Deșteaptă-te, române!

"**Deșteaptă-te, române!**" (, meaning "Wake up, Romanians!") is the national anthem of Romania. In the past, it has also been the national anthem of Moldova. This song has been Romania's national anthem since 1990; in the past, Romania had used five other anthems under different governments.

## History

The name of this song was first "**Un răsunet**" (meaning "An echo"). The words of the song was written by a poet from the region of Transylvania named Andrei Mureșanu during the Wallachian Revolution of 1848. Later that same year, it was published in a Romanian magazine. After hearing about the poem, a composer from the region of Wallachia named Anton Pann made a melody for it. The author Andrei Mureșanu later chose this music for his poem after he asked a church singer named Gheorghe Ucenescu to sing a melody that would fit for his song many times.

It was sung for the first time in the city of Brașov during the liberal and nationalist revolt, then right after, it became the revolutionary anthem of Romania at the time.

### Historical use

In the past, it was the national anthem of the old and short-lived Republic of Moldova from 1991 to 1994 before being replaced with _Limba noastră_. Between 1917 and 1918, "Deșteaptă-te, române!" was used as the anthem of the short-lived Moldavian Democratic Republic before the region became part of the Kingdom of Romania.

In the past, Romania had been under various regimes and had used a lot of different anthem. First, "Marș triumfal" was used from 1862 to 1884, when Romania was a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire. Then, "Trăiască Regele" was used when Romania became a monarchy, known as the Kingdom of Romania. Then when communism became a part of life in Romania, the anthems "Zdrobite cătușe", "Te slăvim, Românie!", and "Trei culori" were used, in that order. Finally, after communism in Romania came to and, "Deșteaptă-te, române!" became the country's official national anthem, and has been to this day.

## Lyrics

Only the first, second, fourth, and occasionally the last stanza (all highlighted in **bold**) are considered part of the national anthem.

