From A Revolutionary Anthem by Pavel Katenin

Arch-despot, under your yoke,
Our fatherland suffers in woe.
Men’s patience you sorely provoke,
Your throne we shall soon overthrow.

Liberty! Liberty!
You we shall crown!
Better to die than be slaves trodden down—
Such is the oath we have sworn…

(1820)
Translated by Dorian Rottenberg. Soviet Literature Monthly, No 12 (333), 1975.