Trăiască Regele

"Trăiască Regele", also known as the "Imnul Regal", was the national and royal anthem of the Kingdom of Romania between 1884 and 1948. The music was composed in 1861 by Eduard Hübsch, an army captain who later became the chief of the music department of the Minister of War. The lyrics were written by the Romanian poet Vasile Alecsandri in 1881, when Romania became a Kingdom.
It is derived from Hübsch's "Triumphant March", the first anthem of Romania. With Trăiască Regele being adopted in 1884, both are essentially the same song.

Lyrics

Romanian original

English translation

I
Trăiască Regele
În pace și onor
De țară iubitor
Și-apărător de țară.
Fie Domn glorios
Fie peste noi,
Fie-n veci norocos
În război.
Refren:
O! Doamne Sfinte,
Ceresc părinte,
Susține cu a Ta mână
Coroana Română!
II
Trăiască Patria
Cât soarele ceresc,
Rai vesel pământesc
Cu mare, falnic nume.
Fie-n veci el ferit
De nevoi,
Fie-n veci locuit
De eroi.
Refren:
O! Doamne Sfinte,
Ceresc părinte,
Întinde a Ta mână
Pe Țara Română!

I
Long live the King,
In peace and honour,
Loving his country,
And defending it.
May he a glorious Lord be,
May he reign over us,
May he forever fortunate be,
In war!
Chorus:
O! Holy Lord,
Our Heavenly Father,
Hold with Thy Hand,
The Romanian Crown!
II
Long live the Motherland,
So long as the Sun's in the sky,
Earth's glad Promised Land,
With a name great and lofty.
May it forever spared be
Of needs,
May it forever inhabited be
By heroes.
Chorus:
O! Holy Lord,
Our Heavenly Father,
Extend Thy Hand
O'er the Romanian Land!