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„Господи помилуй папу и маму и спаси их, Господи! Господи помилуй братца Васеньку и братца Мишеньку! Господи помилуй бабушку старенькую, Пошли ты ей доброе здоровьице, Бабушке добренькой, бабушке старенькой, Господи! И спаси, Боже наш, тётю Катю, тётю Наташу, тётю Машу, тётю Парашу, Тётей Любу, Варю, и Сашу, и Олю, и Таню, и Надю, Дядей Петю и Колю, дядей Володю и Гришу, и Сашу, и всех их, Господи, спаси и помилуй, и Филю, и Ваню, и Митю, и Петю, и Дашу, Пашу, Соню, Дунюшку. . . Няня! а, няня! Как дальше, няня?” „Вишь ты, проказница какая! Уж сколько раз учила: Господи помилуй и меня грешную!” „Господи помилуй и меня грешную! Так, нянюшка?”
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "На сон грядущий", 1868-72, published 1883, from Детская = Detskaja (The nursery), no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Christian Anderson) , "Evening prayer", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "At bedtime", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "En allant dormir", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Hans Schmidt) , "Abendgebet"
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Prieš miegą", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 23
Word count: 111
"Dear Lord, bless Daddy and Mommy watch and bless them, Lord! Lord, bless brother Vasinka and sister Mishenka. Lord bless dear Grandma, too. Give her a good long life and health. Grandma is so good Grandma is so old, Lord! And bless, dear God, Aunt Kate, Aunt Natasha, Aunt Masha, Aunt Parasha Aunts Libby, Varry, and Sasha, and Olga, and Tanya, and Nadia, Uncle Peter and Kolya, Uncle Valody, and Grisha, and Sasha, and Lord bless and protect them all, and Fili, and Vani, and Miti, and Peti and Dasha, Pasha, Sonja, Dunyushka... Nana, oh Nana. What else, Nana?" "Oh you careless thing, you! How often do I need to tell you: Lord, watch over and protect me too!" "Lord, watch over and protect me too. Like that, dear Nana?"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2014 by Christian Anderson.
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Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881)
This text was added to the website: 2014-03-25
Line count: 23
Word count: 130