"Free and Independent Artsakh" was the anthem used by the Republic of Artsakh, a former breakaway state in the Caucasus. Adopted in 1992 after the fall of the Soviet Union, the lyrics were written by Vardan Hakobyan with music composed by Armen Nasibyan.[1]
History[]
Between 1991 and 2023, Artsakh controlled parts of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic within the former Soviet Union. It had been an enclave within Azerbaijan from the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war until the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive, when the Azerbaijani Armed Forces took control over the remaining territory controlled by Artsakh.
Lyrics[]
The anthem is a four-stanza poem without the use of refrains. It is written in the Armenian language, the official state language of the Artsakh Republic and the mother tongue of over 99% of the population. (In 2021, Russian was legislated as the co-official language.)
Armenian official[]
Armenian script | Latin script | IPA transcription |
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Ազատ ու անկախ Արցախ, |
Azát u ankákh Artsákh, |
[ɑ.ˈzɑt u ɑŋ.ˈkɑχ ɑɾ.ˈt͡sʰɑχ ǀ] |
Russian translation[]
Свободный и независимый
Арцах, как крепость, строим мы,
Героев кровью писана
История моей страны.
Ты святыня в веках
Неприступной твердыней стоишь,
Богом хранимый Арцах,
Ты гордое имя хранишь.
Ты, Отчизна, наш свет,
Храм Любви и в мольбах, и в сердцах.
Помним мы предков завет
Пусть в мире живет Карабах!
Армяне, мы сила страны,
Как Мрав, как Кирс и, как вечный Тартар.
Верою предков защищены,
Храним наш край, наш Божий дар.
English translation[]
Artsakh, free and independent,
Our home fortress now erect
Our country's greatest stories,
Forged by our blood.
You're a fortress unassailable,
A mountain holy, a name noble,
A blessing divine,
Through you made eternal.
You're the land that gives us light,
The gate of love for the fatherland.
May you always live in peace,
Our olden modern Karabakh.
We're Hayk's brave sons and daughters,
Like Mrav, Kirs, everlasting Tartar.
With our temples in mountains high
Let's keep undefeatable our land.
References[]
- ↑ Symbols of Statehood
- ↑ Պետական խորհրդանիշները Արտաքին գործերի նախարարություն
Արցախի Հանրապետություն