"Šče ne vmerła Ukrajina" ( Ще не вмерла Україна, [ˈʃtʃɛ nɛ ˈu̯mɛrɫɐ ʊkrɐˈjinɐ] ; 'Ukraine Hath Not Perished' or 'Nay, Ukraine Is Not Dead') was originally a 19th-century patriotic poem written by Kievan ethnographer Paul Chubinsky (Pavło Čubynśkyj). Now currently the national anthem of Ukraine, the music composed by Michael Werbitzky (Mychajło Verbyćkyj)—a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest—was officially adopted by the country's unicameral parliament Verchovna Rada in 1992 after the end of the Soviet Union. The lyrics (words), which have been changed a bit, were adopted in 2003 by the Law on the Anthem of Ukraine.