Index to Translations of Simon's Songs

Many of Simon Khorolskiy's renditions of songs have become favorites of mine—some familiar and many previously unknown to me.  He has placed the names of the composers by a few of the songs, but many have no source nor composer listed.  I asked him about this.  He wrote back:

"All of these songs, besides the ones that have 'original songs' by them, are old Russian hymns from 50-100 years ago that were sung by our grandparents back in the Soviet Union.  I am merely just reviving them.  Thanks for kindly asking, but, you don't even need my permission to translate them. Go forth!"

Thus I have carte blanche to translate these and make them accessible to people here in the States.  It is especially sweet to think that some of these songs were sung during the darkest days of the communistic oppression.    And it increases my desire to make these available to the Body of Christ within the English-speaking world.

NOTE: There will be many songs in both categories.

NOTE:  Many new translations in the Third Section Below.

Metrical Translations —

(Fits the translation to the music)

• Иерусалим — Jerusalem (Александр & Владимир Шевченко) ** New, 11-Oct-24
• O How Life's Sea Now Rages  (Melody Group)
• A Mother's Prayer    
• Cloud of Fire   
• O the Word of God Do Not E'er Neglect  
• Take me     
• I am Dreaming of the Mountains  
• Not a translation, but I added an additional verse
  
• Spring Again  
• Mowers in the Meadow  
• I am Just a Poor Sinner   (Socart)  
• Here on Earth Life is Short    
• Bless That House — Благословен Тот Дом   (Rusavuki — Русавуки)
• If I Could Forever Be Yours
• My Home In Heaven — Мой Дом
• O Prayer Time — О Молитва
• He Placed His Golden Crown
• Lord, When the Disciples
• Years of Youth—They Fly Away!
• White Clouds
• Near the Cross — У Креста
• Where Are You, Homeland Eternal? — Где ты прекрасная
• Together With You — Вместе Мы с Вами Верили
• On the Heav’nly Roll up Yonder — На Небесной Перекличке
• Wonderful and Marvelous —  Велики и чудны
• Heaven Is My Native Land — Мой в Небе Край Родной
  

Transliteration and Word-For-Word Translations —

(Does not fit the music)

Each line of the song will expand into 3 lines:
   1st Line:  The actual Russian (in the Cyrillic alphabet)
   2nd Line: The Russian represented by English letters
   3rd Line: The translation.
              Words that have to be supplied are in [square brackets].

• Возвожу Очи Мои — I Lift My Eyes    ** New, 12-Aug-21
• Там, в Вышине Бесконечной — There in the Infinite Heights  ** New, 11-Aug-21
• Крылья зари — The Wings of the Dawn  
• Одна Дорога — One Road   
• When The Roll Up Yonder (Russian version) 
• Дни Как Звук Отшумят — Days, Like a Sound
  
• My Redeemer Lives - Искупитель мой жив  
• You Are Worthy - Ты Достоин  
• Неизвестный Край -- The Unknown Land  
• Choose Life - Избери жизнь   
• Осень — Autumn     
• Столб Огня — Column of Fire   
• Я Падаю — I Fall  
• The Mighty Have Fallen - David & Jonathan 
• Обратись, Господи! — Turn, O Lord!   
• Ты Куда Идешь? — Where Are You Going? 
• Не Грусти — Do not Grieve, Do not Weep  
• Когда Безбрежный Рокот Океана — When the Roar of the Ocean
• The Sign of the Son — Знамение Сына 
• Наша жизнь коротка — Our Life is Short 
• Скажи мне, Господи —Tell Me, O Lord
• Научи меня, Боже, молиться — Teach Me to Pray
• Господь, Спаситель мой — O Lord, My Savior
• Ах, журавли, журавли — Oh, the Cranes
• Lyrics were written by Leonty Mihailovich Zhidkov in 1974
• Here and Again Farewell — Вот И Опять Прощание
• Wayfaring Stranger — Странник
• Mowers in the Meadow — Косари на лугу  
• В Сионской — In Zion's Upper Room 
• Here and Again — Вот И Опять    
• Wayfaring Stranger — Странник     
• O, If Forever — О, Если б Навеки   
• Years of Youth — Годы юности летят 
• Desert sinful, worldly—Пустыней Греховной   
• Happy Childhood — Счастливое Детство  
• Take Me — Возьми Меня  
• Mother's Prayer — Молитва Матери   
• Confession — Исповедь  
• Wonderful and Marvelous — Велики и чудны 
• My Home in Heaven — Мой Дом На Небе  
• O Prayer — О Молитва    
• Placing the Golden Crown — Сложив Златой 
• Lord, When the Disciples —  Господь, когда   
• How Good & Pleasant — Как Хорошо  (Ps. 133) 
• New Heaven — Новое Небо  (Rev. 21:1 - 5)
• White Clouds — Тучки Белые   
• God Be With You — Бог с Тобой 
• Near the Cross I Want to Stand — У Креста Хочу Стоять  
• Together We with You Believed — Вместе Мы с Вами Верили 
• Nearer, My God, To Thee — Ближе, Господь, к Тебе 
• Where Are You, Beautiful? — Где ты прекрасная 
• O Lord, There are Clouds on the Horizon — Господи, На Небосклоне Тучи 
• For God So Loved the World — Ибо Так Возлюбил  (John 3:16)
• Again Spring — Снова Весна 
• Grace of the Lord — Благодать Господа  (2 Cor. 13:14)
• Heaven Is My Native Land — Мой в Небе Край Родной 
• Ocean of God's Love —Океан Божьей любви  

