The Sun Shines over Our Motherland

The Sun Shines over Our Motherland «Над Родиной нашей солнце сияет» (Op.90) is a Russian-language cantata written in 1952 by Dimitri Shostakovich on a libretto by Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky.

Lyrics

The original lyrics begin:

Над Родиной нашей , страной созиданья , солнце сияет . Великие стройки , высотные зданья оно озаряет.[1]

Alternative de-politicised lyrics also exist, such as

Родина слышит, Родина знает, Где в облаках Её сын пролетает...[2]

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