Xor monaxov
S nashej zhizn`yu vechno smezhnaya,
Vechno ishhushhaya nas,
Smert` prixodit, neizbezhnaya,
V kazhdy'j den` i v kazhdy'j chas.
Blago, blago nedremavshemu,
Mirno gost`yu ozhidavshemu,
Neusy'pno posy'lavshemu
K nebesam molyashhij glas!
V e`to strashnoe mgnovenie
Ty' usly'sh` ego, gospod`!
[Daj emu uspokoenie,
Daj poslednee muchenie
Upovan`em poborot`!]1
My'sli prezhnie, kramol`ny'e,
Obrashhennomu prosti,
[Oty'mi zemnoe, dol`noe,
Daj uspenie bezbol`noe]1
I nevol`noe i vol`noe
Pregreshen`e otpusti!

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Text Authorship:

• by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

• by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859 - 1922), "Choeur final du Poëme dramatique "Don Juan" de A. Tolstoï", op. 5, published 1890 [ men's chorus and orchestra ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in French (Français), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Chœur de moines" ; composed by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov.
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