1.
Gorda Stara planina,
do ney Dunava siney,
slŭntse Trakiya ogryava,
nad Pirina plameney.
Chorus:
‖: Mila Rodino, ti si zemen ray,
tvoyta khubost, tvoyta prelest,
akh, te nyamat kray. :‖
There were two more verses before 1990:
2.
Padnakha bortsi bezchet,
za naroda nash lyubim,
mayko, day ni mŭzhka sila,
pŭtya im da prodŭlzhim.
Chorus
3.
Druzhno, bratya bŭlgari!
S nas Moskva e v mir i v boy!
Partiya velika vodi
nashiya pobeden stroy.
Chorus