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{{Infobox anthem
| title         = {{lang|uk|Ще не вмерла України і слава, і воля}}
| transcription = {{translit|uk|Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia|italic=no}}
| english_title = 'The Glory and Will{{efn|name=title|Also translated as 'Freedom' and 'Liberty'.}} of Ukraine Have Not Yet Perished'
| image         = Державний гімн України.pdf
| image_size    = 
| caption       = The sheet music for the State Anthem of Ukraine.
| country       = Ukraine
| alt_title     = {{lang|uk|«Ще не вмерла Україна»}}{{refn|<ref name="Horban"/><ref name="Baikienich"/><ref name="Zaslavska"/><ref name="Ukraina"/>}}
| en_alt_title  = 'Ukraine Has Not Yet Perished'
| author        = [[Pavlo Chubynskyi]]
| lyrics_date   = 1862
| composer      = [[Mykhailo Verbytskyi]]
| music_date    = 1863
| adopted       = 15 January 1992 (music)<ref name="decree 1992">{{Cite web|url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2042-XII|title=Про Державний гімн України &#124; від 15.01.1992 № 2042-XII|date=June 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613233706/https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2042-XII |archive-date=2023-06-13 }}</ref><br />6 March 2003 (lyrics)<ref name="law 2003">{{Cite web|url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/602-IV|title=Про Державний Гімн України &#124; від 06.03.2003 № 602-IV|date=April 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410054048/https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/602-IV |archive-date=2023-04-10 }}</ref>
| predecessor   = [[Anthem of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]]
| sound         = Президентський_оркестр_Гімн.ogg
| sound_title   = National anthem of Ukraine arranged by Olexandr Morozov and performed in [[G minor]] by the [[National Presidential Band of Ukraine]] with Anatoly Molotai conducting
}}

The '''State Anthem of Ukraine''',<ref name="constitution"/>{{efn|{{langx|uk|Державний гімн України|Deržavnyj himn Ukrainy}}, {{IPA|uk|derˈʒɑu̯nɪj ˈɦimn ʊkrɐˈjinɪ|IPA}}}} also known by its incipit "'''{{translit|uk|Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia|italic=no}}'''"<ref name="law 2003"/>{{efn|{{langx|uk|Ще не вмерла України і слава, і воля}}, {{IPA|uk|ˈʃtʃɛ ne ˈu̯mɛrlɐ ʊkrɐˈjinɪ i ˈslɑwɐ i ˈwɔlʲɐ|IPA}}; {{lit|The Glory and Will{{efn|name=title}} of Ukraine Have Not Yet Perished}}}} and its original title "'''{{translit|uk|Shche ne vmerla Ukraina}}'''",{{refn|<ref name="Horban"/><ref name="Baikienich"/><ref name="Zaslavska"/><ref name="Ukraina"/>}}{{efn|{{langx|uk|Ще не вмерла Україна}}, {{IPA|uk|ˈʃtʃɛ ne ˈu̯mɛrlɐ ʊkrɐˈjinɐ|IPA}}; {{lit|Ukraine Has Not Yet Perished}}}} is the [[national anthem]] of [[Ukraine]].

The lyrics are a slightly modified version of the first verse and chorus of the patriotic song "{{translit|uk|Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy|italic=no}}", written in 1862 by [[Pavlo Chubynskyi]], an ethnographer from [[Kyiv]]. In 1863, [[Mykhailo Verbytskyi]], a composer and Catholic priest, composed the music to accompany Chubynskyi's lyrics. The first choral public performance of the piece was in 1864 at the [[Ukrainska Besida Theatre|Ruska Besida Theatre]] in [[Lviv]].{{sfn|Bristow|2006|p=570}}

In 1865, the song was performed in the Polish city of [[Przemyśl]] (then part of the [[Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria]], [[Austrian Empire]]) during a commemoration of the Ukrainian poet [[Taras Shevchenko]]. This historic moment later became the foundation for Ukraine’s National Anthem Day, which is celebrated yearly on March 10.<ref>https://www.unian.ua/lite/holidays/10-bereznya-vidznachayetsya-den-gimnu-ukrajini-istoriya-ta-cikavi-fakti-12938226.html#:~:text=%D0%A3%201862%2D1863%20%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%85%20%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80,%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%20%D0%94%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BC%20%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%20%D0%93%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BD%D1%83%20%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B8 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250310082400/https://www.unian.ua/lite/holidays/10-bereznya-vidznachayetsya-den-gimnu-ukrajini-istoriya-ta-cikavi-fakti-12938226.html#:~:text=%D0%A3%201862%2D1863%20%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%85%20%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80,%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%20%D0%94%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BC%20%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%20%D0%93%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BD%D1%83%20%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B8 |date=10 March 2025 }}.</ref>

In the first half of the 20th century, during unsuccessful attempts to gain independence and create a state from the territories of the [[Russian Empire]], [[Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918)|Poland]], and [[Austria-Hungary]], the song was the national anthem of the [[Ukrainian People's Republic]], the [[West Ukrainian People's Republic]], and [[Carpatho-Ukraine]]. A competition was held for a national anthem following Ukraine's secession from the [[Soviet Union]], with one of the songs being "{{transliteration|uk|[[Za Ukrainu]]|italic=no}}" by the Ukrainian writer and actor [[Mykola Voronyi]]. "{{translit|uk|Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy|italic=no}}" was officially adopted by [[Verkhovna Rada|Ukraine's parliament]] on 15 January 1992.<ref name="decree 1992"/> The official lyrics were adopted on 6 March 2003 by the Law on the State anthem of Ukraine ({{langx|uk|Закон «Про Державний гімн України»}}).<ref name="law 2003"/>

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== History ==
{{Multiple image 
| image1=National anthem of Ukraine, instrumental.oga
| caption1=Performance by the US Navy Band
| image2=Ukrainian_national_anthem_1916_(complete).ogg
| caption2=1915 performance (two verses) by Mykhailo Zazuliak
| image3=Державний Гімн України (муз.Михайла Вербицького).opus
| caption3={{Circa}} 2020 performance by the [[National Exemplary Band of the Armed Forces of Ukraine]].
}}
{{external media
| title = 1939 performance by the Soim of Carpatho-Ukraine
| audio4 = [https://web.archive.org/web/20230528223025if_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Сойм_Карпатської_України_—_Ще_не_вмерла_Україна.opus 1939 performance by the Soim of Carpatho-Ukraine]. Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXwYxUW7AWA&t=23m20s], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cFrAtqAQEg&t=57m35s]}}
{{Music of Ukraine}}
[[File:Anthem Ukraine 1863.jpg|thumb|Reprint edition of the Lviv journal ''Meta'' of 1863, the first publication of the poem (Old Ukrainian orthography)]]
=== Background ===
[[File:Pavlo Chubynskyi.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Pavlo Chubynskyi]]]]
[[File:Mykhaylo Verbytsky.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Mykhailo Verbytskyi]]]]

