Common English Translation
- The old world must be destroyed,
- Tear it down all the way to its root!
- We do not need the golden idol,
- We detest the royal palace!
- We will help our suffering brothers,
- We will feed the hungry!
- We curse our enemies for their wicked deeds,
- We will fight them together!
- We curse our enemies for their wicked deeds,
- We will fight them together!
- Chorus
- Arise, awake working class!
- Charge the enemy hungry folk!
- Cry out the vengeance of the people,
- Forward, forward, forward, forward, forward!
- Do you still want to be oppressed?
- Arise, all brother across the country at once!
- From the Dnieper to the White Sea,
- And the Volga, to the Caucasus!
- The thieves, the dogs of the rich,
- And the evil Tsar!
- Bring them all down!
- Light up the dawn of a better life!
- Bring them all down!
- Light up the dawn of a better life!
- Chorus
- The rise of the red dawn,
- The sun of truth and brotherly love!
- Although we pay a terrible price,
- With our blood for the happiness of the land!
- And for our rightful freedoms,
- The evil will vanish forever!
- We will unite as one,
- In the realm of socialism!
- We will unite as one,
- In the realm of socialism!
- Chorus
- Note that in English the song does not always refer to Russia, so some of the lyrics referring to the Tsar and Russian locations may be changed.
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