Score: gertim-alberda.com/hymnody/Ot...
I transcribed this by listening to it. Not 100% sure it is every where exactly what they sing, but I did my best to do it as good as possible. TTBB.
This hymn was written in the spring of 1794 by the composer Dmitry Bortniansky (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_...) to the verses of the poet Mikhail Kheraskov (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail....
Only the first and 4th stanza are being sung.
Russian lyrics:
1. Коль славенъ нашъ Господь въ Сіонѣ,
Не можетъ изъяснить языкъ.
Великъ Онъ въ Небесахъ на тронѣ,
Въ былинкахъ на землѣ великъ.
Вездѣ, Господь, вездѣ Ты славенъ,
Въ нощи, во дни Сіяньемъ равенъ.
2. Тебя Твой Агнецъ златорунной
Въ себе изображаетъ намъ;
Псалтырью мы десятострунной
Тебѣ приносимъ ѳиміамъ.
Прими отъ насъ благодаренье,
Какъ благовонное куренье.
3. Ты солнцемъ смертныхъ освѣщаешь,
Ты любишь, Боже, насъ какъ чадъ,
Ты насъ трапезой насыщаешь
И зиждешь намъ въ Сiонѣ градъ.
Ты грѣшныхъ, Боже, посѣщаешь
И плотiю Твоей питаешь.
4. О Боже, во Твое селенье
Да внидутъ наши голоса,
Да взыдетъ наше умиленье,
Къ Тебѣ, какъ утрення роса!
Тебѣ въ сердцахъ алтарь поставимъ,
Тебя, Господь, поемъ и славимъ!
Phonetics (how it is pronounced):
1. Kol' slaven nash Gospod' v Sione,
Ne mozhet izyasnit' yazyk.
Velik On v Nebesakh na trone,
V bylinkakh na zemle velik.
Vezde, Gospod', vezde Ty slaven,
V noshchi, vo dni Siyan'yem raven.
2, Tebya Tvoy Agnets zlatorunnoy
V sebe izobrazhayet nam;
Psaltyr'yu my desyatostrunnoy
Tebe prinosim fimiam.
Primi ot nas blagodaren'ye,
Kak blagovonnoye kuren'ye.
3. Ty solntsem smertnykh osveshchayesh',
Ty lyubish', Bozhe, nas kak chad,
Ty nas trapezoy nasyshchayesh'
I zizhdesh' nam v Sione grad.
Ty greshnykh, Bozhe, poseshchayesh'
I plotiyu Tvoyey pitayesh'.
4. O Bozhe, vo Tvoye selenye
Da vnidut nashi golosa,
Da vzydet nashe umilen'ye,
K Tebe, kak utrennya rosa!
Tebe v serdtsakh altar' postavim,
Tebya, Gospod', poyem i slavim!
English translation:
1. How glorious our Lord is on Zion,
The tongue can not express.
He’s great in Heavens on the throne,
In blades of grass on earth He is great.
Oh Lord, Thou art Glorious everywhere,
At night, by day Thy shining is the same.
2. Thy lamb with golden fleece
Symbolizes Thee for us;
With ten-strings psaltery
We burn incense for Thee.
Accept our thanksgiving
As a fragrant offering.
3. Thou illume mortals by the sun,
Thou love us, God, as your children,
Thou satiate us with blessed meal
And create for us a city on Zion.
Thou, oh God, visit the sinners
And nourish them with Thy flesh.
4. Oh God, let our voices
Enter Thy dwelling,
And let our tender sense
Rise to Thee like morning dew!
For Thee with heart we’ll raise an altar,
For Thee we sing and glorifying!
Source (lyrics): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Glo...
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ich_bet...