The Sorrowful Mother, Страдальна Мати – Ukrainian Lenten Hymn.
A well known Ukrainian hymn in both Catholic and Orthodox Churches in Ukraine and abroad. This version is sung by the Vydubychi Church Chorus, and is from their album “Sing Praises To Our God, Sing Praises!”
Below is the Ukrainian lyrics alongside the (not literal) English version:
Скорбная мати під хрестом стояла
Beneath the cross there stood a mother crying,
Гірко ридала в слозах промовляла
Shedding tears of sorrow while her Son was dying:
Ой сину, сину, за яку провину
Oh Son, my Son, for what great transgression
Переносиш нині тяжкую годину
Must You bear this trying hour of oppression
На хресті
On the cross?
Я тебе купала дрібними сльозами,
With my bitter tears how lovingly I bathed You
Як малим ховала перед ворогами,
When You were a mere child, from what foes I saved You:
А нині плачу, бо тебе вже трачу,
But now You leave …Більше