Tchaikovsky|Rachmaninov - Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1 performed by Elvira Rakhmanova

Чайковский | Рахманинов - Колыбельная
Lullaby - English translation © Philip Ross Bullock
Sleep, my child, fall asleep!
Beckon slumber’s sweetness deep:
I have summoned three nannies for you -
The wind, the sun and an eagle.
The eagle has flown home,
The sun has slipped below the water,
The wind, after three nights,
Races to its mother.
The wind’s mother asked him:
‘Where have you been hiding all this time?
Did you wage war with the stars?
Did you drive the waves away?’
‘I didn’t drive the waves of the sea away,
I touched no golden stars;
I was keeping a child safe and sound,
Rocking its little cradle!’
Sleep, my child, fall asleep!
Beckon slumber’s sweetness deep:
I have summoned three nannies for you -
The wind, the sun and an eagle.