First verse of the Romanian national anthem ‘Wake up, Romanian’
Deșteaptă-te, române, din somnul cel de moarte,
În care te-adânciră barbarii de tirani!
Acum ori niciodată croiește-ți altă soartă,
La care să se-nchine și cruzii tăi dușmani!
English translation:
Wake up, Romanian, from the sleep of death
Into which you have been sunk by the barbaric tyrants!
Now, or never, make a new fate for yourself
To which even your cruel enemies will bow
The melody and lyrics were written as a fighting song during the 1848 revolution. The song has been the official national anthem of Romania since 1989.