Igor Komar A cherry tree (poem by Knuts Skujenieks)

Julia Ostrovskaya (voice) Ivan Andrukhov (piano) Poem by Knuts Skujenieks (Latvia, Rīga): A cherrytree trying to cover Its very last berry That is me watching over My ragged shirt s single button. When hopes and souvenirs are all gone, When the burden s too heavy to bear, I make sure the button s still on, The one that you stitched there. In spite of years and fears, In spite of snows and rows, To this holeriddled life I am wed By the stitch of your love s endless thread. Day has succumbed to night