Dušu j tilo my položym za našu svobodu
I pokažem, ščo my, bratťa, kozaćkoho rodu.
See Latynka
Latin transliteration
Šče ne vmerla Ukrajiny i slava, i volĭa,
Šče nam, brattĭa molodiji, usmichnetĭsĭa dolĭa.
Zhynutĭ naši voriženĭky, jak rosa na sonci,
Zapanujem i my, brattĭa, u svojij storonci.
CHORUS(twice)
Dušu, tilo my položym za našu svobodu
I pokažem, ščo my, brattĭa, kozacĭkoho rodu.
English metaphrase
Ukraine's glory hasn't perished, nor her freedom
Upon us, fellow compatriots, fate shall smile once more.
Our enemies will vanish, like dew in the morning sun,
And we too shall rule, brothers, in a free land of our own.
CHORUS(twice)
We'll lay down our souls and bodies to attain our freedom,
And we'll show that we, brothers, are of the Cossack nation.
English literal translation
Ukrainian words (pre-2003)
Ще не вмерла Україна, ні слава, ні воля,
Ще нам, браття-українці, усміхнеться доля.
Згинуть наші воріженьки, як роса на сонці,
Заживемо і ми, браття, у своїй сторонці.
CHORUS
Душу й тіло ми положим за нашу свободу
І покажем, що ми, браття, козацького роду.
Станем браття, всі за волю, від Сяну до Дону
В ріднім краю панувати не дамо ні кому.
Чорне море ще всміхнеця, дід Дніпро зрадіє,
Ще на нашій Україні доленька доспіє.
CHORUS
А завзятта праця щира свого ще докаже,
Ще ся вомі в Україні піснь гучна розляже.
За Карпати відібється, згомонить степами,
України слава стане поміж народами.
CHORUS
Latin transliteration (pre-2003)
Šče ne vmerla Ukrajina, ni slava, ni volĭa,
Šče nam, brattĭa-ukrajinci, usmichnetĭsĭa dolĭa.
Zhynutĭ naši voriženĭky, jak rosa na sonci,
Zažyvemo i my, brattĭa, u svojij storonci.
CHORUS
Dušu j tilo my položym za našu svobodu
I pokažem, ščo my, brattĭa, kozacĭkoho rodu.
Stanem, brattĭa, vsi za volĭu, vid Sĭanu do Donu
V ridnim kraju panuvaty ne damo nikomu.
Čorne more šče vsmichnetĭsĭa, did Dnipro zradije,
Šče na našij Ukrajini dolenĭka dospije.
CHORUS
A zavzĭatta pracĭa ščyra svoho šče dokaže,
Šče sĭa vomi v Ukrajini pisnĭ hučna rozlĭaže.
Za Karpaty vidibĭetĭsĭa, zhomonytĭ stepamy,
Ukrajiny slava stane pomiž narodamy.
CHORUS
English translation (pre-2003)
Ukraine has not perished, neither her glory, nor freedom,
Upon us, fellow--Ukrainians, fate shall smile once more.
Our enemies will vanish, like dew in the morning sun,
And we too shall dwell, 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 Kozak nation.
(repeat chorus)
We'll stand together for freedom, from the Sian to the Don,
We will not allow others to rule in our motherland.
The Black Sea will smile and grandfather Dnipro will rejoice,
For in our own Ukraine fortune shall flourish again.
CHORUS
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.
CHORUS
External links
- MP3 File (Vocal)
- The Law of Ukraine on the State Anthem - site of the parliament (in Ukrainian)