Other Russian Songs Translated Word-for-Word —

• Будь храброй, душа — Take Courage  (Natalya Dotsenko)
• Самое главное — The Most Important Thing  (White Angel — Белый Ангел)
• Это мой Бог – This is My God  (White Angel — Белый Ангел )
• Хлеб Насущный — Give Us Bread   (White Angel — Белый Ангел)
• Bless That House — Благословен Тот Дом   (Rusavuki — Русавуки)
• Do Not Neglect God's Words — «О Божьих слов не пропускай»  (SOCART)
• I am a Poor Sinner — О, Я Грешник Бедный   (SOCART)
• В Минуту Жизни Трудную — In the Troubled Time of Life (SOCART —  Лермонтов) ** Updated, 07-Apr-21
• Иерусалим — Jerusalem (Darina Kochina — Дарина Кочанжи)
• Хочется в небо — I Want to Go to Heaven  (Alla Chepikova — Алла Чепикова)
• Отцы — Fathers  (Melody Group — Группа Мелодия)
• Отче Наш — Our Father  (Melody Group — Группа Мелодия)
• Есть На Небе Город — There is in Heaven a City   —  Jerusalem
• Славьте Господа — Praise the Lord   (Valerii Korop — Валерий Короп)
• My Heart Sings — Поёт моё сердце   (Melody Group — Группа Мелодия)
• Нежный Голос — Gentle Voice     (Melody Group — Группа Мелодия)
• Христос Воскрес — Christ is Risen (Melody Group — Группа Мелодия)
• Свеча — Candle      (Melody Group — Группа Мелодия)
• Повей, Великий Божий Дух — Breathe Great Spirit of God  (Ольга Заворотная — Olga Zavorothaya) (SOCART)
• Нас Христос Учил Молиться — Christ Taught Us to Pray   (SOCART) 
• Вечный Свет — Eternal Light   (Христианская Группа Альфа — Group Alpha) 
• Cтрашно Бушует Житейское Море — Wildly Rages the Sea of Life   (Группа Мелодия & Братья)
• Иди Веселей — Go Cheerfully!  (Melody Group — Группа Мелодия)
• Там в Небесах — There in Heaven  (Kirnev Family — Cемья Кирнев)
• Я Радуюсь — I Rejoice   (Melody Group — Группа Мелодия)
• Милость Божия — The Mercy of God  (SOCART) 
• Не Сдавайся — Don't Give Up    (White Angel — Белый Ангел)
• Мой путь — My Path    (Melody Group — Группа Мелодия)
• The Man of God — Божий Человек  (Василий Перебиковский, Vasilii Perebikovskii)
• Господь Моя Сила — The Lord My Strength   (Melody Group — Группа Мелодия)
• Хорошо, Когда Вместе В Общенье — Good When Together in Fellowship  (SOCART)
• Далеко, Далеко! — Far Away, Far Away!  (SOCART)
• Боже! Слышать Слово — O God! To Hear the Word  (SOCART)
• Слушайте Повесть — God Has Saved Us from Death  (SOCART)
• Я в Бессмертье Иду — I Go into Immortality   (Melody Group — Группа Мелодия)
• Бог Есть Любовь— God is Love    (SOCART) 
• Мой Духовный Сад — My Spiritual Garden   (SOCART)
• В Ночном Саду — In The Night Garden  (Дети Поют — Children Sing)
  See also: The Angels Sing, New English Words for this Song   
• Ночь тиха над Палестиной — Quiet Night Over Palestine  (Дети Поют — Children Sing)
  See also: Night Is Still O'er Ancient Israel (New English Words)  
• Лучший День — Best Day Ever  (White Angel — Белый Ангел )
• Папа — Papa   (Бэкки и Юлия Базан | Becky & Yulia Bazan) 
• Я Верю В Любовь — I Believe in Love  (White Angel — Белый Ангел)
• Ты Их Прости — Forgive Them   (White Angel — Белый Ангел)
• Ты Всё Что есть у Меня — You Are All I Have  (Ольга Андрощук, Fedor P. Vision)
• Да Будет Имя Бога Благословенно — May the Name of God Be Blessed  (White Angel — Белый Ангел)
• Господи, Даруй Народам—O Lord, Give the Nations  (SOCART)   
• Мой Бог — My God  (Melody Group — Группа Мелодия)  
• Слушай, Земля — Listen, O Earth!  (White Angel — Белый Ангел)  
• Особенный день — Special Day  (White Angel — Белый Ангел)  
• Пусть Земля Вся Утверждает—Let the Whole Earth Claim (Melody Group — Группа Мелодия)    
• К Награде Я Стремлюсь — "Faith"  (SOCART, Hillsong)  
• Тысячи Лет Пролетели — Thousands of Years Flew (Tambov Church) 
• Я был Так Слеп — I Was So Blind  
• С Ранней Зари — From the Early Dawn   .
• Звёзд Дивные Алмазы — Wondrous Diamonds of the Stars (Высокая Гармония — High Harmony)  .
• Мы Увидим Небеса — We Will See Heaven  (Darina Kochina — Дарина Кочанжи) 
• Любите Друг Друга — Love Each Other  (группа Воскресение, Resurrection Group)  
• Я Верую - I Believe   (Молодежный Хор Церкви Вифания, Pavel Pislari) 
• Взойдём на Голгофу мой брат — Let Us Ascend to Calvary 
• Куда пойду от Духа Твоего? — Where Will I Go from Your Spirit  (SOCART)
• Радуйтесь, праведные, о Господе—Rejoice, O righteous, in the Lord (Hosanna Voices)
• Исцели Мое Сомненье — Heal My Doubt (SOCART)
• Иерусалим — Jerusalem  (Александр & Владимир Шевченко) ** New, 11-Oct-24 . . .

