1. Тёмная ночь на долины ложится,
Tomnaya noch' na doliny lozhitsya,
Dark night on valley falls,
Tomnaya noch' na doliny lozhitsya,
Dark night on valley falls,
Меркнут лучи уходящего дня,
Merknut luchi ukhodyashchego dnya,
Dim rays [of] passing day,
С гор на долину прохлада струится,
S gor na dolinu prokhlada struitsya,
From mountain to valley cool flows,
Молкнет за речкою трель соловья.
Molknet za rechkoyu trel' solov'ya.
Grows quiet over river [the] trill [of] nightingale
Гомон и шум городской утихают,
Gomon i shum gorodskoy utikhayut,
Hubbub and noise city/urban subsides
Сладко царит тишина надо всем,
Sladko tsarit tishina nado vsem,
Sweetly reigns silence over everything
В бархате пышных садов утопая,
V barkhate pyshnykh sadov utopaya,
In velvet [of] lush gardens sinking,
Дремлет в нагорной стране Вифлеем.
Dremlet v nagornoy strane Vifleyem.
Slumbers in [the] upland country Bethlehem.
Chorus
Вдруг ослепительно всё засияло,
Vdrug oslepitel'no vso zasiyalo,
Suddenly dazzlingly everything shone,
С пеньем явился Божественный хор;
S pen'yem yavilsya Bozhestvennyy khor;
With singing appeared heavenly choir;
Воинство Ангелов с неба предстало
Voinstvo Angelov s neba predstalo
Host [of] Angels from Heaven appeared
Над изумлённой гурьбой пастухов.
Nad izumlonnoy gur'boy pastukhov.
Above astonished crowd [of] shepherds.
Слушай, земля, обагрённая кровью,
Slushay, zemlya, obagronnaya krov'yu,
Listen, earth, stained crimson [with] blood,
Слушай великий святой манифест!
Slushay velikiy svyatoy manifest!
Listen [to the] great holy manifest!
Слушай с надеждой и пылкой любовью
Slushay s nadezhdoy i pylkoy lyubov'yu
Listen with hope and ardent love
Эту благую отрадную весть
Etu blaguyu otradnuyu vest'
[To] this good and joyful news.
отрадную весть
otradnuyu vest'
joyful news.
2. Дивная песнь в неземных переливах
Divnaya pesn' v nezemnykh perelivakh
Wondrous song in heavenly tones
С неба текла, заливая поля,
S neba tekla, zalivaya polya,
From [the] sky flowed, flooding fields,
И утопая в аккордах счастливых,
I utopaya v akkordakh schastlivykh,
And drowning in chords happy,
К жизни святой пробуждалась земля.
K zhizni svyatoy probuzhdalas' zemlya.
To life holy awakened earth.
(ie, Earth was awakened to holy life.)
Вечная слава великому Богу!
Vechnaya slava velikomu Bogu!
Eternal glory [to the] great God!
Мир на земле, во Христе благодать!
Mir na zemle, vo Khriste blagodat'!
Peace on earth, in Christ grace
К небу открыл нам Спаситель дорогу,
K nebu otkryl nam Spasitel' dorogu,
To heaven opened [to] us [the] Savior [the] way,
Будем вовеки Его прославлять!
Budem voveki Yego proslavlyat'!
[We] will forever Him praise / glorify!
Chorus:
Bridge:
Люди, придите Христу поклонитесь
Lyudi, pridite Khristu poklonites'
People, come [to] Christ worship (bow down)
Он ваш Мессия, Спаситель земли.
On vash Messiya, Spasitel' zemli.
He [is] your Messiah, Savior [of the] earth.
С неба пришёл чтобы дать вам прощенье
S neba prishol chtoby dat' vam proshchen'ye
From heaven [He] came in order to give you forgiveness
И от погибели души спасти.
I ot pogibeli dushi spasti.
And from perdition (destruction) souls save.
Ныне, вы слышите, вам Он родился!
Nyne, vy slyshite, vam On rodilsya!
Now, you listen, [to] you He [was] born!
Чудный Младенец и Царь всей земли
Chudnyy Mladenets i Tsar' vsey zemli
Wonderful Babe and King [of] all [the] earth
В яслях Он бедных простых поселился,
V yaslyakh On bednykh prostykh poselilsya,
In [a] manger He poor simple settled / lodged,
(ie, in a poor and simple manger He lodged)
Чтоб вы Ему поклониться могли.
Chtob vy Yemu poklonit'sya mogli.
So that you [to] Him bow down (worship) can.
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1. The dark night falls on the valley,
Rays of the passing day dim,
Coolness flows from the mountain to the valley,
The trill of the nightingale over the river grow quiet.
The city hubbub and noise subsides
Silence reigns sweetly over everything
In the velvet of lush gardens sinking,
Bethlehem slumbers in the uplands.
Chorus:
Suddenly everything shone dazzingly,
And with singing a heavenly choir appeared;
The host of Angels from Heaven appeared
Above the astonished crowd of shepherds.
Listen, O earth, stained crimson with blood,
Listen to the great, holy manifest!
Listen with hope and ardent love
To this good and joyful news!
Rays of the passing day dim,
Coolness flows from the mountain to the valley,
The trill of the nightingale over the river grow quiet.
The city hubbub and noise subsides
Silence reigns sweetly over everything
In the velvet of lush gardens sinking,
Bethlehem slumbers in the uplands.
Chorus:
Suddenly everything shone dazzingly,
And with singing a heavenly choir appeared;
The host of Angels from Heaven appeared
Above the astonished crowd of shepherds.
Listen, O earth, stained crimson with blood,
Listen to the great, holy manifest!
Listen with hope and ardent love
To this good and joyful news!
joyful news!
2. Wondrous song in heavenly tones
Flowed from the sky, the fields flooding,
And reveling in happy chords,
Earth awakened to holy life.
Eternal glory to the Great God!
Peace on earth and in Christ grace;
The Savior opened the way to heaven to us;
We will praise Him forever!
Chorus:
Bridge—
O People, come to Christ and bow down;
He is your Messiah, Savior of the earth.
From heaven He came in order to give us forgiveness
And save our souls from destruction.
Now, listen, unto you He was born!
Wonderful Babe and King of the whole earth;
In a poor and simple manger He lodged,
So that you may bow down to Him.
Chorus:
2. Wondrous song in heavenly tones
Flowed from the sky, the fields flooding,
And reveling in happy chords,
Earth awakened to holy life.
Eternal glory to the Great God!
Peace on earth and in Christ grace;
The Savior opened the way to heaven to us;
We will praise Him forever!
Chorus:
Bridge—
O People, come to Christ and bow down;
He is your Messiah, Savior of the earth.
From heaven He came in order to give us forgiveness
And save our souls from destruction.
Now, listen, unto you He was born!
Wonderful Babe and King of the whole earth;
In a poor and simple manger He lodged,
So that you may bow down to Him.
Chorus:
