"Te slăvim, Românie" (We glorify you, Romania) was the national anthem of the Romanian People's Republic, and later Socialist Republic of Romania between 1953 and 1975. The lyrics were written by Eugen Frunză [ro] and Dan Deșliu, the music by Matei Socor. It mentions Romania's brotherhood with the Soviet Union and praises Leninist ideology. In the 1960s, in line with Romania's de-satellization, the reference to the "Soviet liberators" in the anthem was dropped. It was replaced by "E scris pe tricolor Unire" in 1975, which only lasted until 1977 as Romania's anthem. Te slăvim, Românie, pământ părintesc We glorify you, Romania, our FatherlandEnglish: We glorify you, Romania
Former national anthem of Socialist Republic of RomaniaLyrics Eugen Frunză [ro]
Dan DeșliuMusic Matei Socor Adopted 1953 Relinquished 1975 Romanian lyrics English translation
Mândre plaiuri sub cerul tău pașnic rodesc
E zdrobit al trecutului jug blestemat
Nu zadarnic, străbunii eroi au luptat
Astăzi noi împlinim visul lor minunat.
Cor:
Puternică, liberă,
Pe soartă stăpână
Trăiască Republica
Populară Română!
Înfrățit fi-va veșnic al nostru popor
Cu poporul sovietic eliberator.
Leninismul ni-e far și tărie si avânt
Noi urmăm cu credință Partidul ne-nfrânt,
Făurim socialismul pe-al țării pământ.
Cor
Noi uzine clădim, rodul holdei sporim
Vrem în pace cu orice popor să trăim
Dar dușmanii de-ar fi să ne calce în prag
Îi vom frânge în numele a tot ce ni-e drag
Înălța-vom spre glorie al patriei steag
Cor
Proud lands under your peaceful sky are yielding
The cursed yoke of the past is smashed
It was not in vain that our heroic ancestors fought;
Today we're fulfilling their wonderful dream
Chorus:
Powerful, free,
Master of your fate
Long live the Romanian
People's Republic!
May our people be forever brothers
With the liberator Soviet people
Leninism is our lighthouse and force and momentum
We're following with faith our invincible Party
We're creating socialism on our country's land.
Chorus
We're building new factories, we're increasing the yield of the land
We want to live in peace with all peoples
But if our enemies come to trample us
We will defeat them in the name of everything we love
And we will rise to glorify our Fatherland's flag.
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