 

Some words about Russian and Translating —

Russian is far different from English, even though both are Indo-European languages.  Some of the difference is superficial: Russian uses the Cyrillic alphabet, whereas English uses the Roman alphabet.  But the deep-seated differences lie in word order and what happens to words as they are showing different roles in a sentence.  I don't want to delve into the details of Russian grammar, but I want to help you appreciate some of what the Russian language is doing.

For English, the language is strongly dependent on word order:

I book a place.            OR                 I place a book.

These two sentences have vastly different meanings.  In Russian this is not possible because verbs have verb endings that reflect not only the tense (past, present, future, etc.) but also who the subject of the sentence is.  Likewise, nouns have noun endings that mark them as being a subject or an object of a verb or showing possession.  Thus Russian can move words around in ways that seem unnatural to the English mind.  This allows for flexibility in poetry, allowing the cadence to move better.  It also allows something to take focus by placing it first or in a position that highlights its role differently than you could do with English.

Other difference that show up in doing a word-for-word translation are:

• Russian has no articles: no a, an, nor the.
• Russian does not (usually)  use the verb to be in the present tense.
• All you do is put the noun next to the other noun or an adjective
• "The house is green."   Becomes word-for-word translated: "House — green."
• Sometimes the preposition that we use in English is embedded in the noun's ending.  In other words, the Russian language does not need to say "The dog of the man."  Instead the noun "man" would be modified to show that it was possessing something: usually the noun just before it.
• You will see a number of words that look like single consonant letters.  Eg, s, k, v.  They are stand alone words, often prepositions.  However in pronunciation, they are run together with the word that follows.  For example:
• Бог с Тобой — transliterated:  Bog s Toboi
• but  this would be pronounced more like Bṓg stəBṒY
• and the Word-for-Word translation:  "God [be] with you"
• The English letter transliterations are approximate.  For instance:
• zh is used to represent   Ж   —  a soft French "j" sound, as in Jacque.
• sometimes a sound becomes voiced or unvoiced depending on what letters is next to it.  In other words, making it easier to say.
• For instance: V  voiced   is  similar to  F  unvoiced
• Likewise:  B  voiced   is  similar to  P  unvoiced
• etc.
• And the consonant will become voiced or unvoiced depending on what's immediately in front or after it.
• "Г" usually pronounced /g/ as in /good/, but sometimes is pronounced /v/ in some words that end in something like: "его"!
• Thus его ("his") is pronounced /yevo/.

Resources:

• Translating: yandex
• Far better than google translate, especially for European and Eastern European languages.
• Although, google translate does provide the English phonetic spelling of the Russian words.
• context parsing of words:  wiktionary —
• this example parses прибежище
• Biblegate (Russian Synodal Version) — 
• This example is from Ps 90 (English numbering, #89 in the Russian Bible).  
• The history of this translation is interesting in its own right.