National Anthem of Ukraine : Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia

“Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia“ (Ukrainian: Ще не вмерла України і слава, і воля, pronounced [ˈʃt͡ʃɛ nɛ u̯ˈmɛrlɐ ʊkrɐˈjinɪ i ˈslɑwɐ i ˈwɔlʲɐ], lit. 'The glory and freedom of Ukraine has not yet perished'), also known by its official title of “State Anthem of Ukraine“ (Державний Гімн України, Derzhavnyy Himn Ukrayiny) or by its shortened form “Shche ne vmerla Ukrayina“ (Ще не вмерла Україна, lit. 'Ukraine has not yet perished'), is the national anthem of Ukraine. It is one of the state symbols of the country. The lyrics constitute a slightly modified version of the first stanza of a patriotic poem written in 1862 by the poet Pavlo Chubynsky, a prominent ethnographer from Kyiv. In 1863, Mykhailo Verbytsky, a western Ukrainian composer and Greek-Catholic priest, composed music to accompany Chubynsky's text. The first choral perfor