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Friday, May 13, 2022

Майский вальс. Весна 45 года — A May Waltz, Spring of the 45th Year





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1. Spring in the forty-fifth year then,
Blue Danube was waiting for you.
Freedom for people of Europe
Bright sunny May delivered so true.
There in a safe Vienna plaza
The people all gathered around,
Our soldiers the guardians played songs on accordions
The Russian Waltz's cheery glad sound.


Chorus:
   Vienna remembers, and the Danube, and the Alps,
   All the springing and the singing—Russian Waltz.
   Heads were whirling with the twirling that bright May.
   Hearts remember, ne'er forgetting that grand day!


2. This soldier's fine waltz then resounded
So easy, inspirèd, and bold;
Vienna was spinning and singing,
As if Strauss was playing of old.
That solder so happy and smiling
His accordion heart-close and quite snug
As though this one man had seen Russian heartland
And gave Russian Volga a hug.


3. O'er beautiful ancient Vienna
The Waltz floated light on a wing,
Sometimes so tender then passionate,
Each one enthralled by the spring.
Spring of the forty-fifth year!
How long the Blue Danube had sighed.
The soldier was playing and all Vienna swaying—
The Russian Waltz sung to the skies.

     translated by D. Benning, 13-May-22
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Background as found on: https://text-pesni.com/aelb
(As accessed May 2022)

"May Waltz" is a Soviet song about the Great Patriotic War, a finalist of the TV festival "Song of the Year — 1985". It was first broadcast on December 30, 1985, performed by People's Artist of Belarus, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Yaroslav Evdokimov, accompanied by a variety symphony orchestra, conducted by Alexander Petukhov at the Dynamo Sports Palace, in the final concert of the All-Union Television Festival of Soviet Song "Song of the Year" in 1985.

Music: Igor Mikhailovich Luchenok — Soviet and Belarusian composer, teacher. People's Artist of the USSR.

Words: Mikhail Yasen is a Soviet Belarusian poet-songwriter.

Additional information: https://museum-gym2-nsk.ru/den_pobedy/tpost/s2p1uz8z21-maiskii-vals




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Friday, December 4, 2020

Ночь тиха над Палестиной — Quiet Night Over Palestine




 
Music can be found here:
 
 
1. Ночь тиха над Палестиной.
Noch' tikha nad Palestinoy.
Night [is] quiet over Palestine.

Спит усталая земля.
Spit ustalaya zemlya.
Sleeps [the] tired earth.

Горы, рощи и долины
Gory, roshchi i doliny
Mountains, woods, and valleys

[:Скрыла всё ночная мгла.:]
[:Skryla vso nochnaya mgla.:]
[:hid all [the] night darkness.:]
  [:(Ie, The night darkness hid all):]



2. В Вифлееме утомлённом
V Vifleyeme utomlonnom
In Bethlehem wearied
   (Ie, in wearied Bethlehem)
   
Все погасли огоньки,
Vse pogasli ogon'ki,
All extinguished lights,
   (Ie, All lights were extinguished)
   
Только в поле отдалённом
Tol'ko v pole otdalonnom
Only in fields remote

[:Не дремали пастухи.:]
[:Ne dremali pastukhi.:]
[:Not slumbered [the] shepherds.:]



3. Словно что ожидали,
Slovno chto ozhidali,
As if that [they] expected,

Обходя ночной дозор,
Obkhodya nochnoy dozor,
Passing [the] night watch,

И, усевшись, завязали
I, usevshis', zavyazali
And, seated, [they] started

[:Меж собою разговор.:]
[:Mezh soboyu razgovor.:]
[:Between themselves conversation:]



4. Вдруг раздался голос нежный,
Vdrug razdalsya golos nezhnyy,
Suddenly rang out voice gentle,

Трепет пастухов объял,
Trepet pastukhov ob"yal,
Trembling [the] shepherd overtook,

И в одежде белоснежной
I v odezhde belosnezhnoy
And in robes snow-white

[:Ангел Божий им предстал.:]
[:Angel Bozhiy im predstal.:]
[:[An] angel [of] God [to] them appeared.:]


5. – Не пугайтесь, не смущайтесь!
– Ne pugaytes', ne smushchaytes'!
- Not be frightened, not be confused!

От Небесного Отца
Ot Nebesnogo Ottsa
From Heavenly Father

Я пришёл с великой тайной
YA prishol s velikoy taynoy
I arrived with great mystery

[:Вам возрадовать сердца.:]
[:Vam vozradovat' serdtsa.:]
[: [to] You (plural) to rejoice (to cause sudden joy) hearts. :]


6. Милость людям посылает
Milost' lyudyam posylayet
Mercy [to] people sends

Сам Христос, Владыка-Царь.
Sam Khristos, Vladyka-Tsar'.
Himself Christ, [the] Sovereign-King.

