Deźteapt²-te, romāne, din somnul cel de moarte,
Īn care te-adīncir² barbarii de tirani!
Acum ori niciodat² croieź ļe-ti alt² soart²,
La care s² se-nchine si cruzii t²i dusmani, si cruzii t²i duźmani!

Acum ori niciodat² croieź ļe-ti alt² soart²,
La care s² se-nchine si cruzii t²i dusmani, si cruzii t²i duźmani!

Acum ori niciodat² s² d²m dovezi in lume
C²-n aste mīini mai curge un sīnge de roman,
Si c²-n a noastre piepturi p²str²m cu fal²-un nume
Triumf²tor īn lupte, un nume de Traian!

Priviti, m²reļe umbre, Mihai, Stefan, Corvine,
Romāna natiune, ai vostri str²nepoļi,
Cu braļele armate, cu focul vostru-n vine,
Viaļ²-n libertate ori moarte! strig²m toļi.

Preoļi, cu crucea-n frunte! C²ci oastea e creźtin²,
Deviza-i libertate źi scopul ei prea sfīnt,
Murim mai bine-n lupt², cu glorie deplin²,
Decīt s² fim sclavi iar²źi īn vechiul nost p²mīnt!


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English Translation

Wake up, Romanian, from your deadly slumber,
In which barbaric tyrants kept you so long by force!
Now or never is the time for you to have a new fate,
Which should command respect of even your cruel enemies.


Now or never is the time for us to prove to the entire world
That in these arms a Roman blood still flows,
And that in our hearts we proudly keep a name
Triumphant in all battles, the name of Trajan.


Behold, glorious shadows, Mihai, Stephen, Corvin,
That is the Romanian nation, your own great-grandsons,
With weapons in their hands, your fire in their veins,
All shouting, "We want to live in freedom, or else better die!"


Priests carry the cross ahead! The army is all Christian,
Its banner is called freedom and its ideal is sacred,
We'd rather die in battle, and do it in full glory,
Than live again like slaves in our dear old land.


Adopted in 1990
Words by Andrei Muresanu (1816-1863)
Music by Anton Pann (1796-1854)