Limba noastra-i foc ce arde
Într-un neam, ce fara veste
S-a trezit din somn de moarte
Ca viteazul din poveste.
Limba noastra-i frunza verde,
Zbuciumul din codrii vesnici,
Nistrul lin, ce-n valuri pierde
Ai luceferilor sfesnici.
Limba noastra-i limba sfânta,
Limba vechilor cazanii,
Care o plâng si care o cânta
Pe la vatra lor taranii.
Rasari-va o comoara
În adâncuri înfundata,
Un sirag de piatra rara
Pe mosie revarsata.
A burning flame is our tongue
Amidst a people waking
From a deathly sleep, no warning,
Like the brave man of the stories.
Our tongue is the greenest leaf
Of the everlasting forests,
Gentle river Nistru's ripples
Hiding starlight bright and shining.
Our tongue is more than holy,
Words of homilies of old
Wept and sung perpetually
In the homesteads of our folks.
A treasure will spring up swiftly
From deep shadows of the past,
Chain of precious stones that scattered
All over our ancient land.
Flag History | In 1940 Bessarabia and Bukowina, a substantial part of historic Moldavia, were torn out of Romania and forcibly incorporated into the Soviet Union under the name of the Moldabian SSR. Striving for independence and eventual reunification with Romania, the Moldavian authorities adopted the flag of Romania and charged it with the state arms. |
Flag Date of Adoption | 27 April 1990 |
Flag Symbolism | same color scheme as Romania - three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red; emblem in center of flag is of a Roman eagle of gold outlined in black with a red beak and talons carrying a yellow cross in its beak and a green olive branch in its right talons and a yellow scepter in its left talons; on its breast is a shield divided horizontally red over blue with a stylized ox head, star, rose, and crescent all in black-outlined yellow |