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by Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov (1804 - 1860)

Подвиг
 (Sung text for setting by P. Tchaikovsky)
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Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Подвиг есть и в сраженьи,
Подвиг есть и в борьбе,
Высший подвиг в терпеньи
Любви и мольбе.

Если сердце заныло
Перед злобой людской,
Иль насилье схватило 
Тебя цепью стальюй;

Если скорби земные
Жалом в душу впились, --
С верой бодрой и смелой
Ты за подвиг берись.

Есть у подвига крылья,
И взлетишь ты на них,
Без труда, без усилья,
Выше мраков земных;

Выше крыши темницы,
Выше злобы слепой,
Выше воплей и криков
Гордой черни людской.

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Note on Transliterations

Composition:

    Set to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Подвиг", op. 60 (Двенадцать романсов = Dvenadcat' romansov (Twelve romances) = Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 11 (1886) [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch)

Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov (1804 - 1860), no title, first published 1859

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Leonid Gulchin) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bruno Tutenberg) , "Größe der Tat"


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 74

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