State anthem of the Armenian SSR

1956–1991 version

1. Sovetakan azat ashkharh Hayastan,
Bazum darer dazhan champʻa du antsʻar,
Kʻaj ordikʻ kʻo makʻaṛetsʻin kʻez hamar,
Or daṛnas du mayr hayrenikʻ hayutʻyan.

Chorus:
Pʻaṛkʻ kʻez, misht pʻaṛkʻ, Sovetakan Hayastan,
Ashkhataser, chartaragorts-shinarar,
Zhoghovrdotsʻ surb dashinkʻov ansasan,
Du tsaghkum es ev kertum luys apagad.

2. Leninn anmah mez hurn anshej pargeʹvetsʻ,
Mer dem shoghatsʻ erjankaber aygabatsʻ,
Hoktemberě kortsanumitsʻ mez pʻrketsʻ
Eʹv tvetsʻ mez nor, paytsaṛ kyankʻ pʻaṛapants.

Chorus

3. Mets Ṛusian mez eghbayrutʻyan dzeṛkʻ meknetsʻ,
Menkʻ kertetsʻinkʻ amrakuṛ nor petutʻyun,
Leninyan mer kusaktsʻutʻyunn imastun
Haghtʻoren mez dep komunizm ē tanum.

Chorus

1944–1956 version

1. Sovetakan azat ashkharh Hayastan,
Bazum darer dazhan champʻa du antsʻar,
Kʻaj nakhnikʻ mer makʻaṛetsʻin kʻez hamar,
Or daṛnas du mayr-Hayrenikʻ hayutʻyan.

Chorus:
Pʻaṛkʻ kʻez, misht pʻaṛkʻ, ⸢herosakan⸣* Hayastan,
Hancharegh du chartaragorts-shinarar,
Zhoghovrdotsʻ surb dashinkʻov stalinyan,
Du tsaghkum es ev kertum luys apagad.

2. Leninn anmah mez hurn anshej pargevetsʻ,
Mer dem shoghatsʻ erjankaber aygabatsʻ,
Stalině mets, kortsanumitsʻ mez pʻrketsʻ
Eʹv tvetsʻ mez nor, azat kyankʻ pʻaṛapants.

Chorus

3. Mets Ṛusian mez eghbayrutʻyan dzeṛkʻ meknetsʻ,
Menkʻ kertetsʻinkʻ amrakuṛ, nor petutʻyun,
Ochʻ mi osokh chʻi karogh tsnki berel
Ansasan zhoghovrdin mer hnaguyn.

Chorus

* After the 2nd verse: veratsnvats, after the 3rd verse: Sovetakan.

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