The Ukrainian national anthem can be traced back to one of the parties of the Ukrainian ethnographer [[Pavlo Chubynskyi]] that occurred during the autumn of 1862. Scholars think that the Polish patriotic song "[[Poland Is Not Yet Lost]]", which dates back to 1797 and later became the national anthem of Poland and the [[Polish Legions (Napoleonic period)|Polish Legions]], also influenced Chubynskyi's lyrics.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Grinevich|first1=Victor|title=Павло Чубинський писав вірші «під Шевченка»|url=http://gazeta.ua/articles/history-newspaper/_pavlo-chubinskij-pisav-virshi-quot-pid-shevchenka-quot/279137|access-date=3 March 2022|work=Gazeta.ua|trans-title=Pavlo Chubynskyi wrote poems "under Shevchenko"|date=22 January 2009|language=uk|archive-date=10 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110153925/http://gazeta.ua/articles/history-newspaper/_pavlo-chubinskij-pisav-virshi-quot-pid-shevchenka-quot/279137|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Hrytsak|2005|pp=57–58}}<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Grabowska|first1=Sabina|title=The Evolution of Polish National Symbols on the Example of the Flag and Anthem|journal=Kultura I Edukacja|date=2016|issue=4|page=183|publisher=Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek|issn=1230-266X}}</ref> The Polish patriotic song was popular among the nations of the former [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] that were at that time fighting for their independence; the [[January Uprising]] started a few months after Chubynskyi wrote his lyrics.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Trochimczyk|first1=Maja|author1-link=Maja Trochimczyk|title=Dąbrowski Mazurka|url=http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish_music/repertoi/dabrowski.html|website=National Anthems of Poland|publisher=Polish Music Center, [[USC Thornton School of Music]]|access-date=7 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226044926/http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish_music/repertoi/dabrowski.html|archive-date=26 February 2013|location=Los Angeles|date=2000|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to a memoirist who was present, Chubynskyi wrote the lyrics spontaneously after listening to Serbian students singing [[Svetozar Miletić]]'s "{{lang|sr|Srpska pesma|italic=no}}" ({{literally|Serbian song}})<ref>{{cite web | url=http://snp-miletic.narod.ru/knjiga/3.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030606103136/http://snp-miletic.narod.ru/knjiga/3.html | archive-date=2003-06-06 | title=српски народни покрет Светозар Милетић }}</ref> during a gathering of Serbian and Ukrainian students in an apartment in Kyiv.{{sfn|Klid|2008|p=268}}

Chubynskyi's words were rapidly taken up by the earliest [[Ukrainophilia|Ukrainophiles]]. In 1862, the head [[Gendarmerie|gendarme]], Prince [[Vasily Andreyevich Dolgorukov|Vasily Dolgorukov]], exiled Chubynskyi to [[Arkhangelsk Governorate]] for the "dangerous influence on the minds of commoners".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://geoknigi.com/book_view.php?id=447|title=Павло Платонович Чубинський. Андрусов Микола Іванович|website=geoknigi.com}}</ref>

The poem was first officially published in 1863 when it appeared in the fourth issue of the [[Lviv]]-based journal {{translit|uk|Meta}};<ref name="Meta">{{Cite web|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anthem_Ukraine_1863.jpg|title=Українська: Копія 1991 р. репринтного видання Львівського журналу "Мета" 1863 р., перша публікація вірша.|date=August 24, 2014|via=Wikimedia Commons}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Pavlo Platonovich Chubynsky|url=https://kpi.ua/en/chubynsky|publisher=[[National Technical University of Ukraine]]|access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref> the journal mistakenly attributed the poem to Taras Shevchenko.{{sfn|Kubijovyč|1963|p=36}} It became popular in the territories that now form part of [[Western Ukraine]] and came to the attention of a member of the Ukrainian clergy, [[Mykhailo Verbytskyi]] of the [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]]. Inspired by Chubynskyi's lyrics, Verbytskyi, then a prominent composer in Ukraine, decided to set it to music.{{sfn|Struk|1993|p=581}} The lyrics were first published with Verbytskyi's sheet music in 1865.{{sfn|Magocsi|2010|p=401}} The first choral public performance of the piece was in 1864 at the [[Ruska Besida Theatre]] in Lviv.{{sfn|Bristow|2006|p=570}}

One of the first recordings of this anthem (then spelled "{{translit|uk|Szcze ne wmerła Ukrajiny ni sława, ni wola|italic=no}}") in Ukrainian was released on a gramophone record by [[Columbia Phonograph Company]] during World War I in 1916.<ref>{{cite news|title=у інтернеті набирає популярність аудіозапис гімну україни 1916 року|url=http://www.5.ua/ukrajina/kultura/item/396593-u-interneti-nabyraie-populiarnist-audiozapys-himnu-ukrainy-1916-roku|access-date=3 March 2022|work=[[5 Kanal (Ukraine)|Channel 5]] News|trans-title=The audio recording of the anthem of Ukraine of 1916 is gaining popularity on the Internet|date=20 October 2014|language=uk}}</ref> As a folk song, it was performed by a Ukrainian emigrant from Lviv and New York resident Mykhailo Zazuliak in 1915.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Zhytkevych|first1=Anatolii|title=Маловідомі сторінки із життя Михайла Зазуляка|url=http://meest-online.com/culture/malovidomi-storinky-iz-zhyttya-myhajla-zazulyaka/|work=MICT Online|trans-title=Little-known pages of the life of Mykhailo Zazuliak|publisher=Meest|date=7 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020190003/http://meest-online.com/culture/malovidomi-storinky-iz-zhyttya-myhajla-zazulyaka/|archive-date=20 October 2014|language=uk}}</ref>

=== Early use ===
"[[:uk:Ще не вмерла Україна|Shche ne vmerla Ukraina]]" was not used as a state anthem until 1917 when it was adopted by the [[Ukrainian People's Republic]] as its national anthem.{{sfn|Hang|2003|p=645}}{{sfn|Kubijovyč|1963|p=37}} Still, even between 1917 and 1921, the song was not legislatively adopted as an exclusive state anthem as other anthems were also used at the time.

