Transnistria And Its Anthem

Between Moldova and Ukraine, mainly on the left bank of the Dniester River, there is an unrecognized state called Transnistria. It can be quite interesting for fans of unrecognized and partially recognized states, since it has all the features of a state, including even its own currency, which, as far as I know, is unique for unrecognized states, mainly using the currencies of neighboring countries.
This state appeared in the early 1990s, even before the collapse of the Soviet Union. Due to the approximately equal number of Russians, Ukrainians and Moldovans there, its residents planned to remain part of the Soviet Union if Moldova left it or wanted to unite with Romania. However, later the Soviet Union collapsed, and the status of the state turned out to be uncertain. After the war in 1992, the conflict was frozen.
Now it continues to exist, although all recognized states consider it part of Moldova. But let’s talk about it’s anthem.
The melody to the anthem was written back in 1943, and was one of the proposed ones for the new anthem of the Soviet Union. However, a different anthem was chosen that time. Closer to 2000, the Lyrics were written, and since 2000 Transnistria has the anthem that exists now and it’s called "We Sing the Praises of Transnistria".
Since the state has 3 official languages Russian, Ukrainian and Moldovan or Romanian, as you prefer, the anthem has 3 versions for each language. All of them are slightly different in content. However, a trilingual version has been invented that can be used for various official events. It consists of the first verse and chorus in Russian, the second verse and chorus in Moldovan, the first verse and chorus in Ukrainian and the final repeat of the chorus in Russian. And this version is presented here.
However, below I will leave the English Lyrics for all three versions so that you can find out what is sung in each of them.
The lyrics:
Russian version:
We sing glory to Transnistria,
Where the friendship of nations is strong.
We are closely connected to our land
With great love.
Let’s praise gardens and factories,
Settlements, fields and towns –
Much effort has been put in them
For the sake of the Motherland.
chorus
We’ll bear through the years
The name of the proud country,
And to the Republic of liberty,
And to justice, we’ll be faithful.
We sing the praises of native valleys,
The banks of the old Dniester.
We remember epic heroic deeds,
The glory of our ancestors is dear to us.
Let’s sing the praises of every person
Who died for the native land.
We take an oath to the Motherland
In holy memory of the fallen.
We’ll bear through the years
The name of the proud country,
And to the Republic of liberty,
And to justice, we’ll be faithful.
Moldovan (Romanian) version:
Long live Mother Transnistria,
A country of brothers and sisters
This love without notice
Gift you daughters, sons.
We’ll sing orchards and factories,
Cities, hamlets, plains,
With them also tomorrow
O country, prosperous make us be!
chorus
Through the time we shall carry
The name of our proud country
Thee, the Republic of liberty
You are the belief in peaceful horizons.
We shall sing both valleys and hills,
Morning stars from the gray old Dniester
Wise and old ballads
Which for centuries wanted us worthy.
We shall glorify the heroic name
Which fell in that battle
And in the face of the holy memory
We swear to the country to be its shield!
Through the time we shall carry
The name of our proud country
Thee, the Republic of liberty
You are the belief in peaceful horizons.
Ukrainian version:
We praise the land Transnistria
Where people are proud
Friendship, harmony, love
Are forever associated with it.
Famous for our plants,
Broad fields and cities
There are honest people
Who labor for the benefit of the Motherland.
chorus
Through shares and water
Our proud name
The Republic of freedom,
Long live the family of people here.
We praise native valley
Beauty of the Dniester river banks,
And we should not forget the epic
Of the deeds of our fathers.
Glorify their names
Fallen for our father’s house,
Where the sacred memory of the dead,
Fatherland sing the anthem.
Through shares and water
Our proud name
The Republic of freedom,
Long live the family of people here.