Blagoslovljaju vas, lesa, doliny, nivy, gory, vody,
Blagoslovljaju ja svobodu i golubye nebesa!

I posokh moj blagoslovljaju, i `etu bednuju sumu,
I step' ot kraju i do [kraju]1,
i solnca svet, i nochi t'mu,

I odinokuju tropinku, po kojej, nishchij, ja idu,
I v pole kazhduju bylinku, 
i v nebe kazhduju zvezdu!

O, jesli b mog vsju zhizn' smeshat' ja,
Vsju dushu vmeste s vami slit',
O, jesli b mog v moi ob"jat'ja
ja vas, vragi, druz'ja, i brat'ja,
I vsju prirodu v moi ob"jat'ja zakljuchit'!

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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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