Грешный мир спасти желая,
Greshnyy mir spasti zhelaya,
Sinful world to save wanted,

[:Сам Себя Он в жертву дал.:]
[:Sam Sebya On v zhertvu dal.:]
[: Himself Himself He in sacrifice gave. :]
   (Ie, He Himself gave Himself in sacrifice.)


Repeat verse 1



-------  Better English  -------

1. The night is quiet over Palestine.
The tired earth sleeps.
Mountains, woods, and valleys—
[:The night darkness hid everything.:]

2. In weary Bethlehem
All the lights were extinguished,
Only in the remote fields
[:The shepherd did not slumber.:]

3. They expected little else
And to pass the night watch,
They being seated, started
[:Conversation among themselves.:]

4. Suddenly a gently voice rang out,
Trembling overtook the shepherds,
And in snowy-white raiment
[:An angel of the Lord appeared to them.:]

5. Do not fear, be not confused!
From the Heavenly Father
I arrived with a great mystery
[: To cause your hearts to rejoice suddenly!:]

6. Christ Himself, the Sovereign King
Sends mercy to the people.
Wanting to save the sinful world,
[:He Himself gave Himself as sacrifice.:]

 

 

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Wednesday, December 2, 2020

В Ночном Саду — In The Night Garden




 
 

Written by: Владимир Федорович Шишкарёв 
(Vladimir Fedorovich Shishkaryov)

Opening conversation:
     (thank you, TG)

Boy - What are you reading?
 
Girl - Read to us too.
 
Older girl, reading - The time had come for Mary to give birth. The holy travelers had wandered for a long time, seeking shelter, but meanwhile, night fell, and they decided to spend the night in the outskirts of the city, in a cave where shepherds sheltered in bad weather, and in these conditions, in a cold cave, took place the greatest event in the lives of all people. On this holy night was born the God-man, Jesus Christ, the Savior of all the world. The holy virgin Mary swaddled the baby and laid him in a manger, a feeding trough for cattle. That night, shepherds were pasturing their flocks in the fields, when suddenly like lighting stood before them a radiant shining angel, and the shepherds were very afraid, but the angel of God said - Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. Go to the cave and you will find the baby lying in a manger.
 
 
 
 
1. В ночном саду прохладно и светло,
V nochnom sadu prokhladno i svetlo,
In night garden cool and bright,

Стоит наш мирный дом.
Stoit nash mirnyy dom.
Stands our peaceful home.

Проходит ангел, белое крыло
Prokhodit angel, beloye krylo
Passes [an] angel, white wing

Мелькает за окном.
Mel'kayet za oknom.
flashes outside [the] window.


--припев--
В пещере ослик кушает овёс,
V peshchere oslik kushayet ovyos
In [a] grotto [a] donkey eats oats,

В яслях лежит Христос,
V yaslyakh lezhit Khristos,
In [a] creche lays [the] Christ,

Ослёнок носом тянется к Нему,
Oslyonok nosom tyanetsya k Nemu,
[A] donkey foal nose reaches toward Him,
   (Ie, the foal reaches [its] nose toward Him)
   
Звезда глядит во тьму.
Zvezda glyadit vo t'mu.
[A] star gazes into darkness.



2. Мария держит Сына на руках,
Mariya derzhit Syna na rukakh,
Mary holds [the] Son in arms,

Иосиф греет чай.
Iosif greyet chay.
Joseph warms [the] tea.

Тут ангел им сказал о пастухах:
Tut angel im skazal o pastukhakh:
Then [the] angel [to] them said about [the] shepherds:

"Сейчас придут, встречай!"
"Seychas pridut, vstrechay!"
"Now [they] come, greet [them]!"


--припев--


3. Волхвы дары свои Ему несут,
Volkhvy dary svoi Yemu nesut,
[The] Magi gifts their own [to] Him carry/bring,

За ними важно вслед
Za nimi vazhno vsled
After them importantly in wake

Верблюды длинноногие идут,
Verblyudy dlinnonogiye idut,
Camels long-legged come,

Звезда им дарит свет.
Zvezda im darit svet.
[The] star them gives light.


--припев--
 
 
 


-------  Better English  -------
 

1. In the night garden cool and bright,
Stands our peaceful home.
An angel passes, white wing
Flashes outside the window

--Chorus--
In a grotto a donkey eats oats,
In a creche lays the Christ,
The donkey foal reaches its nose toward Him,
The star gazes into darkness.


2. Mary holds the Son in her arms,
Joseph warms the tea.
Then the angel told them of the shepherds:
"They are coming now, greet them!"

--Chorus--


3. The Magi bring to Him their own gifts;
Following after in their wake,
Long-legged camels come;
The star gives them light.

--Chorus--



See this link for new words set to this same tune.



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Sunday, October 28, 2018

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)


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].







Other Russian Songs Translated Word-for-Word —

 

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/.

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