Poem: Prayer (In a difficult moment of life) by Mikhail Lermontov in English with English and Russian side by side

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Prière – Ne me blâme pas Seigneur (Ru/Fr) / Prayer – Do not blame me Lord(Ru/Eng) / Молитва – Не обвиняй меня, Всесильный (Рус/Анг.) / (Рус/ Фра.) > > >

Short analysis of the poem “Prayer” by Mikhail Lermontov
Painting “Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God”
Translation of the poem “Prayer” by Mikhail Lermontov in English with English and Russian side by side

Short analysis of the poem “Prayer” by Mikhail Lermontov

The Verse “Prayer” (In a difficult moment of life) written by Lermontov in 1839, shortly after he returned from exile, is a vivid example of religious lyrics and is very highly valued among followers of unorthodox Christian teachings.

Lermontov began his poetic writer career as a lone rebel, his ideal was a rebellious spirit, standing above human and divine laws, which is very far from Christian humility and submission, which caused many to consider the poet freethinker and atheist.

The verse “Prayer” can be explained by a painful search for a way out of a difficult situation, after the doors to many houses of high society were closed to him and that they began to treat him with suspicion and distrust. Faith remained his only mean of salvation when other possibilities have been exhausted. Lermontov’s prayer is simple and easy, the important part is “the consonance of living words”. The combination of words has an incredible power, allowing a person to throw off heavy burden of accumulated experiences and suffering, cleaning the soul and making it possible to continue to bear one’s cross on life.

Painting “Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God”

Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God

The Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God is the earliest known surviving and one of the most revered miraculous icons of the Russian Orthodox Church

Translation of the poem “Prayer” by Mikhail Lermontov in English with English and Russian side by side

Молитва –	Prayer

	Translated by Akirill.com 09/25/2023

В минуту жизни трудную	In a difficult moment of life
Теснится ль в сердце грусть,	If there is sadness in my heart,
Одну молитву чудную	One wonderful prayer
Твержу я наизусть.	I repeat by heart.

Есть сила благодатная	There is a power of grace
В созвучьи слов живых,	In the consonance of living words,
И дышит непонятная,	And breathes incomprehensible
Святая прелесть в них.	Holy charm in them.

С души как бремя скатится,	Like a burden will roll off your soul,
Сомненье далеко —	Doubt is far away –
И верится, и плачется,	And I believe it, and I cry,
И так легко, легко…	And it’s so easy, easy…

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