Blagoslovlyayu vas, lesa, doliny', nivy', gory', vody',
Blagoslovlyayu ya svobodu i goluby'e nebesa!

I posox moj blagoslovlyayu, i e`tu bednuyu sumu,
I step` ot krayu i do [krayu]1,
i solncza svet, i nochi t`mu,

I odinokuyu tropinku, po koej, nishhij, ya idu,
I v pole kazhduyu by'linku, 
i v nebe kazhduyu zvezdu!

O, esli b mog vsyu zhizn` smeshat` ya,
Vsyu dushu vmeste s vami slit`,
O, esli b mog v moi ob``yat`ya
ya vas, vragi, druz`ya, i brat`ya,
I vsyu prirodu v moi ob``yat`ya zaklyuchit`!

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• by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, appears in Иоанн Дамаскин = Ioann Damaskin (John of Damascus), no. 2, first published 1859 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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• by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Благословляю вас, леса", op. 47 (Семь романсов = Sem' romansov (Seven romances)) no. 5 (1880). [ sung text checked 1 time]

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• ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "I bless you forests", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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