by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)
Translation by Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi (1863 - 1943)
В минуту жизни трудную
Language: Russian (Русский)
В минуту жизни трудную Теснится ль в сердце грусть, Одну молитву чудную Твержу я наизусть. Есть сила благодатная В [созвучьи]1 слов живых, И дышит непонятная, Святая прелесть в них. С души как бремя скатится, Сомненье далеко -- И верится, и плачется, И так легко, легко...
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- by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "Молитва", first published 1839 [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 Fyodor Stepanovich Akimenko (1876 - 1945), "Молитва", op. 1 (4 Romansa s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano (4 Романса с сопровождением фортепиано) = Vier Romanzen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 4, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergey Vasilyevich Aksyuk (1901 - 1994), "Молитва" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ivan Ivanovich Bilibin (1818 - 1892), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Evgeny Vasilyevich Bogoslovsky (1874 - 1941), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Borozdin (1872 - 1887), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Serge Bortkiewicz (1877 - 1952), "Молитва", op. 47 no. 1 (1932), first performed 1951 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Russische Gedichte. Lieder für Gesang und Klavier, no. 1, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pyotr Petrovich Bulakhov (1822 - 1885), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vasily Fyodorovich Bystrov , "В минуту жизни трудную" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ivan Ivanovich Chernov (1872 - 1952), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813 - 1869), "В минуту жизни трудную" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Yulyevich Davidov (1838 - 1889), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Johann Anton Dütsch (1823 - 1863), as Оттон Иванович Дютш, "В минуту жизни трудную" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georgy Ottonovich Dyutsh (1860 - 1891), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Yosif Yosifovich Genishta (1795 - 1853), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Молитва", published 1855 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Aleksandr Ivanovich Goncharov , "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Lvovich Gurilyov (1803 - 1858), "Молитва" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ivan Ivanovich Ignatiev , "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mikhail Mikhailovich Ivanov (1849 - 1927), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pavel Aleksandrovich Kavelin (1834 - 1909), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Grigory Aleksandrovich Kushelev-Bezborodko (1832 - 1870), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Vasilyevich Lazarev (b. 1819), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gavriil Yakimovich Lomakin (1812 - 1885), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Молитва", op. 61 (Acht Lieder = Восемь песен (Vosem' pesen)) no. 5, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard Frantsevich Nápravník (1839 - 1916), "Молитва", op. 25 no. 1 (1877) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergey Yevgenevich Novikov (d. 1944), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksei Alekseyevich Petrov (1859 - 1919), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Avgustovich Pfennig (1823 - 1898), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vladimir Ilyich Rubin (b. 1924), "Молитва", from 7 песен на слова М. Лермонтова, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Молитва" [ voice and piano ], note: first published as opus 4 (Moscow, Gresser), but the opus number was reused later [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ilya Aleksandrovich Sats (1875 - 1912), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolay Vladimirovich Shcherbachyov (1853 - 1922), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shefer (1866 - 1914), "В минуту жизни трудную" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergey Ivanovich Shtutsman (1811 - 1864), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Alexeyevich Titov (1800 - 1875), "В минуту жизни трудную" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Feofil Matveyevich Tolstoy (1809 - 1881), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Villamov , "В минуту жизни трудную" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Platon Vasilyevich Zapolsky , "В минуту жизни трудную" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Visily Aleksandrovich Zhdanov (1845 - 1910), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sofya Aleksandrovna Zybina (d. 1897), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892) ; composed by R. Andersch, Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf, Franz Liszt.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by L. Weinhold ; composed by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Serge Bortkiewicz (1877 - 1952) ; composed by Serge Bortkiewicz.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi) , "The prayer", appears in Russian Lyrics, first published 1916
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 45
The prayer
Language: English after the Russian (Русский)
When faints the heart for sorrow, In life's hard, darkened hour, My spirit breathes a wondrous prayer Full of love's inward power. There is a might inspiring Each consecrated word, That speaks the inconceivable And holy will of God. The heavy load slips from my heart -- Oppressing doubt takes flight, The soul believes, the tears break forth -- And all is light, so light!
Text Authorship:
- by Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi (1863 - 1943), "The prayer", appears in Russian Lyrics, first published 1916 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "Молитва", first published 1839
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-02-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 63