There is a feat in battle

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by Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov (1804 - 1860)

Translation © by Leonid Gulchin

Подвиг есть и в сраженьи

Language: Russian (Русский)

Available translation(s): 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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by Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov (1804 - 1860), no title, first published 1859 [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 Neplyuyev , "Подвиг есть и в сраженьи" [sung text not yet checked]
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) [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

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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"

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There is a feat in battle

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

There is a feat in battle,
There is a feat in fight,
But the highest feat is in patience,
In Love and in Prayer.

If your heart aches
Because of human malice,
And you are caught by coercion
As by a steel chain,

If all the sorrows of the earth,
Sting your soul,
Then do go for your feat
With confident faith.

The feat has wings,
And they will take you high
Without any effort
Above the darkness of the earth,

Above the roof of your dungeon,
Above the blind anger,
Above the screams and yells
Of the people's mob.

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Translations of titles
"Подвиг" = "A feat"
"Подвиг есть и в сраженьи" = "There is a feat in battle"

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Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © by Leonid Gulchin, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov (1804 - 1860), no title, first published 1859

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 100