Chorus:
Slav'sya, otyechyestvo
Nashye svobodnoye,
Druzhby narodov nadyozhnyy oplot!
Znamya sovyetskoye,
Znamya narodnoye,
Pust' ot pobyedy k pobyedye vyedyot!

In 1977 the last three lines of the chorus were slightly changed:

Chorus:
Slav'sya, otyechyestvo
Nashye svobodnoye,
Druzhby narodov nadyozhnyy oplot!
Partia Lenina,
Sila narodnyaya,
Nas k torzhestvu Kommunizma vidyot!

Skvoz' grozi siyalo nam solntse svobodi,
I Lenin veliki nam put' ozaril:
Na pravoye delo on podnyal narodi,
Na trud i na podvigi nas vdokhnovil!
Chorus:

V pobyedye bessmyer tnykh idey Kommunizma
Mi vidim gryadushchie nashey strani,
I krasnomu znamyeni slavnoi Otchizni
Mi budyem vsegda bezzavyetno verni!
Chorus:   Translation by Herbert Marshall and Sophie V. Satin

Unbreakable Union of free-born Republics
Great Russia has welded for ever to stand,
Thy might was created by will of our peoples,
Now flourish in unity, great Soviet Land!

Chorus:
Sing to our Motherland, home of the free,
Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong!
The Party of Lenin, the strength of our peoples,
To Communism's triumph lead us on!

Through tempests the sunrays of freedom have cheered us
Along the new path where great Lenin did lead.
To a righteous cause he raised up the peoples,
Inspired them to labor and heroic deeds.
Chorus:

In the victory of Communism's deathless ideals
We see the future of our dear Land,
And to her fluttering scarlet banner
Selflessly true we always shall stand!