original version Soyuz nyerushimiy ryespublik svobodnykh Splotila navyeki vyelikaya Rus'; Da zdravstvuyet sozdannyy voley narodov Yediniy, moguchiy Sovyetskiy Soyuz!
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! |