Il y a des exploits dans les batailles

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by Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov (1804 - 1860)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Подвиг есть и в сраженьи

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Подвиг есть и в сраженьи,
Подвиг есть и в борьбе,
Высший подвиг в терпеньи
Любви и мольбе.

Если сердце заныло
Перед злобой людской,
Иль насилье схватило 
Тебя цепью стальюй;

Если скорби земные
Жалом в душу впились, --
С верой бодрой и смелой
Ты за подвиг берись.

Есть у подвига крылья,
И взлетишь ты на них,
Без труда, без усилья,
Выше мраков земных;

Выше крыши темницы,
Выше злобы слепой,
Выше воплей и криков
Гордой черни людской.

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by Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov (1804 - 1860), no title, first published 1859 [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 Neplyuyev , "Подвиг есть и в сраженьи" [sung text not yet checked]
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Подвиг", op. 60 (Двенадцать романсов = Dvenadcat' romansov (Twelve romances) = Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 11 (1886) [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

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ENG English (Leonid Gulchin) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bruno Tutenberg) , "Größe der Tat"

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Il y a des exploits dans les batailles

Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)

Il y a des exploits dans les batailles,
Il y a des exploits dans la lutte,
Mais le plus grand exploit dans la patience,
L'amour et la prière.

Si le cœur fait mal
À cause de la méchanceté humaine,
Ou si la violence te prend
Avec une chaîne d'acier,

Si les chagrins terrestres
Piquent ton âme profondément,
Avec la foi forte et courageuse,
Tu es prêt pour l'exploit.

L'exploit a des ailes
Et elles te monteront haut
Sans peine, sans effort,
Au-dessus de l'obscurité de la terre,

Au-dessus du toit de la prison,
Au-dessus de la rage aveugle,
Au-dessus des cris et des hurlements
De la foule des gens.

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Translaiton of title "Подвиг" = "Exploit"

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov (1804 - 1860), no title, first published 1859
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This text was added to the website: 2016-08-09
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