=== During the Soviet period ===
{{see also|Anthem of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic}}
In 1922, the [[Ukrainian SSR]] signed the [[Treaty on the Creation of the USSR]] with the [[Russian SFSR]], [[Transcaucasian SFSR]], and [[Byelorussian SSR]], which created the Soviet Union. Following the signing of the treaty, "{{translit|uk|Šče ne vmerla Ukrainy|italic=no}}" was banned by the Soviet regime.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} The authorities later decided that each separate Soviet republic could have its anthem, but "{{translit|uk|Šče ne vmerla Ukrainy|italic=no}}" was rejected in an attempt to help to suppress separatist sentiments held by Ukrainian nationalists. In 1939, "{{translit|uk|Šče ne vmerla Ukrainy|italic=no}}" was adopted as the official state anthem of [[Carpatho-Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXwYxUW7AWA&t=32m23s | title=Карпатська Україна (1939) | website=[[YouTube]] | date=5 March 2011 }}</ref>

After [[Joseph Stalin]] ordered that "[[The Internationale]]" be replaced with the [[State Anthem of the Soviet Union]] in 1944, all the constituent republics of the union were forced to produce each of their representative regional anthem as well. The Ukrainian government established a commission on the anthem on 23 February 1944.{{sfn|Yekelchyk|2003|p=311}} Soviet authorities, after a period of struggle, successfully persuaded public intellectuals to create an anthem with lyrics fitting their political interests and music sterile of any Ukrainian national elements.{{sfn|Yekelchyk|2003|pp=310, 323}} On 23 February, the Ukrainian chairman [[Mykhailo Hrechukha]] started a meeting by reading a synopsis of the anthem-to-be in front of musicians and litterateurs: the Ukrainian nation's union with the Soviets were envisaged for the first stanza; the Ukrainian people, their struggles, and "freedom" under [[Lenin]] and Stalin were envisaged for the second stanza; Ukraine's economic and political "flourishing" in the union were envisaged for the third stanza. The refrain was conceived to be used after each stanza, which was considered as a [[paean]] to the union of the Soviet peoples and the reunited Ukraine following the [[Soviet annexation of Eastern Galicia and Volhynia]].{{sfn|Yekelchyk|2003|p=312}}

Composers worked on the score before the decision on the lyrics; by February 1945, 11 composers were selected as finalists.{{sfn|Yekelchyk|2003|p=316}} Anton Lebedynets' score won with an overwhelming majority vote,{{sfn|Yekelchyk|2003|pp=317–318}} and the score was adopted as the music of the new Soviet anthem in November 1949.{{sfn|Yekelchyk|2003|p=320}} Earlier in January 1948, the lyrics of [[Pavlo Tychyna]] and co-author [[Mykola Bazhan]] won; due to plagiarism of his text, Oleksa Novytskyi demanded to be listed as a co-author, but to no avail.{{sfn|Yekelchyk|2003|pp=319, 325}} On 21 November 1949, the new anthem of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted.{{sfn|Kubijovyč|1963|p=37}} Borys Yarovynskyi edited and reorchestrated the anthem in 1979.{{sfn|Struk|1993|p=753}}

=== Post-independence ===
On 15 January 1992, "{{translit|uk|Šče ne vmerla Ukrainy|italic=no}}" was adopted by the Ukrainian Parliament, as the state anthem{{sfn|Bristow|2006|p=570}} and was later instituted in the Ukrainian Constitution. However, the lyrics for the anthem were not officially adopted until 6 March 2003, when the Verkhovna Rada passed a law on the state anthem of Ukraine ({{lang|uk|Закон «Про Державний гімн України»}}), proposed by then-president [[Leonid Kuchma]]. The law proposed Mykhailo Verbytskyi's music and Pavlo Chubynskyi's first stanza and refrain of his poem "{{translit|uk|Šče ne vmerla Ukrainy|italic=no}}". However, the first line of the lyrics was to be changed from {{translit|uk|Šče ne vmerla Ukraina, i slava, i volia}} to {{translit|uk|Šče ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia}}.{{efn|There were attempts for attaining new lyrics through a commission sponsoring several contests as the Ukrainian government did not adopt Chubynskyi's lyrics due to them being considered outdated. The unsuccessful results have continued the association of the anthem with Chubynskyi's lyrics.{{sfn|Hang|2003|pp=645–646}}}} The law was passed with an overwhelming majority of 334 votes out of 450, with only 46 MPs opposing. Only the members of the [[Socialist Party of Ukraine]] and the [[Communist Party of Ukraine]] refrained from voting. The national anthem that up until then had only officially consisted of Mykhailo Verbytskyi's music, would henceforth also include the modified lyrics of Pavlo Chubynskyi.

The popularity of the Ukrainian anthem has become particularly high in the wake of the [[Orange Revolution]] protests of 2004 and [[Euromaidan]] of 2013. Ukrainian composer [[Valentyn Sylvestrov]], who participated in Ukrainian protests in Kyiv, characterized the Ukrainian anthem thus:<ref>{{cite news|last1=Semenchenko|first1=Maria|title=Валентин Сильвестров: «Читайте Шевченка, доки не пізно…»|url=http://www.day.kiev.ua/uk/article/kultura/valentin-silvestrov-chitayte-shevchenka-doki-ne-pizno|access-date=3 March 2022|work=[[The Day (Kyiv)]]|trans-title=Valentyn Silvestrov: "Read Shevchenko before it's too late..."|trans-work=День|date=29 December 2013|language=uk|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304221437/http://www.day.kiev.ua/uk/article/kultura/valentin-silvestrov-chitayte-shevchenka-doki-ne-pizno|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{blockquote|text=The Ukrainian anthem is amazing. At first it doesn't impress you at all, but that's only at first glance. Indeed, this anthem was created by Mykhailo Verbytskyi, a clerical composer of the mid-19th century. He lived under the Austrian monarchy and probably was fond of Schubert; he had a euphonic gift — it's clear from his liturgical compositions. He was a church composer. And this patriotic song, he created as a church composer. This chant is a Hallelujah. No other anthem has this! It's a unique piece: the anthem of Ukraine, which at the same time has all the characteristic features of a liturgy's beginning. Some memory of a liturgy, of an all-night vigil, has submerged in this anthem. It seems as if the wind blows in this simple chant, as if tree branches are singing.|source=}}

==== Since Euromaidan and the Russo-Ukrainian War====
[[File:ЄвроМайдан - Euromaydan - Гімн України. Новий Рік 2014.webm|thumb|Protests during the 2013/2014 New Year's celebration on [[Maidan Nezalezhnosti]] in [[Kyiv]]; the protesters sing the national anthem.]]

