"Pobedna Pesma" (Победна песма) is a Serbian Orthodox chant by Saint Nikolaj Serbski (Velimirovich) about the Second Coming of Christ. It is a beautiful song as is it a terrifying one. It encapsulates how we may all feel at His return: joyful and scared. Note: These Serbian translations are approximate and somewhat poetic, and not a completely accurate translation.
Here comes the Lord with His armies,
let our foes be ashamed!
Let them be ashamed, let them cower
look how the Heavenly Host shines!
How it shines, how loud it is
tall mountains are falling before them.
Tall mountains and earthly kings,
Look, the Lord is coming to sit on the throne.
Seraphims are charging, Cherubs follow them!
All of earth is burning, the world is in smoke!
The world is in smoke, it's hard to breathe
The joy and fear, who can describe it?
Who can describe the miracle of miracles,
when the sinful world is seized by Heaven?
Seized by Heaven's closeness,
when the world is like a rotting fruit!
On and on, the Heavenly Host descends
The Angels sound their trumpets, the just cry out!
The just cry out: "Here comes the Lord!",
let earth and water come to an end!
Earth and water, what use is it to us?
Look, it is happening what the Scriptures foretold!
What the Scriptures foretold, it comes to be,
a new Heaven and Earth is being born!
Here comes the Lord, raising the dead
Here He comes to judge the world!
To judge the world, to split the flock
The universe rumbles under their feet!
The Heaven and Earth is rumbling and roaring
what use do we have for gold and silver?
To gold and silver, let it to rest
but You shine for us, The Son of God!
Evo Gospoda s’ Voјskama ide,
dušmani naši nek’ se postide!
Nek’ se postide, nek’ se pokaјu,
gle Voјske s’ Neba kako blistaјu!
Kako blistaјu, kako se ore,
sležu s’ pred njima visoke gore.
Visoke gore i gordi cari,
Gle’, ide Gospod da se zacari.
Serafimi napred pa Heruvimi,
sva zemlja gori sav svet se dimi!
Sav svet se dimi, teško se diše,
radost i užas ko da opiše?
Ko da opiše čudo čudesa
kad zemlju grešnu stegnu Nebesa?
Stegnu Nebesa svoјom blizinom,
tad zemlija plodu slična јe gnjilom!
Voјske za Voјskom iz Neba niču,
Angeli trube, pravedni kliču!
Pravedni kliču: "Evo Gospoda!",
neka iščezne zemlja i voda!
Zemlja i voda našto nam više?
Gle’, sad se zbiva što Pismo piše!
Što Pismo piše sve se dogadja,
novo se Nebo i Zemlja radja!
Evo Gospoda, ustaјte ljudi,
evo Ga ide svetu da sudi!
Svetu da sudi, stado da luči,
od noga svemir tutnji i huči!
Tutnji i huči zemlja i nebo
šta c’e nam sada zlato i srebro?
Zlato i srebro neka počine,
a Ti nam blistaј Božiјi Sine!