LITHUANIAN LYRICS

Lietuva, tevyne musu,
Tu didvyriu zeme
Is praeities tavo sunus
Te stiprybe semia!

Tegul tavo vaikai eina
Vien takais dorybes!
Tegul dirba tavo naudai
Ir zmoniu gerybei!

Tegul saule Lietuvoj
Tamsumas prasalina
Ir sviesa, ir tiesa
Mus zingnius telydi

Tegul meile Lietuvos
Dega musu sirdyse
Vardan tos Lietuvos
Vienybe tezydi!

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
 
Lithuania, our homeland
You're land of heroes
>From the past your sons
Are bailing strenghtness

Let your childs go
Only in the paths of virtue
Let them work for your benefit
And the good of people

Let the sun in Lithuania
Remove the darknesses
Let both light and truth
Follow our steps

Let the love of Lithuania
Burn in our hearts
In the name of this Lithuania
Let the unity bloom


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Lithuania
"Tautiska Giesme" (The National Song)

Words by:Vincas Kudirka
Music by:Vincas Kudirka
Adopted:1918, abolished 1940, restored 1990

This former Soviet state was the first republic to break away from the Soviet
Union, in early 1990. Upon its independence, it readopted the anthem it first
used in 1918. "Tautiska Giesme" first appeared in print in 1896.

Special thanks to:Augustinas Zemaitis for the lyrics.

See also: Lithuania_(1950-1990).
