Je ne suis pas un prophète, je ne suis pas un soldat

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by Aleksandr Vasil'yevich Kruglov (1852 - 1915)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Я не пророк, я не боец

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Я не пророк, я не боец,
Я не учитель мира;
Я, Божьей милостью, певец,
Моё оруже лира.

Я волю Господа творю;
Союза избегая с ложью,
Я сердцу песней говорю,
Бужу в нём искру Божью.

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Text Authorship:

by Aleksandr Vasil'yevich Kruglov (1852 - 1915), no title, written 1901 [author's text not yet checked 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 Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Я не пророк", op. 21 (Двенадцать романсов = Dvenadcat' romansov (Twelve songs)) no. 11 (1902) [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Rianne Stam) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Je ne suis pas un prophète, je ne suis...

Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)

Je ne suis pas un prophète, je ne suis pas un soldat,
Je ne suis pas le maître du monde.
Par la grâce de Dieu, je suis un chanteur,
Mon arme est la lyre,

Par la volonté de Dieu, je crée ;
J'évite l'union avec le mensonge,
Avec des chants, je parle au cœur
Dans lequel j'allume une étincelle divine.

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Translation of title "Я не пророк" = "Je ne suis pas un prophète"

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This text was added to the website: 2021-11-06
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