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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¹ Medtner: "sozvuch'je"

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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 (Acht Lieder = Vosem' Pesen) 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 R. Andersch , "Gebet", op. 33 no. 3, published 1891 [soprano or tenor and piano], from Licht und Schatten. Acht Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Regensburg, Fritz
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", S. 331 (1878), published 1879 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Kahnt

ENG English (Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi) , "The prayer", from Russian Lyrics, published 1916

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Gebet

In Stunden der Entmutigung, 
wenns gar zu trübe geht,
gibt Trost mir und Ermutigung 
ein wundersüß Gebet. 

Sein heilig Wort so weihevoll, 
so voll von Leben tönt; 
es fühlt mein Herz sich reuevoll, 
beseligt und versöhnt. 

Aus meiner Brust der Zweifel scheu, 
wie eine Last entweicht. 
Ich wein aufs Neu, ich glaub aufs Neu,
mir wird so leicht, so leicht.

Input by Virginia Knight

Authorship

by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819-1892) , title unknown

a text in Russian by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814-1841) , "Molitva", published 1839 ENG

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

by R. Andersch , "Gebet", op. 33 no. 3, published 1891 [soprano or tenor and piano], from Licht und Schatten. Acht Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Regensburg, Fritz
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", S. 331 (1878), published 1879 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Kahnt

ITA Italian (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Preghiera", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2003-11-10.