Golden Anniversary Choral Spectacular - The Grant Park Music ...

A20 2012 Program Notes, Book 2
Friday, June 29 and Saturday, June 30, 2012
Ko stolnu gradu pristupit kamennu, Against the strong wall of stone to break it.
Stenu razbit, svoyu suzhennuyu ponyat See him, Fetis, the noble Fetis there,
V sobor, cherkov skhodit See him, the noble Fetis,
Serebryan krest potselovat. There to win his bride, his lady.
Gde sidit tam Khvetis gosudar. So the candles are lighted.
Tam svechei svetik naidet. We go now to the church and to kiss the silver,
Bozhya milost Bogorodicha! To invoke our Lady’s blessing.
FIRST BRIDESMAID
Smotrelshchiki, glyadelshchiki, All that came to see the bride passing by
Zevaki i paloshni kolyubaki Did stay to see her taken away.
V put dorozhenku yekhati, Give you blessing, bless the prince on his way,
Suzheno, ryazheno vzyat! The bridegroom who is gone to meet his bride,
Boslovite tko vse knyazya novobrashnava! To wed her whose troth is plighted,
Pod zolotoi venets stoyat! oi! on his brow to set a golden crown.
CHoRUS
oi! Lebedinoe pero upadalo! Ah, on his brow to set a golden crown.
Ivan palo! See there fades the flower, too.
Pered teremom upadalo. Falls a white feather, now the flower fades,
Ivan palo! Fades the flower, too, fades the flower,
Upadal Khvetis The feather falls,
Pered rodnym batyushkoi, So did Fetis kneel down before his own father,
Upadal Pamfilich pered rodnoi matushkoi: So did Fetis kneel before his mother graciously,
Prosit i mene Asking their blessing upon the son
who goes to be married,
I boslovi ko Bozhyu sudu yekhati And may the saints go with him, guarding him,
K svyatomu venchanitsu, May the saints go with him too, and keep
him in their care.
Kak privel Bog pod krestom Lord, o bless us all from oldest
to the youngest children.
I tak by pod ventsom. Saint Damien, bless us also.
Baslavite vse at starava da malava. Bless us Lord, bless the bride and bridegroom,
Kuzmu Demyanu sygrat! The oldest, the youngest, o bless us.
Baslavi Bozha do dvukh porozhden Bless us, o Lord, and bless our wedding,
Da stolko zhe nam svadbu sygrat. oi! Bless us, Lord, bless us all.
Baslavi Bozha do dvukh posazhen, Bless us, o bless the father and mother,
sister and brother.
Baslavi Bozha Mikita poputchik, Bless us, o bless the sister and the brother,
Mikhala Arkhangel! Bless us, we pray Thee, bless all who are faithful,
Baslavi Bozha Rozhdestvo Khristova, All who fear and love him.
Baslavi Bozha khrestyn baslavyati, God protect us, aid us now, God be with us now.
K ventsu atpushchati. Abide with us, abide with us now, Saint Luke,
Baslov Bozha, Bozhunka. Be with us, bless us, Saint Luke.
Pod na svadbu! Pod na svadbu! Bless our marriage rites we pray thee,
Svyaty Luka, pod na svadbu, Bless the couple whom thou hast chosen,
Svyaty Luka, slutsi svadbu Bless the pair, Saint Luke, bless them whom thou
Dvukh molodyonykh, slutsi posazhenykh. Thou hast chosen.
Slutsi svadbu dvukh suzhenykh Grant, o grant thy blessing for always,
I pervy mladen! And to their children.
Scene 3: The Departure of the Bride
CHoRUS
Blagoslovlyalsya svetyol mesyats Brightly shines the moon on high,
okolo yasnago solnushka, Beside the glowing sun,
Blagoslovlyalas knyaginyushka Even so the princess lived in the palace happily
U gosudarya u batyushki, Beside her aged father and her mother,
U gosudaryni matushki. Happily beside her father and her mother dear.