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December 20, 2006 9:12 PM

Can anyone transcribe this into Cyrillic for me? There is

I'm doing a little art thing with the lyrics from "Priidite, poklonimsya" - Rachmaninoff Vespers, specifically the "Evening Star" version recorded by the St. Petersburg Chamber Choir. (waaay better than King's College Choir, BTW)

I examined a few sites on Cyrillic, but I think I'll mess it up.

Here are the lyrics from the sleeve (just need one verse):

Amin.
PRIIDITE, POKLONIMSYA Tsarevi nashemu Bogu.
Priidite, poklonimsya i pripadem Khristu Tsarevi nashemu Bogu.
Priidite, poklonimsya i pripadem Samomu Khristu Tsarevi i Bogu nashemu.
Priidite, poklonimsya i pripadem Emu.

Amen.
COME, LET US WORSHIP God, our King.
Come let us worship and fall down before Christ,
our King and our God.
Come, let us worship and fall down before the very Christ,
our King and our God.
Come, let us worship and fall down before him.

posted by Liosliath to Writing & Language (5 answers total)

Best answer: Приидите, поклонимся Цареви нашему Богу.
Приидите, поклонимся и припадем Христу, Цареви нашему Богу.
Приидите, поклонимся и припадем Самому Христу, Цареви и Богу нашему.
Приидите, поклонимся и припадем Ему.

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posted by holgate at 9:50 PM on December 20, 2006

Response by poster: I love this place.
posted by Liosliath at 10:10 PM on December 20, 2006

metafilter: where the King's College Choir gets two thumbs down...
posted by ouke at 2:02 AM on December 21, 2006

Funny kind of world where it needs to be pointed out that a Russian choir will probably be better at singing Russian church music than a choir steeped in the English choral tradition...
posted by altolinguistic at 3:50 AM on December 21, 2006

Response by poster: It is kind of funny that someone recommended listening to that version of the Vespers, I found it when doing a search to make sure no one had asked a similar question.

For the record, the King's College Choir did a fine job recording this, but it just sounded kind of technical and soulless.
posted by Liosliath at 7:08 AM on December 21, 2006