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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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.

by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819-1892)

a text in Russian 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 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.

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