Against the progress of the stars,

And stayed the march of Motherland!

They stood who saw the future come

On through the fight’s delirium;

They smote and stood who held the hope

Of nations on that slippery slope,

Amid the cheers of Christendom!

God lives! He forged the iron will,

That clutched and held that trembling hill!

God lives and reigns! He built and lent