Sergei Lemeshev, The Song of The Indian Guest, 1954 (live recording)

Lyrics: Ne s’chest almazov v kamennyh pesherah Do not count the diamonds in caves of stone Ne s’chest zhemchuzhin v more poludyonnom Do not count the pearls in the southern sea Dalyokoy Indii chudes. Of distant India so full of wonders. Yest na tyoplom morye chudny kamen yahont There is a wondrous stone, a ruby set in the warm sea; Na tom kamne Phoenix ptitsa s likom devy And on that stone there is a Phoenix, a bird with the face of a maiden Raiskiye vsyo pesny sladko raspevayet, Who keeps singing songs of paradise so sweetly, Perya raspuskayet, morye zakryvayet. Scattering her feathers and covering the sea. Kto tu ptitsu slyshal vsyo tot zabyvayet. Whoever hears this bird will forget everything. Ne s’chest almazov v kamennyh pesherah, Do not count the diamonds in caves of stone Ne s’chest zhemchuzhin v more poludyonnom Do not count the pearls in the southern sea Dalyokoy Indii chudes. Of distant India so full of wonders. (The English translation is found in the web) Sergei Lemeshev (1902-1977) sings “The song of the Indian Guest“ from the opera “Sadko“ by Rimsky-Korsakov. It is another song fperformed in the live concert in Leningrad (). The recording is never published on LP or CD.