During the Euromaidan protests of 2013, the anthem became a revolutionary song for the protesters. In the early weeks of the protests, they sang the national anthem once an hour, led by singer [[Ruslana]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tishchuk|first1=Olga|title=Євромайдан уночі забарикадувався ялинкою і щогодини співав гімн із Русланою] fakty.ictv.ua|url=http://fakty.ictv.ua/ua/index/view-media/id/50224|access-date=3 March 2022|work=Facts|trans-title=Euromaidan barricaded itself with a Christmas tree at night and sang the anthem with Ruslana every hour|publisher=[[ICTV (Ukraine)]]|date=2 December 2013|language=uk|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022958/http://fakty.ictv.ua/ua/index/view-media/id/50224|url-status=live}}</ref> In ''[[World Affairs]]'', Nadia Diuk argues that the national anthem was used as "the clarion call of the 'revolution{{' "}} during Euromaidan, which added weight to protests that previous ones, such as the Orange Revolution, lacked.<ref name="Dui">{{cite journal |last1=Diuk |first1=Nadia |title=Euromaidan: Ukraine's Self-Organizing Revolution |journal=World Affairs |date=2014 |volume=176 |issue=6 |pages=9{{ndash}}16 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43555086 |oclc=|jstor=43555086}}</ref>{{sfn|Diuk|2014|p=16}} In a 2014 survey, after being asked "How has your attitude toward the following changed for the last year?", the [[Kyiv International Institute of Sociology]] found that the attitude towards the Ukrainian national anthem had "improved a lot" in 25.3% of Ukrainians,{{sfn|Kulyk|2016|p=599}} especially after the start of the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/04/the-end-of-illusions/|quote=Before 2014, few people sang the national anthem, apart from ethnic Ukrainians. After 2014, everyone sang the national anthem. This is something that [[Vitaly Portnikov]], a prominent Ukrainian journalist, pointed out to me. When he said, 'Now everyone sings the national anthem,' I first thought he was speaking metaphorically, or poetically. But he meant it literally.|first=Jay|last=Nordlinger|authorlink=Jay Nordlinger|title=The End of Illusions|date=4 April 2022|work=The National Review|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404103658/https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/04/the-end-of-illusions/|archive-date=4 April 2022}}</ref>

After the start of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], several orchestras in Europe and North America performed the Ukrainian national anthem in order to show their solidarity with Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Video of the Day: orchestras across Europe perform Ukrainian national anthem|url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/article/video-of-the-day-orchestras-across-europe-perform-ukrainian-national-anthem|access-date=2022-03-06|website=Gramophone|archive-date=30 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630204857/https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/article/video-of-the-day-orchestras-across-europe-perform-ukrainian-national-anthem|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Lyrics ==
The [[incipit]] "{{translit|uk|Šče ne vmerla Ukrainy|italic=no}}" reminds Ukrainians about their struggle for national self-identity and independence.{{sfn|Khrebtan-Hörhager|2016|p=295}} It was sung as the ''de facto'' national anthem at the inauguration of Leonid Kravchuk, the first Ukrainian president, on 5 December 1991, but it was not until 6 March 2003 that Chubynskyi's lyrics officially became a part of the national anthem. The Constitution of Ukraine designated Verbytskyi's music for the national anthem on 28 June 1996:<ref name="constitution">{{cite web|title=Constitution of Ukraine, Chapter 1, General Principles|url=http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/site/const_eng/e_const_1.html|publisher=Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine|access-date=2 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526234251/http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/site/const_eng/e_const_1.html|archive-date=26 May 2009}}</ref>

{{blockquote|text=The State Anthem of Ukraine is the national anthem set to the music of M. Verbytskyi, with words that are confirmed by the law adopted by no less than two-thirds of the constitutional composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.|author=Article 20 of the [[Constitution of Ukraine]]}}

On 6 March 2003, the Parliament of Ukraine officially adopted the anthem's lyrics,<ref name="law 2003"/> opting to use only the first stanza and refrain from Chubynskyi's original poem, while slightly modifying the first stanza.

===Current official lyrics===
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{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=3|Ukrainian original<ref name="law 2003"/><ref name="Ver">{{cite web |title=On the National Anthem of Ukraine |url=http://zakon2.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/602-15 |website=Legislation of Ukraine |publisher=[[Verkhovna Rada|The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine]] |access-date=3 March 2022 |language=uk, en, ru |archive-date=2 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502232130/https://zakon2.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/602-15 |url-status=live }}</ref>
!rowspan=2|English translation
|- style="white-space:nowrap;"
![[Ukrainian alphabet|Cyrillic script]]
![[Ukrainian Latin alphabet|Latin script]]{{efn|name=transl|A ''de facto'' [[Ukrainian Latin alphabet|Latin alphabet for Ukrainian]] is based on the [[scientific transliteration of Cyrillic]].}}
![[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA transcription]]{{efn|name=IPA|See [[Help:IPA/Ukrainian]] and [[Ukrainian phonology]].}}
|- style="vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;"
|<poem>{{lang|uk|Ще не вмерла України і слава, і воля,
Ще нам, браття молодії, усміхнеться доля.
Згинуть наші воріженьки, як роса на сонці.
Запануєм і ми, браття, у своїй сторонці.

𝄆 Душу й тіло ми положим за нашу свободу,
І покажем, що ми, браття, козацького роду. 𝄇}}</poem>
|<poem>{{translit|uk|italic=no|Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia.
Shche nam, brattia molodii, usmikhnet'sia dolia.
Zhynuť nashi vorizhen'ky, yak rosa na sontsi,
Zapanuyem i my, brattia, u svoiy storontsi.

𝄆 Dushu y tilo my polozhym za nashu svobodu,
I pokazhem, shcho my, brattia, kozats'koho rodu. 𝄇}}</poem>
|<poem>[ʃt͡ʃɛ nɛ‿ˈu̯mɛɾ.ɫɐ ʊ.kɾɐ.ˈji.nɪ i ˈsɫɑ.ʋɐ i ˈwɔ.lʲɐ {{!}}]
[ʃt͡ʃɛ nɑm ˈbɾɑ.tʲːɐ  mo.ɫo.ˈdi.ji {{!}} ʊs.mix.ˈnɛ.t͡sʲːɐ ˈdɔ.lʲɐ ‖]
[ˈzɦɪ.nʊtʲ ˈnɑ.ʃi wo.ɾi.ˈʒɛnʲ.kɪ {{!}} jɑk ro.ˈsɑ nɑ ˈsɔn.t͡si {{!}}]
[zɐ.pɐ.ˈnu.jem i mɪ ˈbɾɑ.tʲːɐ {{!}} u swo.ˈjij sto.ˈɾɔn.t͡si ‖]

𝄆 [ˈdu.ʃʊ‿j ˈti.ɫo mɪ po.ˈɫɔ.ʒɪm {{!}} zɑ ˈnɑ.ʃʊ swo.ˈbɔ.dʊ {{!}}]
[i po.ˈkɑ.ʒem ʃt͡ʃɔ mɪ ˈbɾɑ.tʲːɐ {{!}} ko.ˈzɑt͡sʲ.ko.ɦo ˈrɔ.dʊ ‖] 𝄇</poem>
|<poem>The glory and will of Ukraine has not yet perished,
And yet still upon us, brothers, fate shall smile once more. 
Our enemies shall melt away, like the dew in the sun. 
And we too shall rule, O brethen, the homeland of our own. 

