by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842)
Molitva
Language: Russian (Русский)
Spasitel', Spasitel'! Čista moja vera, Kak plamja molitvy! No, Bože, i vere Mogila temna! Čto sluch mne zamenit? Potuchšie oči? Glubokoe čuvstvo Ostyvšego serdca? Čto budet žizn' ducha Bez ėtogo serdca? Na krest, na mogilu, Na nebo, na zemlju, Na točku načala I celi tvorenij Tvorec vsemoguščij Nakinul zavesu, Naložil pečat' — Pečat' ta naveki, Eë ne rastorgnut Miry, razrušajas', Ogon' ne rastopit, Ne smoet voda!.. Prosti mne, Spasitel'! Slezu moej grešnoj Večernej molitvy: Vo t'me ona svetit Ljubov'ju k Tebe…
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Text Authorship:
- by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842), "Молитва", subtitle: "(Дума)", written 1836 [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 Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shefer (1866 - 1914), "Молитва" [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892) , "Gebet", appears in Aus der Heimat und Fremde ; composed by Georg Göhler, Philipp Scharwenka.
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