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Post by Ariete on Dec 17, 2022 18:35:48 GMT -5
Ariete Jamala singing in Ukrainian a song based on a famous poem Lebedi materynstva of Vasyl Symonenko. Goosebumps.
This is where the cultural differences start to show. The song is so sad, melancholic and depressing that it feels alien. It's what we call itkuvirsi, literally crying gospel, or lament in English.
While we Finns are not that expressive in our emotions, our songs usually end with a positive tone, or at least a hope for the better. Like:
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Post by Doña Jimena on Dec 17, 2022 18:51:16 GMT -5
This is where the cultural differences start to show. The song is so sad, melancholic and depressing that it feels alien. It's what we call itkuvirsi, literally crying gospel, or lament in English. Thank you for your opinion. I think you and me see the world very differently. The song is brilliant, it is about the love of mother and the love of homeland. It resonates with me. I won't go somewhere where I get paid more to be an immigrant like most shallow people do nowadays. And it's impossible to be happy all the time, there are happy songs in Ukrainian, but I like this not so happy song now. |
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Post by Doña Jimena on Dec 18, 2022 6:06:34 GMT -5
I adore her and her energy.
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Post by Ariete on Dec 18, 2022 13:54:12 GMT -5
Thank you for your opinion. I think you and me see the world very differently. The song is brilliant, it is about the love of mother and the love of homeland. It resonates with me. I won't go somewhere where I get paid more to be an immigrant like most shallow people do nowadays. And it's impossible to be happy all the time, there are happy songs in Ukrainian, but I like this not so happy song now.
I didn't mean it's a bad song, it just sounds so different what I'm used to. My post wasn't criticism, just an observation.
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Post by Doña Jimena on Dec 18, 2022 14:52:43 GMT -5
Thank you for your opinion. I think you and me see the world very differently. The song is brilliant, it is about the love of mother and the love of homeland. It resonates with me. I won't go somewhere where I get paid more to be an immigrant like most shallow people do nowadays. And it's impossible to be happy all the time, there are happy songs in Ukrainian, but I like this not so happy song now.
I didn't mean it's a bad song, it just sounds so different what I'm used to. My post wasn't criticism, just an observation.
I understand it. What do you think about Fiinka?  |
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Post by Ariete on Dec 18, 2022 15:09:31 GMT -5
I understand it. What do you think about Fiinka?
Oh no...
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I hate it.  |
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Post by Doña Jimena on Dec 18, 2022 15:18:09 GMT -5
I understand it. What do you think about Fiinka?
Oh no...
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I hate it.  I love it. Authentic Carpathian. |
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Post by Ariete on Dec 18, 2022 15:56:35 GMT -5
This one is quite good: Thank you for your opinion. I think you and me see the world very differently. The song is brilliant, it is about the love of mother and the love of homeland. It resonates with me. I won't go somewhere where I get paid more to be an immigrant like most shallow people do nowadays. And it's impossible to be happy all the time, there are happy songs in Ukrainian, but I like this not so happy song now. BTW with this post, I sense some newly found/increased patriotism in you? |
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Post by Doña Jimena on Dec 18, 2022 16:08:48 GMT -5
BTW with this post, I sense some newly found/increased patriotism in you? You are right. I am reasonably patriotic of Latvia. It could be worse - imagine leaving in Kaliningrad or Pskov oblast. |
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Post by Ariete on Dec 18, 2022 16:33:27 GMT -5
You are right. I am reasonably patriotic of Latvia. It could be worse - imagine leaving in Kaliningrad or Pskov oblast.
Much worse. Not to mention like Norilsk, Murmansk or Kalmykia.
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Dec 19, 2022 17:22:29 GMT -5
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Dec 22, 2022 21:07:42 GMT -5
Good German music for winter. Snowless or not.
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Post by Giorbanguly on Dec 23, 2022 5:38:13 GMT -5
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Post by MET on Dec 25, 2022 20:12:25 GMT -5
Christmas song by Nat King Cole.
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Post by MET on Dec 26, 2022 10:05:06 GMT -5
Alan Freed, the INVENTOR of rock and roll.
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Post by Giorbanguly on Dec 29, 2022 3:27:12 GMT -5
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Post by Shaheen Hassan on Dec 30, 2022 13:50:53 GMT -5
One of the best assyrian songs I listened to. Ethereal As a speaker of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, do you understand the lyrics of this song? If yes, can you post them in Assyrian script please? |
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Post by Ariete on Dec 30, 2022 14:22:20 GMT -5
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Post by Ethereal on Dec 30, 2022 19:13:58 GMT -5
One of the best assyrian songs I listened to. Ethereal As a speaker of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, do you understand the lyrics of this song? If yes, can you post them in Assyrian script please? He sings with a very rural "redneck" accent. So it's not easy to decipher the lyrics. Lol. But I'll try to summarize it: "Shala" is shawl. He is singing about a girl he likes who wears a shawl around. He is telling people to "bring her down immediately" to him ("salya deya"), as she lives in the elevated village Barwari. He also requests for her to bring a white dress with her (bride dress). She'll be satisfied with him more than water would quench her. He uses the "barwari" village name throughout the song. She lives there. He will quickly climb to that hilly village to be with her (as he says), before he is "kidnapped by sleep" (meaning before he falls asleep). He then says he will support her and have her back even if 10 men stand in his way. At the end of the song he says he wants to promptly ask for her hand so his heart will never break. And if he dances, he says, he will joyfully jump around because his heart will sing in her name. That's the best I could.  This song has gotten popular outside of the Assyrian world. Personally, I'm not a fan of it and I would wished that other Assyrian songs got the exposure Lol, cos it's too rural for me and lacks a nice melody. For a nice modern Assyrian dance song, this does it for me (this is a recent cover of a 1993 song and it isn't bad): |
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Post by massiveshibe on Dec 31, 2022 2:17:47 GMT -5
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I love it. Authentic Carpathian. 
This song has gotten popular outside of the Assyrian world. Personally, I'm not a fan of it and I would wished that other Assyrian songs got the exposure Lol, cos it's too rural for me and lacks a nice melody. 