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Viikate

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Kesävainaja (2009)

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Tanssi

The Dance

They put a bag in my head.

A bag pitch-black as the night.

It's not for carrying light to the croft

It's not for families to bake bread, or to eat*

They put a bag in my head.

The cloth is made of hemp and the belt is sweaty.

Now I can see more brightly than ever before

More brightly than the saber of lightning strikes.

The soles dig into the wooden deck

Indeed! The flames are not a threat when

we dance an urn over the sky

that is softly raining**

I ask: "May I?"

I ask for a permission and I get one.

The male companion who is beautiful as a picture***

offers a leathery smile.

I ask: "May I?"

The steps lead to a better place

The moment weights as much as a single hair

Now, as the sky and the firmament open.

The soles dig into the wooden deck

Indeed! The flames are not a threat when

we dance an urn over the sky

It's softly raining...

The ashes of our fathers!****

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samtamtam

submitted on 8 Травень 2014 - 13:45

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Enoo

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Коментарі автора перекладу:

Well, this was a tough one. It uses a lot of metaphors and strange ways to express things. The word order is also a bit weird, as usual with Viikate's songs. I did my best, hopefully this is of some use for you.

*As in there is no flour in the bag that's pulled in his head
**I have NO idea what they are trying to say with this. I went with a literal translation, to me it doesn't make sense in Finnish either. It seems like they are making an urn with their dancing, but that's just silly.
***Kavaljeeri in Finland is the word used for the male companion when a couple goes to a party or to dance. I don't know if there's an English word for that, I think cavalier does not mean the same. The female is "daami", btw.
****Or: "The ashes of our fathers are softly raining over us"

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Enoo

14 Травень 2014, 14:48

Thank you so much for your translation and explanations! :)
For "kavaljeeri", I can't think of another word than "partner" in English. In French we use a cognate word, "cavalier".