Romanian Anthem At Euro08 In Romania - France 0-0 09.06.2008

Romanian Anthem (Named Wake Up, Romanian!) At Euro 2008 Austria & Switzerland In Match Against France... In Vocal Performances It Is Usual To Sing Verses 1 And 2, Or 1, 2, And 4 But Romanian Anthem Has 11 Verses.(Too Long). Here Is The Original Romanian Anthem In English(11 Verses): Wake Up, Romanian, From Your Deadly Sleep Into Which You've Been Sunk By The Barbaric Tyrants Now, Or Never, Your Fate Renew, To Which Your Enemies Will Bow Too. Now Or Never Let's Give Proof In The World That In These Veins Still Flows A Roman Blood, That In Our Chests We Still Maintain Our Pride In A Name The Victor In His Battles, The Name Of Trajan! Raise Your Broad Forehead And Look Around You Like Fir Trees, Hundreds Of Thousands Of Heroes Are Standing Firm; A Voice They Still Wait To Jump Like Wolves Among The Sheep, Elders, Men, Youths, Boys, From Mountains To The Plains. Watch On, Shadows Of Highnesses, Mihai, Stefan, Corvinus, The Romanian Nation, Your Great Grandchildren, With Weapons In Their Arms, With Your Fire In Their Veins, "Life In Freedom Or Death!" Shout All. You Were Vanquished By The Evils Of Your Envy And By Your Blind Disunity, At Milcov And The Carpathians But We, Whose Souls Were Pierced By Holy Liberty, Swear That For Ever In Brotherhood Will Join. A Widowed Mother From The Time Of Michael The Great Claims From Her Sons Today A Helping Hand, Casting Curses, With Tears In Her Eyes, On Whosoever, In Such Great Peril, A Traitor Would Become. Of Thunder And Of Brimstone Should They Perish Those Who Flee Our Glorious Endeavor When Our Land, Our Mother With Tears In Her Heart, Will Ask Us To Cross Through Swords And Blazing Fire. Didn't We Have Enough Of The Yatagan Of The Barbaric Crescent Whose Fatal Wounds Even Today We Still Feel? Now The Knout Is Intruding Our Ancestral Homes, But We Give Witness Before The Lord That Alive, We Do Not Accept It Didn't We Have Enough Of The Blinded Despotism Whose Yoke, Like Cattle, For Centuries We've Carried? Now Let The Cruel Ones Try, In Their Blind Arrogance, T O Take Away Our Language, But Give It We Will Only Deads! Romanians From The Four Corners, Now Or Never Unite In Thought, Unite In Feeling Proclaim To The Wide World That The Danube Is Stolen Through Intrigue And , Sly Machinations. Priests, Lead With Your Crucifixes! Because Our Army Is Christian, The Motto Is Liberty And Its Goal Is Holy, Better To Die In Battle, In Full Glory, Than To Once Again Be Slaves Upon Our Ancient Ground! The Lyrics Were Composed By Andrei Mure?Anu (1816-1863) And The Music Was Popular (It Was Chosen For The Poem By Gheorghe Ucenescu, As Most Sources Say). It Was Written And Published During The 1848 Revolution, Initially With The Name "Un R?Sunet" ("An Echo"). It Was First Sung In Late May In The Same Year In The City Of Bra?Ov, On The Streets Of ?Chei Quarter. It Was Immediately Accepted As The Revolutionary Anthem And Renamed "De?Teapt?-Te, Române". Since Then, This Song, Which Contains A Message Of Liberty And Patriotism, Has Been Sung During All Major Romanian Conflicts, Including During The 1989 Anti-Communist Revolution. After That Revolution, It Became The National Anthem, Replacing The Communist-Era National Anthem "Trei Culori" ("Three Colors"). July 29 Is Now "National Anthem Day" (Ziua Imnului Na?Ional), An Annual Observance In Romania. This Song Was Also The National Anthem Of Moldova For A Few Years, But Was Replaced In 1994 By The Current Moldavian Anthem, "Limba Noastr?" ("Our Language").