Here on Earth Life is Short

Наша жизнь коротка

Here on earth life is short,
as a bird flies away;
racing on, rushing past,
ebbing out, ending day.

As a shadow our life
here on earth to us giv'n;
after dusk in the dark
shadows gone, from us driv'n.

Like a flow'r of the grass,
in the morn brightly blooms;
swelt'ring heat of the day
withered then ere night's gloom.

Life is like sounding noise,
sounding out from a block,
sudden fright is our life,
then is gone—see the shock!

Careless soul on life's course,
Don't you think of these things:
Soon you'll die then face God,
brief your time — now threats bring.

Now's the time, time to care,
search for Christ, O my friend!
You will find joy in Him,
His salvation He_will send.

 Another version, as if a Russian congregation sang it.

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Наша жизнь коротка — Our Life is Short

Наша жизнь коротка,

Nasha zhizn' korotka,

Our life [is] short

Словно птицы полёт,

Slovno ptitsy polyot,

As if birds flying,

И быстрей челнока

I bystrey chelnoka

And quicker [than a] shuttle

Улетает вперед.

Uletayet vpered.

Flies ahead.

Наша жизнь, словно тень,

Nasha zhizn', slovno ten',

Our life, as if [a] shadow,

На земле нам дана.

Na zemle nam dana.

On earth [to] us [is] given.

И как солнце зайдёт -

I kak solntse zaydyot -

And like sun will set —

Исчезает она.

Ischezayet ona.

Vanishes she (ie, life).

Как цветок полевой:

Kak tsvetok polevoy:

Like flower field  (ie, like field flower)

По утру расцветал,

Po utru rastsvetal,

Upon morning blossomed,

А уж к вечеру в зной

A uzh k vecheru v znoy

And already in evening in heat

Пожелтел и завял.

Pozheltel i zavyal.

Yellowed and withered.

This verse, found in Russian Hymnals, not sung by Simon

Жизнь ведь только как звук,
Zhizn' ved' tol'ko kak zvuk,

Life after all only like [a] sound,

удар молотка,

udar molotka,

[a] blow [of a] hammer,

как нежданный испуг —

kak nezhdannyy ispug —

like [an] unexpected fright  —

так она коротка.

tak ona korotka.

So she (ie, life) [is] short.

И не думаешь ты

I ne dumayesh' ty

And not think you

Ни о чём, человек:

Ni o chyom, chelovek:

Not about anything, man:

Что ты скоро умрёшь

Chto ty skoro umryosh'

That you soon will die

И короток твой век.

I korotok tvoy vek.

And brief your time.

Позаботься же ты

Pozabot'sya zhe ty

You [singular] take care of {imperative}

(note the word order—“you” is at the end;  “zhe” emphasizes with urgency)

И Христа поищи,

I Khrista poishchi,

And Christ [you, singular] search  (implying for some time) {imperative}

В Нём отраду найдёшь

V Nyom otradu naydyosh'

In Him joy will find

И спасенье души.

I spasen’ye dushi.

And salvation [of the] soul.

Песни Христиан, Том 1 (Песнь Возрождения)
Christian Songs, Vol. 1 (Song of the Renaissance)
https://mscmusic.org/works/PV-711

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