Otrechemsya ot starogo mira
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"Otrehchemsya ot starogo mira" are the Russian lyrics to La Marseillaise by Pyotr Lavrov, first published on July 1, 1875. The lyrics are not a direct translation of the French ones, but are rather a "Worker's Marseillaise", very radical-socialist in rhetoric.
This anthem was used by Russia's Provisional Government until its overthrow in the October Revolution.
The lyrics in Russian
- Отречемся от старого мира!
- Отряхнем его прах с наших ног!
- Нам враждебны златые кумиры;
- Ненавистен нам царский чертог!
- Мы пойдем в ряды страждущих братий,
- Мы к голодному люду пойдем;
- С ним пошлем мы злодеям проклятья,
- На борьбу мы его позовем:
Literal English translation (first stanza and refrain)
- Let's denounce the old world!
- Let's shake its dust from our feet!
- We're enemies to the golden idols,
- We detest the Tsar's palaces!
- We will go among the suffering brethren,
- We will go to the hungry people;
- Together with them we send our curses to the evil-doers,
- We will call them to struggle with us:
External links
- [Russian anthems site], contains many Russian anthems, including this one]
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