Duxovnoj zhazhdoyu tomim,
V pusty'ne mrachnoj ya vlachilsya,
I shestikry'ly'j serafim
Na pereput`e mne yavilsya;

Perstami legkimi, kak son,
Moix zenicz kosnulsya on:
Otverzlis` veshhie zenicy',
Kak u ispugannoj orlicy'.

Moix ushej kosnulsya on,
I ix napolnil shum i zvon:
I vnyal ya neba sodrogan`e,
I [gornij]1 angelov polyot,
I gad morskix podvodny'j xod,
I dol`nej lozy' prozyaban`e.

I on k ustam moim prinik
I vy'rval greshny'j moj yazy'k,
I prazdnoslovny'j, i lukavy'j,
I zhalo mudry'ya zmei
V usta zamershie moi 
Vlozhil desniceyu krovavoj.

I on mne grud` rassek mechom,
I serdce trepetnoe vy'nul,
I ugl`, py'layushhij ognyom,
Vo grud` otverstuyu vodvinul.

Kak trup, v pusty'ne ya lezhal.
I Boga glas ko mne [vozzval]2:
,,Vosstan`, prorok, i vizhd`, i vnemli,
Ispolnis` voleyu Moej
I, obxodya morya i zemli,
Glagolom zhgi serdcza lyudej!``

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¹ Rimsky-Korsakov: "горних" ("gornikh")
² Rimsky-Korsakov: "взывал" ("vzyval")

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Text Authorship:

• by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837) [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 César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Пророк", op. 49 (Семь романсов = Sem' romansov (Seven romances)) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Пророк", op. 49 (2 Ариозо для баса с сопровождением фортепиано (Ariozo dlja basa s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 2 (1897) [ bass and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Otar Vasilyevich Taktakishvili (1924 - 1989), "Пророк" [sung text not yet checked]

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• Also set in English, a translation by Maurice Baring (1874 - 1945) ; composed by Ina Boyle.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "The prophet", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev) (Gustave Flaubert) , "Le prophète", first published 1876

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