“When your voice I hear …” by Mikhail Lermontov

“When your voice I hear …” by Mikhail Lermontov 🇷🇺 (15 Oct 1814 – 27 Jul 1841)

Translated from the Russian by Eugene Mark Kayden

When your voice I hear

So tenderly ringing,

Like a captive bird

I wake with a song.

When your glance I meet,

In your azure eyes,

My soul arises

With a longing for you.

I fain would weep

In my happiness:

Oh to hold you, dear,

Close to my heart!