[O moj tvorec!]1 O, Bože moj!
Vzgljani na grešnuju menja;
JA mučus', ja bol'na dušoj,
Izryta skorb'ju grud' moja.
O, moj Tvorec, velik moj grech,
JA na zemle prestupnej vsech.

Kipela v nëm mladaja krov', 
Byla čista ego ljubov', 
No on eë v grudi svoej
Tail tak svjato ot ljudej.
JA znala vsë...  O Bože moj!
Prosti mne, grešnoj i bol'noj.

Ego ja muki ponjala;
Ulybkoj, vzorom liš' odnim
JA b iscelit' ego mogla,
No ja ne sžalilas' nad nim.
[ O moj tvorec, velik moj grech,
JA na zemle prestupnej vsech.]1

Tomilsja dolgo, dolgo on,
Pečal'ju tjažkoj udručën;
I umer, bednyj, nakonec,
O Bože moj, o moj Tvorec!
[Ty tron'sja grešincy mol'boj,]2
Vzgljani, kak ja bol'na dušoj.

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¹ omitted by Rachmaninov.
² Rachmaninov: "Тронься грешною мольбой" ("Tron'sja greshnoju mol'boj...")

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Authorship:

• by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893), first published 1845 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

• a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (1866 - 1901), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Молитва", op. 8 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six songs)) no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

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• ENG English (Aliana de la Guardia) , "Prayer", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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