[O moj tvorecz!]1 O, Bozhe moj!
Vzglyani na greshnuyu menya;
YA muchus`, ya bol`na dushoj,
Izry'ta skorb`yu grud` moya.
O, moj Tvorecz, velik moj grex,
YA na zemle prestupnej vsex.

Kipela v nyom mladaya krov`, 
By'la chista ego lyubov`, 
No on eyo v grudi svoej
Tail tak svyato ot lyudej.
YA znala vsyo...  O Bozhe moj!
Prosti mne, greshnoj i bol`noj.

Ego ya muki ponyala;
Uly'bkoj, vzorom lish` odnim
YA b iscelit` ego mogla,
No ya ne szhalilas` nad nim.
[ O moj tvorecz, velik moj grex,
YA na zemle prestupnej vsex.]1

Tomilsya dolgo, dolgo on,
Pechal`yu tyazhkoj udruchyon;
I umer, bedny'j, nakonecz,
O Bozhe moj, o moj Tvorecz!
[Ty' tron`sya greshincy' mol`boj,]2
Vzglyani, kak ya bol`na dushoj.

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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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