Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Words by W. Lebedew-Kumасh.
Music by I. Dunajewsky.
A merry song makes the heart light and happy,
Smoothing down our deepest frowns,
It is a sunbeam for millions of people
And is beloved both by villages and towns.
A merry song helps to live and to build life.
It calls us on like the voice of a friend.
And those who march with a song through life's battle,
They never fail to be heroes in the end.
Now march ahead, YCL generation,
March ahead, sing and smile, laugh and joke.
For we shall conquer expanses and seasons
And rule the land that is free of any yoke.
We shall explore, understand and discover
The frigid Pole and the blue arch above,
If our country commands us be heroes,
We shall be heroes and show her our love.
We pledge to sing and be merry like children,
In toil and struggle both great and small,
For we were born into this world of ours
Not to be crushed, but to win in spite of all.
And if our foe wants to rob us of gladness,
And attacks us in bloody fight,
Then we shall sing him a war song of ours
And fight like heroes defending our rights.