𝄆 Soul and body shall we lay down for our liberty, 
And we'll show, O brethen, that we're a [[Cossack Hetmanate|Cossack family]]! 𝄇</poem>
|}</div>

===<span class="anchor" id="Unofficial"></span>Full modern lyrics===
The first verse and chorus of the following lyrics constitute a more popular (commonly performed) version of the anthem. Differences from the official lyrics are italicized.

<div style="overflow-x:auto;">
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=3|Ukrainian original<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ще не вмерла Україна — Павло Чубинський, повний текст твору |url=https://www.ukrlib.com.ua/books/printit.php?tid=13792 |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=UkrLib |archive-date=12 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412043003/https://www.ukrlib.com.ua/books/printit.php?tid=13792 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ще не вмерла Україна |url=https://nashe.com.ua/song/15310 |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=НАШЕ (тексти пісень) |archive-date=27 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327221625/https://nashe.com.ua/song/15310 |url-status=live }}</ref>
!rowspan=2|English translation
|- style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:center;"
!Cyrillic script
!Latin script{{efn|name=transl}}
!IPA transcription{{efn|name=IPA}}
|- style="vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"
|<poem>{{lang|uk|'''I'''
Ще не вмерла України {{yesitalic|ні}} слава, {{yesitalic|ні}} воля.
Ще нам, браття-{{yesitalic|українці}}, усміхнеться доля.
Згинуть наші {{yesitalic|вороженьки}}, як роса на сонці,
Запануєм і ми, браття, у своїй сторонці.

{{small|'''Приспів:'''}}
Душу й тіло ми положим за нашу свободу,
І покажем, що ми, браття, козацького роду!

'''II'''
Станем браття, в бій кривавий, від Сяну до Дону
В ріднім краю панувати не дамо нікому.
Чорне море ще всміхнеться, дід Дніпро зрадіє,
Ще на нашій Україні доленька наспіє.

{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Приспів'''}}}}

'''III'''
А завзяття, праця щира{{efn|Also written {{lang|uk|щира праця}} ({{translit|uk|ščyra pracia}}).}} свого ще докаже,
Ще ся волі в Україні піснь гучна розляже.
За Карпати відіб’ється, згомонить степами,
України слава стане поміж народами.

𝄆 {{yesitalic|{{small|'''Приспів'''}}}} 𝄇}}</poem>
|<poem>{{translit|uk|italic=no|'''I'''
Šče ne vmerla Ukrainy {{yesitalic|ni}} slava, {{yesitalic|ni}} volia,
Šče nam, brattia-{{yesitalic|ukrainci}}, usmichneťsia dolia.
Zhynuť naši {{yesitalic|vorožeńky}}, jak rosa na sonci,
Zapanujem i my, brattia, u svoij storonci.

{{small|'''Pryspiv:'''}}
Dušu j tilo my položym za našu svobodu,
I pokažem, ščo my, brattia, kozaćkoho rodu!

'''II'''
Stanem brattia, v bij kryvavyj, vid Sianu do Donu
V ridnim kraju panuvaty ne damo nikomu.
Čorne more šče vsmichneťsia, did Dnipro zradije,
Šče na našij Ukraini doleńka naspije.

{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Pryspiv'''}}}}

'''III'''
A zavziattia pracia ščyra svoho šče dokaže,
Šče sia voli v Ukraini pisń hučna rozliaže.
Za Karpaty vidibjeťsia zhomonyť stepamy,
Ukrainy slava stane pomiž narodamy.

𝄆 {{yesitalic|{{small|'''Pryspiv'''}}}} 𝄇}}</poem>
|<poem>{{IPA|'''1'''
[ʃt͡ʃɛ nɛ‿ˈu̯mɛɾ.ɫɐ ʊ.kɾɐ.ˈji.nɪ {{!}} ni ˈsɫɑ.ʋɐ ni ˈwɔ.lʲɐ {{!}}]
[ʃt͡ʃɛ nɑm ˈbɾɑ.tʲːɐ ʊ.kɾɐ.ˈjin.t͡si {{!}} ʊs.mix.ˈnɛ.t͡sʲːɐ ˈdɔ.lʲɐ ‖]
[ˈzɦɪ.nʊtʲ ˈnɑ.ʃi wo.ɾo.ˈʒɛnʲ.kɪ {{!}} jɑk ro.ˈsɑ nɑ ˈsɔn.t͡si {{!}}]
[zɐ.pɐ.ˈnu.jem i mɪ ˈbɾɑ.tʲːɐ {{!}} u swo.ˈjij sto.ˈɾɔn.t͡si ‖]

{{small|'''[ˈpɾɪs.piu̯]'''}}
[ˈdu.ʃʊ‿j ˈti.ɫo mɪ po.ˈɫɔ.ʒɪm {{!}} zɑ ˈnɑ.ʃʊ swo.ˈbɔ.dʊ {{!}}]
[i po.ˈkɑ.ʒem ʃt͡ʃɔ mɪ ˈbɾɑ.tʲːɐ {{!}} ko.ˈzɑt͡sʲ.ko.ɦo ˈrɔ.dʊ ‖]

'''2'''
[ˈstɑ.nem ˈbɾɑ.tʲːɐ u̯‿bij kɾɪ.ˈʋɑ.ʋɪj {{!}} ʋid ˈsʲɑ.nʊ dɔ ˈdɔ.nʊ {{!}}]
[ˈu̯‿ɾid.nim ˈkɾɑ.jʊ pɐ.nʊ.ˈʋɑ.tɪ nɛ dɐ.ˈmɔ ni.ˈkɔ.mʊ ‖]
[ˈt͡ʃɔɾ.ne ˈmɔ.ɾe ʃt͡ʃɛ u̯s.mix.ˈnɛ.t͡sʲːɐ {{!}} did dni.ˈpɾɔ zɾɐ.ˈdi.je {{!}}]
[ʃt͡ʃɛ nɑ ˈnɑ.ʃij ʊ.kɾɐ.ˈji.ni ˈdɔ.ɫenʲ.kɐ nɐs.ˈpi.je ‖]

{{small|'''[ˈpɾɪs.piu̯]'''}}

'''3'''
[ɑ zɐu̯.ˈzʲɑ.tʲːɐ {{!}} ˈpɾɑ.t͡sʲɐ ˈʃt͡ʃɪ.ɾɐ swo.ˈɦɔ ʃt͡ʃɛ do.ˈkɑ.ʒe {{!}}]
[ʃt͡ʃɛ sʲɑ ˈwɔ.li w‿ʊ.kɾɐ.ˈji.ni pisnʲ ɦʊt͡ʃ.ˈnɑ roz.ˈlʲɑ.ʒe ‖]
[zɑ kɐɾ.ˈpɑ.tɪ ʋi.di.ˈbjɛ.t͡sʲːɐ {{!}} zɦo.mo.ˈnɪtʲ ste.ˈpɑ.mɪ {{!}}]
[ʊ.kɾɐ.ˈji.nɪ ˈsɫɑ.ʋɐ ˈstɑ.ne ˈpɔ.miʒ ˈnɑ.ɾo.dɐ.mɪ ‖]

𝄆 {{small|'''[ˈpɾɪs.piu̯]'''}} 𝄇}}</poem>
|<poem>'''I'''
The glory and will of Ukraine has not yet perished,
And yet upon us, Ukrainians, fate shall smile once more. 
Our enemies shall melt away, like the dew in the sun. 
And we too shall rule, O brethen, the homeland of our own. 

