Romanian National Anthem

1 Romanian, awaken your Spirit from the sleep of Death Impressed upon you by Tyrannies of barbarians; Now or never, fashion a new Fate, Stronger than your foes', Fate for them to bow to. 2 Now or never, our legacy prove to all, That through our veins still flows the Blood of Ancient Rome That in our chests we proudly hail a Name, Triumphant in battle, the Name of Trajan. 3 Raise your strong brow and gaze around you As trees stand in a forest, brave youths, a hundred thousand An order they await, ready to pounce, as wolves among the sheep Old men, and young, from mountains high and open plains. 4 Gaze mightily, glorious shadows, Michael, Stephen, Corvine The Romanian nation, your descendants, With weapons in their hands, with your Fire burning "Life in Liberty or Death", all shout together. 5 You were vanquished by the evils of envy By the blind disunity at the Milcov and Carpathians But we, our Spirit touched by saintly Liberty, Swear allegiance, to be forever Brothers. 6 A widowed mother from the time of Michael the Great Asks of her sons a helping hand today And curses, with tears in her eyes, whosoever In times of such great danger, proves to be a traitor. 7 May lightning bolts, thunder and brimstone kill Whoever retreats from the glorious battle When motherland or mother, with a tender heart, Will ask us to pass through sword and flame. 8 Is not enough the yatagan of the barbaric crescent Whose fatal wounds we feel burning today; Now, the knout intrudes on our ancestral lands, But with God as witness, we will fight it to the Death 9 Is not enough the despotism and its unseeing eye Which for centuries enslaved us, as cattle? Now, attempt the cruel, in their blind haughtiness, To steal our Language, but we will fight them to the Death 10 Romanians of the four corners, now or never, Be United in your Thoughts, United in your Feelings Shout out to the world that the Danube is stolen Through intrigue and coercion, malicious plots. 11 Priests, with the Cross before you, as the army is Christian, The motto is Liberty and its goal eternal Better dead in battle, in full glory Than be enslaved again in our ancestral homeland.