National anthem of Moldova
"italic=no", known in English as "Our Language", is the national anthem of Moldova. It has been used since 1994 and was officially adopted on 22 July 1995.
For a brief period of time in the early 1990s, the national anthem of Moldova was "Deșteaptă-te, române!", which was and remains the national anthem of Romania. The lyrics were written by Alexei Mateevici a month before his death. Mateevici contributed significantly to the national emancipation of Bessarabia. The music was composed by Alexandru Cristea.ordered the anthem to be played every day at 07:00 and 19:00, and ordered the populace to stand up to show respect for the nation. Nowadays, the morning and evening anthems correspond to the hoisting and lowering of the national flags in public areas, respectively; hence, the anthem is broadcast by both radio and television channels twice per day from 1990's.
Lyrics
The focus of "Limba noastră" is language, hence its namesake; in this case, the official language of Moldova, namely Romanian.The Constitution of Moldova refers to the country's official language as Romanian, and similarly in December 2013, a decision of the Constitutional Court of Moldova ruled that the Declaration of Independence takes precedence over the Constitution and that the state language is therefore Romanian. In Transnistria and by older populations, however, the language is often referred to as Moldovan. Additionally, in Transnistria, the Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet is still used, and the Russian language is spoken by a majority in the region.
The anthem calls for the people to revive the usage of their native language. The poem does not refer to the language by name; it is poetically called "our language".
"Limba noastră" is based on a 12-verse poem. For the officially defined national anthem used today, the verses were selected and reorganised into 5 verses of 4 lines each; namely, the first, second, fifth, eighth and twelfth verses, respectively, which are highlighted in bold.
| Romanian original | Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet | IPA transcription |
Лимба ноастрэ-й о комоарэ ын адынкурь ынфундатэ Ун шираг де пятрэ рарэ пе мошие ревэрсатэ. II Лимба ноастрэ-й фок че арде ынтр-ун ням, че фэрэ весте С-а трезит дин сомн де моарте ка витязул дин повесте. III Лимба ноастрэ-й нумай кынтек дойна дорурилор ноастре Рой де фулӂере, че спинтек ноурь негри, зэрь албастре. IV Лимба ноастрэ-й граюл пыйний кынд де вынт се мишкэ вара Ын ростиря ей бэтрыний ку судорь сфинцит-ау цара. V Лимба ноастрэ-й фрунзэ верде збучумул дин кодрий вешничь Ниструл лин, че-н валурь пиерде ай лучеферилор сфешничь. VI Лимба ноастрэ-й векь извоаде повестирь дин алте времурь Ши читинду-ле ’нширате те-нфиорь адынк ши тремурь. VII Лимба ноастрэ ый алясэ сэ ридиче слава-н черурь Сэ не спуе-н храм ши-акасэ вешничеле адевэрурь. VIII Лимба ноастрэ-й лимбэ сфынтэ лимба векилор казаний Каре-о плынг ши каре-о кынтэ пе ла ватра лор цэраний. IX Ынвиаци-вэ дар граюл руӂинит де мултэ време Штерӂець слинул, мучегаюл ал уйтэрий ’н каре ӂеме. X Стрынӂець пятра лучитоаре че дин соаре се апринде Ши-ць авя ын ревэрсаре ун потоп ноу де кувинте. XI Ну вець плынӂе-атунчь амарник кэ ви-й лимба пря сэракэ Ши-ць ведя, кыт ый де дарник граюл цэрий ноастре драгэ. XII Рэсэри-ва о комоарэ ын адынкурь ынфундатэ Ун шираг де пятрэ рарэ пе мошие ревэрсатэ. |