Возрождение [Vozrozhdeniye] [English translation]

For a thousand years we have seen evil,

The earth is full of bloody shadows.

There is a war but our ancestors' voices

Sound over the World, calling you!

Father Veles,1 Rod the true God,2

Keep alive on Earth your glorious descendants!

From the ancient ages we will return freedom,

We will sing a song to our ancestors,

We will be faithful to Rod!

We are as sparks on this earth.......

Disappearing into the darkness, as if we never had existed,

Only our glory will come to Mother-Slava!3

And it will stay with her, until the end of all earthly

And other lives.

So should we be afraid of death

If we are descendants of the glorious ones?

Svarog,4 help us!

Rod, see our sorrows!

Veles, give us wisdom!

Perun,5 lead us into battle!

The sun's rays and the steppe's winds

Have given us their strength.

We, children of gods, keep on this earth

The faith which we have lost.

The rebirth is coming!

For a thousand years the earth is in tears,

For foreign gods have taken over Rus'.

But there is no fear in facing death,

Since death is better than life as a slave.

Father Veles, Rod the true God,

Keep alive on Earth your glorious descendants!

From the ancient ages we will return freedom,

We will sing a song to our ancestors,

We will be faithful to our heritage!6

Listen, descendant, to that glory,

And keep your heart with Rus',

Which is and will be our land.

We must protect her from enemies,

And die for her just as

The day dies without the Sun when the Darkness comes,

The Darkness whose name is Evening.

And when the Evening dies, Night comes.

The sun's rays and the steppe's winds

Have given us their strength.

We, children of gods, keep on this earth

The faith which we have lost.

The rebirth is coming!

1. Slavic god of earth, water, forests, and the underworld2. Slavic god of creation3. Mother Sva or Mother Slava is a mythical being considered the ancestor of all Slavic people. There is also a play on words here, as "slava" in Russian means "glory". "Slava" is also a root in many Russian names.4. Slavic god of celestial fire and blacksmithing5. Slavic god of thunder and lightning6. Depending on whether "род" was meant to be capitalized here, I think this could also be a play on words. "Род" is a root appearing in a lot of Russian words related to family, nature, and creation, and is related to the name of Rod (the creator god).

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