UKRAINIAN LYRICS

Shche ne vmerla Ukraini, ny slava, ny volja, 
Shche nam, brattja - ukraincy, usmyzhnetjsja dolja, 
Zginutj nashi voryzhenjki, jak rosa na soncy, 
Zazhivemo y mi, brattja, u svoij storoncy.

CHORUS:
Dushu j tylo mi polozhim za nashu svobodu 
Y pokazhem, shcho mi, brattja, kozacjkogo rodu.
Dushu j tylo mi polozhim za nashu svobodu 
Y pokazhem, shcho mi, brattja, kozacjkogo rodu.

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UKRAINIAN LYRICS (to 2003):

Shche ne vmerla Ukrajina, ny slava, ny volja,  
Shche nam, Brattja - ukrajincy, usmyzhnet'sja dolja,  
Zginut' nashi voryzhen'ki, jak rosa na soncy,  
Zazhivemo y mi, brattja, u svojij storoncy.
 
CHORUS:
Dushu j tylo mi polozhim za nashu svobodu  
Y pokazhem, shcho mi, brattja, kozac'kogo rodu.
 
Stanem brattja, vsy za volju, vyd Sjanu do Donu,
V rydnym kraju panuvati ne damo nykomu.
Chorne more shche vsmykhnet'sja, dyd Dnypro zradyje,
Shche na nashyj Ukrajiny dolen'ka dospyje
 
CHORUS
 
A zavzjattja, pracja shchira svogo shche dokazhe,
Shche sja voly v Ukrajiny pysn' guchna rozljazhe.
Za Karpati vydyb`jet'sna, zgomonit' stepami,
Ukrajini slava stane pomyzh narodami.
 
CHORUS

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

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
We'll lay down our souls and bodies to attain our freedom, 
And we'll show that we, brothers, are of the Kozak nation. 
We'll lay down our souls and bodies to attain our freedom, 
And we'll show that we, brothers, are of the Kozak nation. 

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION (to 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.
We'll lay down our souls and bodies to attain our freedom,
And we'll show that we, brothers, are of the Kozak nation.

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

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Ukraine
"Shche ne vmerla Ukraina" (Ukraine's Glory Has Not Perished)

Words by:Paul Chubynskyi
Music by:Mikhail Verbytskyi
Adopted:1917, abolished 1920, restored 1991

Ukraine's national anthem was first performed as a choral work in 1864 in the
Ukraine Theatre in Lvov, and was adopted as the national anthem during
Ukraine's brief independence during Russia's Bolshevik Revolution of 1917,
being absorbed into the Soviet Union a few years later. Upon the breakup of the
Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine regained its independence and its anthem.

The lyrics were changed slightly in 2003; the most important change was made to
the first line (and title), which were interestingly borrowed from the Polish
anthem. In the new version, the case ending of the word "Ukraine" was changed,
so that rather than saying "Ukraine hasn't yet died, nor has her glory or
freedom," it now says that it's Ukraine's glory and freedom which haven't
perished. Also, the current version of the anthem is limited to one verse plus
the repeated chorus, whereas the previous version had three verses and a
chorus. Both versions of the lyrics are presented below in a single file.

See also: Ukraine_(1949-1991), Crimea.