### Romanian original

|Words of the song in Romanian|Words of the song when it was first printed|Words of the song in Moldovan Cyrillic|Words of the song for Romanian Jews|Pronunciation of these words using the IPA|
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|<poem></poem>|<poem></poem>|<poem></poem>|<poem></poem>|<poem lang="ro-ipa">**[deʃ.ˈte̯ap.tə.te ro.ˈmɨ.ne ǀ din ˈsom.nul t͡ʃel de ˈmo̯ar.te ǀ]** **[ɨn ˈka.re te̯a.dɨn.ˈt͡ʃi.rə ǀ 𝄆 bar.ˈba.rij de ti.ˈranʲ 𝄇 ǁ]** **(𝄆) [a.ˈkum orʲ ni.t͡ʃo.ˈda.tə ǀ kro.ˈjeʃ.tet͡sʲ ˈal.tə ˈso̯ar.te ǀ]** **[la ˈka.re sə sen.ˈki.ne ǀ 𝄆 ʃi ˈkru.zij təj duʃ.ˈmanʲ 𝄇 ǁ] (𝄇)** **[a.ˈkum orʲ ni.t͡ʃo.ˈda.tə ǀ sə dəm do.ˈvezʲ la ˈlu.me ǀ]** **[kən ˈas.te mɨnʲ maj ˈkur.d͡ʒe ǀ 𝄆 un ˈsɨn.d͡ʒe de ro.ˈman 𝄇 ǁ]** **(𝄆) [ʃi kən a ˈno̯as.tre ˈpjep.turʲ ǀ pəs.ˈtrəm ku ˈfa.ləu̯n ˈnu.me ǀ]** **[tri.um.fə.ˈtor ɨn ˈlup.te ǀ 𝄆 un ˈnu.me de tra.ˈjan 𝄇 ǁ] (𝄇)** [ɨ.ˈnal.t͡sət͡sʲ ˈla.ta ˈfrun.te ǀ ʃi ˈkau̯.tən d͡ʒur de ˈti.ne ǀ] [kum stau̯ ka brazʲ ɨn ˈmun.te ǀ 𝄆 voj.ˈnit͡ʃʲ ˈsu.te de mij 𝄇 ǁ] (𝄆) [un ɡlas jej maj aʃ.ˈte̯ap.tə ǀ ʃi sar ka lupʲ ɨn ˈstɨ.ne ǀ] [bə.ˈtrɨnʲ bər.ˈbat͡sʲ ʒunʲ ˈti.nerʲ ǀ 𝄆 din munt͡sʲ ʃi din kɨm.ˈpij 𝄇 ǁ] (𝄇) **[pri.ˈvit͡sʲ mə.ˈre.t͡se ˈum.bre ǀ mi.ˈhaj ʃte.ˈfan kor.ˈvi.ne ǀ]** **[ro.ˈmɨ.na na.t͡si.ˈu.ne ǀ 𝄆 aj ˈvoʃ.tri strə.ne.ˈpot͡sʲ 𝄇 ǁ]** **(𝄆) [ku ˈbra.t͡se.le ar.ˈma.te ǀ ku ˈfo.kul ˈvos.trun ˈvi.ne ǀ]** **[vi.ˈa.t͡san li.ber.ˈta.te ǀ 𝄆 orʲ ˈmo̯ar.te ˈstri.ɡə tot͡sʲ 𝄇 ǁ] (𝄇)** [pre voj və ni.mi.ˈt͡ʃi.rə ǀ a ˈpiz.mej rə.u.ˈta.te ǀ] [ʃi ˈo̯ar.ba ne.u.ˈni.re ǀ 𝄆 la ˈmil.kov ʃi kar.ˈpat͡sʲ 𝄇 ǁ] (𝄆) [dar noj pə.ˈtrunʃʲ la ˈsuf.let ǀ de ˈsfɨn.ta li.ber.ˈta.te ǀ] [ʒu.ˈrəm kə vom da ˈmɨ.na ǀ 𝄆 sə fim ˈpu.ru.re̯a frat͡sʲ 𝄇 ǁ] (𝄇) [o ˈma.mə və.du.ˈvi.tə ǀ de la mi.ˈhaj t͡ʃel ˈma.re ǀ] [pre.ˈtin.de de la ˈfi.iʃʲ ǀ 𝄆 azʲ ˈmɨ.nə da.ʒu.ˈtorʲ 𝄇 ǁ] (𝄆) [ʃi ˈblas.tə.mə ku ˈlak.rəmʲ ǀ ɨn okʲ pe orʲ.ʃi.ˈka.re ǀ] [ɨn ˈast.fel de pe.ˈri.kul ǀ 𝄆 sar ˈfa.t͡ʃe vɨn.zə.ˈtorʲ 𝄇 ǁ] (𝄇) [de ˈful.d͡ʒe.re sə ˈpja.rə ǀ de ˈtrəs.net ʃi pu.ˈt͡ʃo̯a.sə ǀ] [orʲ.ˈka.re sar re.ˈtra.d͡ʒe ǀ 𝄆 din ɡlo.ri.ˈo.sul lok 𝄇 ǁ] (𝄆) [kɨnd ˈpa.tri.a sau̯ ˈma.ma ǀ ku ˈi.ni.ma du.ˈjo̯a.sə ǀ] [va ˈt͡ʃe.re ka sə ˈtre.t͡ʃem ǀ 𝄆 prin ˈsa.bi.je ʃi fok 𝄇 ǁ] (𝄇) [ˈna.ʒun.d͡ʒe ja.ta.ˈɡa.nul ǀ bar.ˈba.rej se.mi.ˈlu.ne ǀ] [a ˈkə.ruj pləd͡ʒʲ fa.ˈta.le ǀ 𝄆 ʃi azʲ le maj sim.ˈt͡sim 𝄇 ǁ] (𝄆) [a.ˈkum se ˈvɨ.rə ˈknu.ta ǀ ɨn ˈve.tre.le strə.ˈbu.ne ǀ] [dar ˈmar.tor ne je ˈdom.nul ǀ 𝄆 kə vij nu o pri.ˈmim 𝄇 ǁ] (𝄇) [ˈna.ʒun.d͡ʒe des.po.ˈtis.mul ǀ kun.ˈtre̯a.ɡa luj or.ˈbi.je ǀ] [al ˈkə.ruj ʒuɡ de ˈse.kulʲ ǀ 𝄆 ka ˈvi.te.lel pur.ˈtəm 𝄇 ǁ] (𝄆) [a.ˈkum sen.ˈt͡ʃe̯ar.kə ǀ ˈkru.zij ku ˈo̯ar.ba lor tru.ˈfi.je ǀ] [sə ne rə.ˈpe̯as.kə ˈlim.ba ǀ 𝄆 dar mort͡sʲ ˈnu.maj o dəm 𝄇 ǁ] (𝄇) [ro.ˈmɨnʲ din ˈpa.tru ˈuŋɡ.jurʲ ǀ a.ˈkum orʲ ni.t͡ʃo.ˈda.tə ǀ] [u.ˈni.t͡si.və ɨn ˈku.d͡ʒet ǀ 𝄆 u.ˈni.t͡si.vən sim.ˈt͡sirʲ 𝄇 ǁ] (𝄆) [stri.ˈɡat͡sʲ ɨn ˈlu.me̯a ˈlar.ɡə ǀ kə ˈdu.nə.re̯aj fu.ˈra.tə ǀ] [prin ˈin.tri.ɡə ʃi ˈsi.lə ǀ 𝄆 vi.ˈkle.ne u.nel.ˈtirʲ 𝄇 ǁ] (𝄇) **[ˈpre.ot͡sʲ ku ˈkru.t͡ʃe̯an ˈfrun.te ǀ kət͡ʃʲ ˈo̯as.te̯a je kreʃ.ˈti.nə ǀ]** **[de.ˈvi.zaj li.ber.ˈta.te ǀ 𝄆 ʃi ˈsko.pul jej pre̯a.ˈsfɨnt 𝄇 ǁ]** **(𝄆) [mu.ˈrim maj ˈbi.nen ˈlup.tə ǀ ku ˈɡlo.ri.je de.ˈpli.nə ǀ]** **[de.ˈkɨt sə fim sklavʲ ˈja.rəʃʲ ǀ 𝄆 ɨn ˈvek.jul nost pə.ˈmɨnt 𝄇 ǁ] (𝄇)**</poem>|

## Infobox (anthem)

- **english title**: Wake up, Romanians!
- **image**: National Anthem of Romania (page 3).png
- **author**: Andrei Mureșanu
- **lyrics date**: 1848
- **composer**: Anton Pann
- **music date**: 1848
- **sound**: Desteapta-te, romane!.ogg