Prayer
Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov
Oh my creator! Oh, my God!
Look at sinful me;
I suffer, I am ill in my soul,
sorrow tortures my breast.
Oh, my Creator, great is my sin,
I am the worst criminal on earth.
Young blood boiled in him,
pure was his love,
but he kept it in himself
so holy, from people.
I knew it all... Oh, my God!
Forgive me, sinful and ill.
I understood his sufferings;
With only the sign of a smile
I could have cured him,
But I didn't pity him.
[O my creator, great is my sin,
I am the most sinful person in the world!]
He suffered long, long,
With sadness and heavily depressed
And died, miserable at last,
Oh, my God, Oh, my Creator!
Be touched by my sinful prayer...
Look how I am ill in my soul.