Tuleloits

Kerli

Tłumaczenie (angielski)

3 przekłady

Album:

Shadow Works (2019)

Oryginalne teksty (piosenek)

estoński

Przekład

angielski

Tuleloits

Fire Spell

Spark, spark,1

rise from the ashes, bright one,

Spark, spark,

rise from the ashes, bright one,

Grow like my might,

open up like my heart

Grow like my might,

open up like my heart

Rise, rise higher

Shine, shine to more distant places

Rise, rise higher

Shine, shine to more distant places

Burst up to heavens

Radiate to the edge of the world

Burst up to heavens

Radiate to the edge of the world

Turn my pain-bodies into dust

Light up my shadowy sides

Turn my pain-bodies into dust

Light up my shadowy sides

Dry these eyes2

Burn my anxious thoughts

Dry these eyes

Burn my anxious thoughts

Clean up what has been

Free what has not been yet3

Clean up what has been

Free what has not been yet

Make me new-new-new

Give me the strength inside you4

Make me new-new-new

Give me the strength inside you

Fire animal into the darkness

Gold glow into the blackness

Fire animal into the darkness

Gold glow into the blackness

Light into every mind/sense5

Warmth into every soul

Light into every mind/sense

Warmth into every soul

And that is how it is

1. all vocatives are in diminutive (-ke ending) because that is the respectful animistic way to address higher powers; it uses the so-called Kalevala meter of folk poetry but stress-based
2. 'eyes' are also diminutive
3. she pronounces "pole" as "pol(l)", probably being afraid to break the 8-syllable trochaic beat/hypnotism, although in this position it is very common to have a triplet of shorts in folk poetry
4. I find it a bit unexpected that she asks not for 'some strength/power' but all of it; some strength would be "jõu-du" (long-short) but that would not work meter-wise
5. "meeleke(sse)" and "hingeke(sse)" are also diminutives

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