N. Rimsky-Korsakov: "Ne veter veya s visoti" (It was not the wind, blowing from the heights)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Ne veter veya s visoti (Не ветер, вея с высоты), Op. 43, No. 2
It was not the wind, blowing from the heights
Soprano: Jerica Steklasa
Piano: Joelle Bouffa
Recorded live at the concert
January 2017
It was not the wind, blowing from the heights,
that touched the leaves on a moonlit night.
My soul was touched by you.
It trembled, like leaves;
it, like a harp, is many-stringed.
I was bedeviled by everyday maelstroms
and crushing invasions,
whistling and howling, it tore the strings
and buried everything under cold snow.
Your voice caresses my ear,
your touch is light,
like a floating flower petals,
like the air of a May night.