𝄆 Soul and body shall we lay down for our liberty, 
And we'll show, O brethen, that we're a Cossack family! 𝄇

'''II'''
Brethren, let's join in a bloody fight, from the [[San (river)|Sian]] to the [[Don (river)|Don]]
Ne'er shall we allow others to rule in our native land.
The [[Black Sea]] will smile, and grandfather [[Dnipro]] will rejoice,
For in our own Ukraine fortune shall flourish once again.

{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Chorus'''}}}}

'''III'''
Our persistence and our sincere toils will be rewarded,
And freedom's song will resound throughout all of Ukraine.
Echoing off the [[Carpathian Mountains|Carpathians]], and rumbling across the steppes,
Ukraine's fame and glory shall be known among all nations.

𝄆 {{yesitalic|{{small|'''Chorus'''}}}} 𝄇</poem>
|}</div>

===Original lyrics (1862)===
The first stanza of Chubynskyi's original poem is somewhat similar to the first stanza of national anthems of Poland and Yugoslavia and "[[Hatikvah]]", the national anthem of Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cheplyk |first=Roman |date=2022-08-11 |title=State Anthem of Ukraine |url=https://good-time-invest.com/blog/state-anthem-of-ukraine/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=GTInvest Ukraine |language=en-US}}</ref>

<div style="overflow-x:auto;">
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=3|Ukrainian original<ref>{{Cite web |title=Текст офіційного Державного Гімну України |trans-title=Text of the official National Anthem of Ukraine |url=http://nbuviap.gov.ua/asambleya/gimn%20ukrainy_1863_2012.php |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=[[Constitutional Assembly of Ukraine]] |language=uk |archive-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418214656/http://nbuviap.gov.ua/asambleya/gimn%20ukrainy_1863_2012.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sevcenko |first=Taras |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c4rqLem1gM8C&pg=PA66 |title=Poezii. (Gedichte.) ruth. - Lemberg, Skuszewicz 1866- |date=1866 |publisher=Skuszewicz |pages=66–67 |language=uk}}</ref><!-- <ref>[[File:Anthem Ukraine 1863.jpg|thumb]]</ref> -->
!rowspan=2|English translation
|- style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:center;"
!Cyrillic script<br>{{small|(old orthography)}}
!Latin script{{efn|name=transl}}
!IPA transcription{{efn|name=IPA}}
|- style="vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"
|<poem>{{lang|uk|'''I'''
Ще не вмерла Україна, і слава, і воля!
Ще нам, браття молодії, усміхнеться доля!
Згинуть наші воріженьки, як роса на сонці;
Запануєм і ми, браття у своїй сторонці.

{{small|'''Приспів:'''}}
Душу й тіло ми положим за нашу свободу
І покажем, що ми браття козацького роду.
Гей-гей, браття миле, нумо братися за діло!
Гей-гей пора встати, пора волю добувати!

'''II'''
Наливайко, Залізнякъ и Тарасъ Трясило
Кличуть насъ изъ-за могилъ на святеє діло.
Изгадаймо славну смерть лицарства-козацтва,
Щобъ не втратить марне намъ своєго юнацтва.
 
{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Приспів'''}}}}

'''III'''
Ой Богдане, Богдане славний нашъ гетьмане!
На-що віддавъ Украіну москалямъ поганимъ?!
Щобъ вернути її честь, ляжемъ головами,
Назовемся Украіни вірними синами!
 
{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Приспів'''}}}}

'''IV'''
Наші браття Славяне вже за зброю взялись;
Не діжде ніхто, щобъ ми по-заду зістались.
Поєднаймось разомъ всі, братчики-Славяне:
Нехай гинуть вороги, най воля настане!

{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Приспів'''}}}}}}</poem>
|<poem>{{translit|uk|italic=no|'''I'''
Šče ne vmerla Ukraina, i slava, i volia!
Šče nam, brattia molodii, usmichneťsia dolia!
Zhynuť naši vorižeńky, jak rosa na sonci;
Zapanujem i my, brattia u svoij storonci.

{{small|'''Pryspiv:'''}}
Dušu j tilo my položym za našu svobodu
I pokažem, ščo my brattia kozaćkoho rodu.
Hej-hej, brattia myle, numo bratysia za dilo!
Hej-hej, pora vstaty, pora voliu dobuvaty!

'''II'''
Nalyvajko, Zalizniak y Taras Triasylo
Klyčuť nas yz-za mohyl na sviateje dilo.
Yzhadajmo slavnu smerť lycarstva-kozactva,
Ščob ne vtratyť marne nam svojeho junactva.

{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Pryspiv'''}}}}
 
'''III'''
Oj Bohdane, Bohdane slavnyj naš heťmane!
Na-ščo viddav Ukrainu moskaliam pohanym?!
Ščob vernuty ii česť, liažem holovamy,
Nazovemsia Ukrainy virnymy synamy!

{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Pryspiv'''}}}}

'''IV'''
Naši brattia Slaviane vže za zbroju vzialyś;
Ne dižde nichto, ščob my po-zadu zistalyś.
Pojednajmoś razom vsi, bratčyky-Slaviane:
Nechaj hynuť vorohy, naj volia nastane!

{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Pryspiv'''}}}}}}</poem>
|<poem>{{IPA|'''1'''
[ʃt͡ʃɛ nɛ ˈu̯mɛɾ.ɫɐ ʊ.kɾɐ.ˈji.nɐ {{!}} i ˈsɫɑ.ʋɐ i ˈwɔ.lʲɐ ‖]
[ʃt͡ʃɛ nɑm ˈbɾɑ.tʲːɐ mo.ɫo.ˈdi.ji {{!}} ʊs.mix.ˈnɛ.t͡sʲːɐ ˈdɔ.lʲɐ ‖]
[ˈzɦɪ.nʊtʲ ˈnɑ.ʃi wo.ɾi.ˈʒɛnʲ.kɪ {{!}} jɑk ro.ˈsɑ nɑ ˈsɔn.t͡si {{!}}]
[zɐ.pɐ.ˈnu.jem i mɪ ˈbɾɑ.tʲːɐ {{!}} u swo.ˈjij sto.ˈrɔn.t͡si ‖]

