RUSSIAN LYRICS

Kol’ slavjen nash Gospod’ v Sionje,
Nje mozhet izjasnit’ jazyk.
Vjelik on v nebesah na tronje,
V bylinkah na zemlje velik.
Vezdje, Gospod’, vezdje Ty slaven,
V noczi, vo dni sijan’jem raven.

Tjebja Tvoj agnets zlatorunnyj
V sjebe izobrazhajet nam;
Psaltyr’ju my desjatistrunnoj
Tjebje prinosim fimiam.
Primi ot nas blagodarejn’je,
Kak blagovonnoje kuren’je.

Ty solntsem smertnyh osveczajesh,
Ty ljubish, Bozhe, nas kak chad,
Ty nas trapezoj nasyczaesh’
I zizhdesh nam v Sionje grad.
Ty grjeshnyh, Bozhe, poseczajesh
I plotiju Tvojej pitaesh.

O, Bozhe, vo tvojo selen’je
Da vnidut nashi golosa,
I vzydet nashe umilen’je
K tjebje, kak utrjennjaja rosa!
Tjebe v serdsah altar’ postavim,
Tjebje, Gospod’, pojom i slavim!

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RUSSIAN LYRICS (Cyrillic script)

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

How glorious our Lord is on Zion
The tongue can not express.
He’s great in heavens on the throne,
In blades of grass on earth he’s great.
Oh Lord, Thou art glorious everywhere,
At night, by day Thy shining is the same.

Thy lamb with golden fleece
Symbolizes Thee for us;
With ten-strings psaltery
We burn incense for Thee.
Accept our thanksgiving
As a fragrant smoking.

Thou illume mortals by the sun,
Thou love us, God, as your children,
Thou satiate us with blessed meal
And create for us a city on Zion.
Thou, oh God, visit the sinners
And nourish them with thy flesh.

Oh God, let our voices
Enter thy dwelling,
And let our tender sense
Rise to Thee like morning dew!
For Thee with heart we’ll raise an altar,
For Thee we sing and glorifying!