We have not seen any such evil in Europe since Stalin and Hitler. And in the running up to it our Western leaders have been like a batch of clueless Chamberlains.

SNL ("Saturday Night Live" on NBC) opened with a tribute to Ukraine featuring the Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York singing "Prayer for Ukraine" - watch it on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/IjE4_h0t7qI

I love slavic choral music (Tchesnokov being my absolute favorite!) but I find it impenetrable due to the language barrier which saddens me. If it were any romantic language I could parse it out, but the differences here are so extreme (right down to alphabet) that I've never been able to touch them.

You rock. I’ll take a look at this soon; have to get through Wednesday first.

Text in Ukrainian latin letters (literal translation below):

Bozhe velykyi, yedynyi,
Nam Ukrainu khrany,
Voli i svitu prominniam,
Ty yii osiny.

Svitlom nauky i znannia
Nas, ditey, prosvity,
V chystii liubovi do kraiu,
Ty nas, Bozhe, zrosty.

Molymos', Bozhe yedynyi,
Nam Ukrainu khrany,
Vsi svoi lasky y shchedroty,
Ty na liud nash zverny.

Dai yomu voliu, dai yomu doliu,
Dai dobroho svitu, shchastia,
Dai, Bozhe, narodu
I mnohaia, mnohaia lita.

Literal (not literary) translation:

Oh Lord, Almighty and Only
for us our Ukraine, please, keep
by freedom's and the rays of light
you set her in light.

By light of science and knowledge
keep us, your children, enlightened.
the pure love to the land
you, oh Lord, please, instill.

We pray, oh Lord and the Only,
for us our Ukraine, please, keep.
all of your presents and generosity,
you turn to people of ours.

Give them the freedom, give them good fate,
give them good light, and the happiness,
give, oh Lord, people
many and many years.

Nihil, I was charmed with this, so I took your MP3 and applied some noise reduction and placed you in a lovely European Church. I think the results speak for themselves.

Here is my edition of Lysenko's Prayer for Ukraine (Bozhe velykij, yedynyj) with transliterated Ukrainian lyrics using the English alphabet. My arrangement is based upon that of Oleksander Koshyts, with modifications that avoid parallel fifths and some better chord balance. This should be of use to English speakers/singers who are not fluent or familiar with Ukrainian characters. A choral score, and mp3 sound realization, and a choral score with rehearsal keyboard are attached. The dynamics are based upon some of the available recorded performances from YouTube.

Note: I've replaced the former files with improved ones (there are a few changes to represent most common vocal line). Additionally, I've also added the corresponding scores with Ukrainian (cyrillic) characters (for those who read it more easily).

impenetrable

It's worth the plunge. There are various ways approach Church Slavonic, and I had the good luck to first try with a group of first and second generation immigrants who nonetheless had a policy of pronouncing everything as spelled. Having thus taught my own choir, I now find it tricky to eschew the russified vowel reductions that are beginning to be habitual in my expanding operatic/song repertoire.
Until last month I've only known Tchaikovsky's piano works via Stravinsky's Fairy's Kiss. Playing some now, I am loathe to admit it about grandma's and John Cage's favorite composer, but they quite put Grieg in the shade!