{{small|'''[ˈprɪs.piu̯]'''}}
[ˈdu.ʃʊ‿j ˈti.ɫo mɪ po.ˈɫɔ.ʒɪm zɑ ˈnɑ.ʃʊ swo.ˈbɔ.dʊ {{!}}]
[i po.ˈkɑ.ʒem ʃt͡ʃɔ mɪ ˈbɾɑ.tʲːɐ {{!}} ko.ˈzɑt͡sʲ.ko.ɦo ˈrɔ.dʊ ‖]
[ɦɛj.ˈɦɛj ˈbɾɑ.tʲːɐ ˈmɪ.ɫe {{!}} ˈnu.mo ˈbɾɑ.tɪ.sʲɐ zɑ ˈdi.ɫo ‖]
[ɦɛj.ˈɦɛj po.ˈɾɑ ˈu̯stɑ.tɪ {{!}} po.ˈɾɑ ˈwɔ.lʲʊ do.bʊ.ˈʋɑ.tɪ ‖]

'''2'''
[nɐ.ɫɪ.ˈʋɑj.ko {{!}} zɐ.liz.ˈnʲɑk ɪ tɐ.ˈɾɑs tɾʲɐ.ˈsɪ.ɫo {{!}}]
[ˈkɫɪ.t͡ʃʊtʲ nɑs ˈiz.zɑ mo.ˈɦɪɫ nɑ sʋʲɐ.ˈtɛ.je ˈdi.ɫo ‖]
[iz.ɦɐ.ˈdɑj.mo ˈsɫɑu̯.nʊ smɛɾtʲ ɫɪ.ˌt͡sɑɾ.stʋɐ.ko.ˈzɑt͡s.tʋɐ {{!}}]
[ʃt͡ʃɔb nɛ ˈu̯tɾɑ.tɪtʲ ˈmɑɾ.ne nɑm swo.je.ˈɦɔ jʊ.ˈnɑt͡s.tʋɐ ‖]

{{small|'''[ˈprɪs.piu̯]'''}}

'''3'''
[ɔj boɦ.ˈdɑ.ne boɦ.ˈdɑ.ne ˈsɫɑu̯.nɪj nɑʃ ˈɦɛtʲ.mɐ.ne {{!}}]
[nɑ ʃt͡ʃɔ ʋid.ˈdɑu̯ ʊ.kɾɐ.ˈji.nʊ mos.kɐ.ˈlʲɑm po.ˈɦɑ.nɪm ‖]
[ʃt͡ʃɔb ʋeɾ.ˈnu.tɪ ji.ˈji t͡ʃɛstʲ {{!}} ˈlʲɑ.ʒem ˈɦɔ.ɫo.ʋɐ.mɪ {{!}}]
[nɐ.zo.ˈʋɛm.sʲɐ ʊ.kɾɐ.ˈji.nɪ ˈʋiɾ.nɪ.mɪ sɪ.ˈnɑ.mɪ ‖]

{{small|'''[ˈprɪs.piu̯]'''}}

'''4'''
[ˈnɑ.ʃi ˈbɾɑ.tʲːɐ sɫɐ.ˈʋjɑ.ne<!-- ʋ is not palatalized, some old orthographies lacked apostrophe --> u̯ʒɛ zɑ ˈzbɾɔ.jʊ ˈu̯zʲɑ.ɫɪsʲ {{!}}]
[nɛ diʒ.ˈdɛ nix.ˈtɔ {{!}} ʃt͡ʃɔb mɪ pɔ zɐ.ˈdu zi.ˈstɑ.ɫɪsʲ ‖]
[po.jed.ˈnɑj.mosʲ ˈrɑ.zom u̯si {{!}} ˈbɾɑ.t͡ʃːɪ.kɪ sɫɐ.ˈʋjɑ.ne {{!}}]
[ne.ˈxɑj ˈɦɪ.nʊtʲ wo.ɾo.ˈɦɪ {{!}} nɑj ˈwɔ.lʲɐ nɐ.ˈstɑ.ne ‖]

{{small|'''[ˈprɪs.piu̯]'''}}}}</poem>
|<poem>'''I'''
The glory and will of Ukraine has not yet perished,
And yet upon us, Ukrainians, fate shall smile once more. 
Our enemies shall melt away, like the dew in the sun. 
And we too shall rule, O brethen, the homeland of our own. 

{{small|'''Chorus:'''}}
𝄆 Soul and body shall we lay down for our liberty, 
And we'll show, O brethen, that we're a Cossack family! 𝄇
Hey, hey, dearest brothers, onward, take to battle
Hey, hey, it's time to rise, time to gain liberty!

'''II'''
[[Severyn Nalyvaiko|Nalyvaiko]], [[Maksym Zalizniak|Zalizniak]] and [[Taras Fedorovych|Taras Triasylo]]
Call us from the grave beyond to the battle holy.
Recall the famous death of the Chivalrous [[Cossacks]]
So that we do not lose our youth vainly.

{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Chorus'''}}}}

'''III'''
O [[Bohdan Khmelnytsky|Bohdan]], O Bohdan, our glorious [[hetman]]
For what didst thou [[Treaty of Pereyaslav|give]] Ukraine to those wretched [[Moskal]]s?!
In returning her honor, we all lay our heads
And we all shall call ourselves Ukraine's faithful sons!

{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Chorus'''}}}}

'''IV'''
Our [[Slavs|Slavic brethen]] have already [[January Uprising|taken up arms]]
So that no one will come attack us behind out backs.
Let us all unite together, O Slavic brethen:
So that enemies perish, and that freedom cometh!

{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Chorus'''}}}}</poem>
|}</div>

