Icy You - Жираф (Giraffe) - LIVE 10/06/2011 (Lyrics by Nikolai Gumilev)

ICY YOU | Николай Гумилев - Жираф (1908) Icy You - Жираф (2011) The lyrics of the song Giraffe is a poem of a famous Russian poet Nikolai Gumilev Here is the translation: The Giraffe Today you are gazing especially sadly, my love, Your hands seem so slim when they weakly embrace your knees. So, listen, far away, an exquisite giraffe Is wandering near the lake Chad among other African beasts. Such slenderness, sweet bliss are lavishly given to him. His skin is adorned with some magic and graceful designs. And only the moon dares to rival, to cleave and to swing On the moisture of wide lakes, repeating those marvelous lines. From afar he resembles the colored thin sails and I’d bet His run can surpass even seagulls’ glad flight over waves. I know — the earth beholds some miraculous things at sunset When he hides himself in the marble, mysterious caves. I know the jov