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I know my duty,
To perish honorably like a warrior,
But your duty is to lead across
The congregation and the motherland!…The only thing we need
Is Faith. I have learned one thing
In my life, untimely mature,
And it is an ancient and unshakable truth.
Refrain: Bulgaria stands firmly
Not on dead men, not on bones,
But on the spirit of its saints.
Tsars and lords were sucked away by decay,
Entire tribes were covered by oblivion,
But this country , saved by God,
Survives through them. I call upon you
Great hermit from Athon,
Scholar of pan-Slavonic fame.
Have mercy for your depraved people,
That was cut by sward and pierced by arrows,
But still remains both pure and orthodox !
I hand this people over to you! Be
What you are - a parent and precursor!
And when the darkness falls, sow stars!
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