Lyrics of the Moldovan SSR Anthem

Mordoveț and the search for an anthem...

During the first stages of the task commissioned by Soviet authorities to General Iosif Mordoveț, several poets were contacted. In fact, Emilian Bucov and Ion Bădărău were not the only ones contacted by Mordoveț. There were other three authors who created prototypes of stanzas to be used in the anthem. However, it is not clear if these stanzas were meant to be sung using the melody composed by Ștefan Neaga or some other musical composition. In the end, these lyrics were rejected and Soviet Moldovan authorities chose the anthem created by Neaga, Bucov and Bădărău.


Rejected Lyrics

Lyrics by Leonid Cornenanu: 

Leonid Cornenanu
Cotropitorii fasciști au cutezat
Să înrobească al nostru sfânt pământ.
Din piepturi zid de oțel am ridicat.
Dușmanului noi i-am săpat mormânt!
Republică-suroră, în vecii să fii slăvită!
În armonie noroadele trăiesc!
Puterea lor îi astăzi însutită
și din izbândă, izbândă făuresc!

 

Lyrics by Emil Samoilă

Emil Samoilă

Noi veacuri întregi am zăcut în robir,
La Nistru și Prut ne doineam versul trist.
Dar Lenin și Stalin ne-au dat bucurie,
Ne-a dat-o iubitul partid comunist.

 




Lyrics by Liviu Deleanu 

Liviu Deleanu
Crescută sub spada lui Ștefan cel Mare
și slova înțeleptului Domn Cantemir,
Moldova renaște din noi în hotare,
călită în lupte și mari izbândiri.

 




As stated in the original article, the lyrics submitted by Deleanau were aggressively rejected by the authorities. One curious fact is that Deleanu, along with Bodgan Istru (the pseudonym of Ion Bădărău) translated the original lyrics of the Soviet Union National anthem into Moldovan.

 

Official Lyrics (1945)

Emilian Bucov and Ion Bădărău wrote the lyrics for the melody created by Ștefan Neaga.

Emilian Bucov and Bodgan Istru
E. Bucov (left) & I. Bădărău (right)


Moldova cu doine străbune pe plaiuri,
Cu poamă și pâne pe dealuri și văi.
Luptând cu-ajutorul Rusiei mărețe,
A vrut neatârnarea pământului ei.

Chorus:
Slavă în veacuri, Moldovă Sovietică,
Crește cu alte republici surori,
Și cu drapelul Sovietic înalță-te,
Calea să-ți fie avânt creator.

Pe drumul luminii cu Lenin și Stalin,
Robia boierilor crunți am învins.
Pe noi din izbândă-n izbândă înainte,
Ne duce slăvitul partid comunist.

Chorus

În armia noastră, luptând vitejește,
Pe dușmanii țării îi vom birui,
Și-n marea familie a Uniunii,
Moldova Sovietică-n veci a-nflori.

Chorus
 

Official Lyrics (Musical Renovation)

After the musical renovation made by Eduard Lazarev, the new melody needed a whole new set of lyrics. It is not clear if Bucov and Bădărău participated on this renovation. If the original authors were not contacted, Lazarev could have wrote the lyrics all by himself or with the help of other poets.

Moldova Sovietică, plaiul nostru-n floare,
Alături de alte republici surori.
Pășește împreună cu Rusia mare,
Spre al Uniunii senin viitor.

Doina înfrățirii proslăvește Țara,
Cu înțelepciune condusă de Partid.
Cauza lui Lenin – cauză măreață –
O înfăptuiește poporul strâns unit.

Slavă în veacuri, renăscut pământ!
Munca să-ți fie creator avânt!
Și comunismul – țel nestrămutat –
Înalță-l prin fapte pentru fericirea ta!
 

Coat of Arms of the Moldovan SSR

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