== Adaptations ==
The song "{{transliteration|uk|[[Slava Ukraini! (song)|Slava Ukraini!]]|italic=no}}", written as a "song of resistance" during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, is inspired by the opening motif of the Ukrainian national anthem.<ref>{{cite news|title=Marcus Paus om sitt nye verk: – Jeg skrev «Slava Ukraini!» fordi jeg ikke kunne la være|trans-title=Marcus Paus on his new work: I wrote "Slava Ukraini!" because I had to|url=https://kulturplot.no/musikkplot/2022/jeg-skrev-slava-ukraini-fordi-jeg-ikke-kunne-la-vaere|date=4 March 2022|work=Kulturplot|agency=[[Norwegian News Agency]]|access-date=5 March 2022|archive-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305092545/https://kulturplot.no/musikkplot/2022/jeg-skrev-slava-ukraini-fordi-jeg-ikke-kunne-la-vaere|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Notable arrangements and performances ==
* "Ukraine has not perished!". Mykhailo Zazulyak. [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] Studio, U.S., 1915;<ref>{{Citation |title=Перший в історії запис "Ще не вмерла Україна!" |date=18 October 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrLbW7J0BGI |access-date=2023-11-17 |language=en |archive-date=15 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915071007/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrLbW7J0BGI |url-status=live }}</ref>
* "Ukraine has already risen!" (Вже воскресла Україна!) (1926 year) by Mykhailo Zazulyak;<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-04-18 |title=Михайло Зазуляк – Вже воскресла Україна / Марселєза {{!}} Українська музика та звукозапис |url=http://www.ukrmusic.org/plativky-78-ob-hv/viktor/myhajlo-zazulyak-vzhe-voskresla-ukrajina-marseleza.html |access-date=2023-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418183352/http://www.ukrmusic.org/plativky-78-ob-hv/viktor/myhajlo-zazulyak-vzhe-voskresla-ukrajina-marseleza.html |archive-date=2015-04-18 }}</ref>
* National anthem of Ukraine (Rock Version) by Nicky Rubchenko;<ref>{{Citation |title=Nicky Rubchenko/ Микита Рубченко - Державний Гімн України/ National Anthem of Ukraine (Rock Version) | date=24 March 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0chk_aX5VI |access-date=2023-11-17 |language=en}}</ref>
* Anthem of Ukraine performed by 14 nationalities of Ukraine;<ref>{{Citation |title=Гимн Украины в исполнении 14 национальностей, проживающих на территории Украины | date=6 April 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZCNhJuJUY8 |access-date=2023-11-17 |language=en}}</ref>
* Anthem of Ukraine in orchestral and instrumental arrangement by [[Anatoly Avdievsky|Anatoly Avdievskyi]];<ref>{{Citation |title=Flag raising ceremony at the Ukrainian Independence Day parade | date=24 August 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diZe7m4EIY4 |access-date=2023-11-17 |language=en}}</ref>
* National anthem of Ukraine performed by [[Apocalyptica]];<ref>{{Citation |title=Flag raising ceremony at the Ukrainian Independence Day parade | date=24 August 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diZe7m4EIY4 |access-date=2023-11-17 |language=en}}</ref>
* National anthem of Ukraine performed by [[Dzidzio]];<ref>{{Citation |title=DZIDZIO - Гімн України (Official Audio) | date=20 August 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouXXAE73ASY |access-date=2023-11-17 |language=en}}</ref>
* National anthem of Ukraine performed by [[Tina Karol]];<ref>{{Citation |title=National Anthem of Ukraine {{!}} Гімн України |date=22 August 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddBXNX59y2w |access-date=2023-11-17 |language=en |archive-date=17 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117051315/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddBXNX59y2w |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=ТІНА КАРОЛЬ / TINA KAROL - ГІМН УКРАЇНИ |date=11 November 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkrp1TNlvUs |access-date=2023-11-17 |language=en |archive-date=17 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117051314/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkrp1TNlvUs |url-status=live }}</ref>
* National anthem of Ukraine performed by [[Jamala]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Jamala – Гімн України {{!}} Благодійний матч #Game4Ukraine | date=5 August 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW9mik1dNtE |access-date=2023-11-17 |language=en}}</ref>
* National anthem of Ukraine performed by [[Oleksandr Ponomariov|Oleksandr Ponomaryov]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx7vo__48oE | title=Гімн України/ Anthem of Ukraine. Олександр Пономарьов/ Oleksandr Ponomaryov | website=[[YouTube]] | date=13 October 2019 }}</ref>
* National anthem of Ukraine performed by [[Vopli Vidopliassova]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://vopli.com.ua/music/discography/slaven.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218162058/http://vopli.com.ua/music/discography/slaven.html | archive-date=18 February 2009 | title=Воплі Відоплясова: Гімн-Славень України | access-date=26 April 2024 | url-status=live }}</ref>

== See also ==
* "[[Prayer for Ukraine]]"
* "[[Zaporizhian March]]"
* ''"[[Oi u luzi chervona kalyna]]"''
* "[[March of Ukrainian Nationalists]]"
* ''"[[Za Ukrainu]]"''
* ''[[Slava Ukraini]]''
* ''[[Slava Ukraini! (song)|"Slava Ukraini!"]]''

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== Sources ==
* {{cite book |last=Bristow |first=Michael Jamieson |title=National Anthems of the World |date=2006 |publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson |location=London |edition=11th |isbn=978-0-304-36826-6}}
* {{cite encyclopedia |last=Hang |first=Xing |title=Encyclopedia of National Anthems |date=2003 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Lanham |isbn=978-0-8108-4847-4}}
* {{cite book |last1=Hrytsak |first1=Yaroslav |author1-link=Yaroslav Hrytsak |editor1-last=Matsuzato |editor1-first=Kimitaka |title=Emerging Meso-areas in the Former Socialist Countries: histories revised or improvised? |chapter=On Sails and Gales, and Ships Driving in Various Directions: Post-Soviet Ukraine as a Test Case for the Meso-Area Concept |date=2005 |publisher=Hokkaido University |isbn=978-4-938637-35-4}}
* {{cite journal |last=Khrebtan-Hörhager |first=Julia |date=2016-07-03 |title=Collages of Memory: Remembering the Second World War Differently as the Epistemology of Crafting Cultural Conflicts between Russia and Ukraine |journal=Journal of Intercultural Communication Research |volume=45 |issue=4 |pages=282–303 |doi=10.1080/17475759.2016.1184705 |s2cid=147896427}}
* {{cite journal |last=Klid |first=Bohdan |date=2008 |title=Songwriting and Singing: Ukrainian Revolutionary and Not So Revolutionary Activities in the 1860s |journal=Journal of Ukrainian Studies |pages=264–277}}
* {{cite book |last=Kubijovyč |first=Volodymyr |author-link=Volodymyr Kubijovyč |title=Ukraine: a concise encyclopedia |date=1963 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |volume=1 |isbn=978-0-8020-3261-4}}
* {{cite journal |last=Kulyk |first=Volodymyr |date=2016-04-20 |title=National Identity in Ukraine: Impact of Euromaidan and the War |journal=Europe-Asia Studies |volume=68 |issue=4 |pages=588–608 |doi=10.1080/09668136.2016.1174980 |s2cid=147826053}}
* {{cite book |last1=Magocsi |first1=Paul Robert |author1-link=Paul Robert Magocsi |title=A History of Ukraine: The Land and Its Peoples |date=2010 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |location=Toronto |edition=2nd |isbn=978-1-4426-4085-6}}
* {{cite encyclopedia |title=Verbytskyi, Mykhailo |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Ukraine]] |date=1993 |editor-last=Struk |editor-first=Danylo Husar |publisher=University of Toronto Press |location=Toronto |via=Internet Archive |volume=5 |isbn=978-0-8020-3010-8}}
* {{cite journal |last=Yekelchyk |first=Serhy |date=2003 |title=When Stalin's Nations Sang: Writing the Soviet Ukrainian Anthem (1944–1949) |journal=Nationalities Papers |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=309–326 |doi=10.1080/0090599032000115510 |s2cid=162023479}}

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