"Lullaby from Childhood" by Nataliya Medvedovskaya.
The music and original Russian lyrics of "Lullaby from childhood" are composed by award-winning songwriter, composer and concert pianist Nataliya Medvedovskaya (aka Natasha Meadow).The English translation is by Alexandra A. Palmer.
The song is performed by Nataliya Medvedovskaya at the Spring Music & Family Festival at P.S.193 Gil Hodges School, Brooklyn, New York, on March 9, 2013.
The lullaby can be sung to young children as well as to older "adult" children of all ages. "Lullaby from Childhood" comes into a man's imagination, as he hears his mother singing a lullaby to him, reminding him when he was a little boy and believed in a fairytale world.
"Lullaby from Childhood"
"The night is deep and clear, the night is deep and clear,
Rock-a-by, rock-a-by,
Curl up and sleep, my dear, curl up and sleep, my dear,
Won't you try, won't you try, --
A sweet lullaby from childhood
Flickers glowing in the night.
Oh, I wish I knew how I could
Keep alive the candle's light.
The earth is under the charm, the earth is under the charm
Of the moon, of the moon.
The house is wrapped in the calm, the house is wrapped in the calm --
A cocoon, a cocoon.
Darkness smears blueberry jelly
On the windows yet once more,
Time is childlike, pure and friendly,
Talks to me just like before.
You drop your cares, they're gone, you drop your cares, they're gone
In the night, in the night,
In haste you meet someone, in haste you meet someone
As in flight, as in flight.
In the attic of rememb'ring
You have thrown your childhood ball.
Do you truly have no mem'ry
Of the fairytale at all?
"The night is deep and clear, the night is deep and clear,
Rock-a-by, rock-a-by,"
Original Russian Lyrics by Nataliya Medvedovskaya:
«Колыбельная из детства»
«Свернись калачиком, свернись калачиком,
Баю-бай, баю-бай,
Послушным мальчиком, послушным мальчиком
Засыпай, засыпай,» --
Колыбельная из детства
Огоньком дрожит в ночи.
Как найти такое средство,
Чтоб не меркнул свет свечи?
Земля под сенью чар, земля под сенью чар
У луны, у луны.
Закутан дом в пеньюар, закутан дом в пеньюар
Тишины, тишины.
Вновь ночным черничным джемом
Окон вымазаны рты,
И ко мне по-детски время
Обращается на «ты».
Заботы скинув с плеч, заботы скинув с плеч
В темноту, в темноту,
Ты ищещь с кем-то встреч, ты ищещь с кем-то встреч
На лету, на лету.
На чердак воспоминаний
Мяч заброшен детских лет.
Неужель в твоём сознаньи
Не остался сказки след?
«Свернись калачиком, свернись калачиком,
Баю-бай, баю-бай».
Copyright 2003 Nataliya Medvedovskaya, ASCAP
