Lyrics Хор братии Валаамского монастыря - О, дивный остров Валаам

Hymn of the Valaam Monastery
Peter Monk ( Mikhailov )
Abbot Chariton (Danube)

Oh, wonderful island Valaam !
Divine Hand of fate
Erected here abode of heaven,
Abode of the highest purity ,

Abode bubbly , holy,
Residence chosen people
Abode dear heart ,
Abode of peace from the passions .

Elects abode !
Prechudny Valaam Island !
You dared to sing your resident
Take it worthless gift!

I do not know how to sing 'll be able to
Your valleys and fields,
Your forest , your bays,
Your sacred space.

I'm about to tell you I do not dare :
You're so full of greatness !
Fold I do not know the song :
Before you, she was pale .

I will say only one thing : no action
You brought a sacrifice to God
The purity of the holy Faith
And the fruit of the sacred work.

What is the place you chose !
What erected the altar
And how diligently sang
It true God thing .

But here was a different time ;
Stood the temple of the gods,
And life is sinful boiling.
Under the watchful eye of priests.

I do not know how long lasted
That service is abominable gods ;
But the grace of God was
This granite Balaam :

Andrew the Apostle , - There is a tradition -
Cross dispelled the darkness of sin ,
Predrekshi Faith prosperity.
Fasting, prayer and work.

A dream come true word of God :
He drove cross of Christ's enemies ,
And now visible - as you holy,
Abode of the Most High King.

You Devotees Saints
Sergius and Herman founded ;
Here and power them honest
His incorruptible brightened ;

And the souls of them there - in heaven
In the halls of God soar .
We are all sinners - miracles
Bounties of God is .

Praise to you , the abode of glory!
You bleschesh in young clean
Keeping all the strict statutes
In his monastic habitation .

I did not have enough strength to be counted
Thy holy ascetics .
But their overgrown graves
Can easily recall the verse .

One , one , only know for certain :
You made ​​a lot of sorrows .
Endured many temptations
From evil , envious people .

You do not just devastated
Boisterous crowd of enemies ;
But you are only courage
Amid all the hardships and anxieties ,

And after many trials,
Devastation and poverty ,
As lord of his desires ,
In all its glory was you ! -

The humble abode of monks !
Shelter workers slaves
In the spiritual world Guide ,
On the strength of the enemy cover !

Can I see the stronghold
On the way you lined up ?
How Can I sing thy shrine
And your labors bear ? .

His bezsile Aware
To magnify you in verse,
I will not continue beyond :
She abode in her eyes ! ..

I wish only one consolation -
Of whom I pray with hope , -
Live in the walls of your fence
While I settle for a coffin ! ..

Although, again , the glittering sea,
And beckons fresh way ;
Hard for me ... In my heart sorrow and grief .
Tell miles last "farewell" ?

Oh, swell the soul is stronger than the sea swell ,
Sighing , kayasya , grieving,
At the age of leaving the shrine ,
" I'm sorry " I keep telling myself .

About Balaam suffering ,
About martyr Balaam
Again, the sad fate of the lot
Came to your holy places

Again you covered with wounds
Stand silent and empty,
Dilapidated , battered ,
But the same wonderful and holy .

Since you have to uninhabited
And we are your brethren of
orphaned wander
As without a father and without a family .

What is the severity of the test,
Stroke, loss of losses
Where will carry her suffering ,
Where tears paid now .

And now on Valaam
What servant of evil and darkness
Shameless staring eyes
The blue dome ;

Who went there without feeling
Your holy grace
Desecrating their hands ,
Regarding your shrines ;

Who obscene speeches
Fel sacred altar thy
In the majestic temple
Standing with his head covered ;

Whose boldly before the throne
Swirls smoke from cigarettes ,
Are you obedient and humble
Suffered in silence as Christ .

And as Christ in the hours of anguish,
As he bezropoten and quiet
you meekly