Molitva

V minutu zhizni trudnuju
Tesnitsja l' v serdce grust',
Odnu molitvu chudnuju
Tverzhu ja najizust'.

Jest' sila blagodatnaja
V [sozvuch'ji]1 slov zhivykh,
I dyshit neponjatnaja,
Svjataja prelest' v nikh.

S dushi kak bremja skatitsja,
Somnen'je daleko --
I veritsja, i plachetsja,
I tak legko, legko...

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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814-1841) , "Molitva", published 1839

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Pyotr Petrovich Bulakhov (1822-1885) , "Molitva"
by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813-1869) , "V minutu zhizni trudnuju"
by Georgy Ottonovich Dyutsh (1860-1891) , "Molitva"
by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804-1857) , "Molitva", published 1855.
by Aleksandr Lvovich Gurilyov (1803-1858) , "Molitva"
by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Molitva", op. 61 no. 5.
by Eduard Frantsevich Nápravník (1839-1916) , "Molitva"
by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829-1894) , "Molitva" [voice and piano], note: first published as opus 4 (Moscow, Gresser), but the opus number was reused later

by Ingeborg (Starck) Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840-1913) , "Gebet", op. 20 (Sechs Gedichte) no. 6. [voice and piano]
by Franz (Ferencz) Liszt (1811-1886) , "Gebet", published 1879.

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