Friday, November 23, 2018

My Home in Heaven — Мой Дом На Небе

This music video by Simon Khorolskiy jars the sensibilities with the clash of hopeful and joyous lyrics contrasting with the images of violent persecution and sad believers left behind.  Given what Simon has divulged, that many of these songs were sung in the Soviet Union 50 to 100 years ago, one wonders just how personal in Simon's past this story goes.  The fact that he released this video less than two hours before Thanksgiving, adds another huge contrast for the Western mind to absorb.  It's not Stuff™.  For things of this earth will all pass away and disappoint.  However, Christ and His eternal Heaven in bright and glorious light, will endure.  That is our hope and our calling!

Simon wrote:
Я всегда знал, что раньше или позже я должен буду сделать видео на эту тему. Уровень жизни в наше время так высок, что иногда кажется, что тот период времени просто выдумка. Но это не так. Я благодарен Богу, что сегодня никто не отнимает мою жизнь за веру в Иисуса Христа. Но будем ли мы готовы сделать это, если потребуется?

I always knew that sooner or later I would have to make a video on this topic. The standard of living in our time is so high that sometimes it seems that that [this] period of time is just an invention. But it is not. I am grateful to God that today no one takes my life for believing in Jesus Christ. But will we be ready to do this if necessary?



Unlike the video, the lyrics are suitable for any one of any age.  They are hopeful, encouraging, and heaven-pointing.

1. Мой дом на небе, за облаками,
Moi dom na nebe, za oblakami,
My home [is] in heaven, beyond [the] clouds,
Где жизни новой уж нет конца,
Gde zhizni novoi uzh net kontsa,
Where life new already not end,
Друзья, родные где будут с нами
Druz'ya, rodnyye gde budut s nami
Friends, relative where [they] will be with us
Петь песни славы там у Отца.
Pet' pesni slavy tam u Ottsa.
Singing songs [of] glory there by/near/with [the] Father.

       Припев — Refrain:
      О дом небесный, где быть желаю,
      O dom nebesnyi, gde byt' zhelayu,
      O home heavenly, where to be [I] desire
      Туда стремлюсь я, чтоб вечно жить;
      Tuda stremlyus' ya, chtob vechno zhit';
      There aspire/seek/aim I, so that eternally to live;
       Там буду Бога я вечно славить
      Tam budu Boga ya vechno slavit'
      There will be God I eternally will praise
       И в свете чудном Христу служить.
      I v svete chudnom Khristu sluzhit'.
      And in light marvelous, Christ to serve.

2. Как в бурю с моря моряк стремится
Kak v buryu s morya moryak stremintsya
Like in storm at/from sea [a] sailor seeks
Причалить в гавань, чтоб отдохнуть,
Prichalit' v gavan', chtob otdokhhyt'
To dock in harbor, so that to relax/refresh/seek safety
Так рвусь я сердцем в жилище света,
Tak rvus' ya serdtsem v zhilishch sveta,
So desire (break/tear) I heart into dwelling [of] light
Где отдых ждет всех свершивших путь.
Gde otdykh zhdet vcekh svershivshikh put'.
Where rest awaits all [who] accomplish [this] path.

3. Отрадно будет в том вечном доме,
Otradno budet v tom vechnom dome,
Pleasant [it] will be in that eternal home,
Увижу Друга души моей,
Uvizhu Druga dushi moei,
[I] Will see Friend spirit [of] mine,
(ie, My spirit will see my Friend,)
Кто на Голгофе за грех наш умер
Kto na Golgophe za grekh nash umer
Who on Golgotha for sins ours died
И примирил нас с Отцом людей.
I primiril nas s Ottsom lyudei.
And reconciled us with [the] Father [of] mankind

4. В печалях горьких слез лить не будем,
V pechalyakh gor'kikh slez lit' he budem,
In [the] sorrows [of] bitterness tears [we] pour not will
Навеки славу мы будем петь;
Naveki slavu my budem pet';
Evermore [the] glory we will sing;
Разлуки, скорби, болезнь забудем,
Razluki, skorbi, bolozn' zabudem,
Parting, mourning, sickness [we] forget (lay aside and misplace never to find)
Не будем больше нужды терпеть.
Ne budem bol'she nuzhdy terpet'.
Not will [we] more need tolerate / endure.



A new version by Группа Мелодия, Group Molodiya (based in Sacramento, CA)


At the end of the version are the words:
Песня написанная в 1937 году на ссылке в узах неизвестным автопом.
A song written in 1937 in prison in bonds by unknown author.


Another version by Белый Ангел, White Angel (also based in Sacramento, CA)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9i4Z2oRdvk
         (This video cannot be hot linked and must be played directly on youtube.)


Someone asked where the music for this hymn could be found.
Music may be found here:  Мой Дом На Небе




2 comments:

  1. Gdje mogu naći NOTE od pjesme Nebo je moj dom (Heaven is my Home)? Hvala! Pozdrav iz Hrvatske!

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    1. Želiš slušati glazbu? Kao na primjer?
      You want the music? Such as this?
      Ты хочешь послушать музыку? Вот так, например?

      Neka Bog blagoslovi!


      https://noty-bratstvo.org/sites/default/files/moj-dom-na-nebe-514.pdf

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