Russia - our sacred state,|Russia - our beloved country.|A mighty will, a great glory -|Yours forever for all time!||Be glorious, our free Fatherland,|Ancient union of brotherly peoples,|Ancestor-given wisdom of the people!|Be glorious, our country! We are proud of you!|From the southern seas to the polar lands|Spread are our forests and fields.|You are unique in the world, one of a kind -|This native land protected by God!||Wide expanse for dreams and for living|Are opened for us by the coming years|Our loyalty to Fatherland gives us strength.|So it was, so it is, and so it always will be!