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This song was released today, by Laurita Peleniūtė & Auļi:
Sveteliai / Ciemiņi
The page says it is a Lithuanian folk song and lists the Lithuanian lyrics (as sung) as well as Latvian and English translations.
The first word in the title, "Sveteliai" must be the Lithuanian title, and the 2nd "Ciemiņi" must be the Latvian, and they both seem to mean "Guests".
The English translation of the lyrics start out as might be expected for a folk song, about drinking and ploughing fields. But there's an odd feel to them.
This line occurs twice in the song and raises my curiosity: "I’ve never had guests like this before." The rest of the song doesn't explain what is meant by "like this".
The song has a creepy end: "If you don’t want to sleep, go hang yourselves. I made some ropes of hemp for you."
The earlier parts of the song about ploughshares and scythes felt odd to me, because why would you tell guests to go out and work in the fields? But in retrospect those parts are also creepy due to the singer stating that she has made those items (ie. sharp steel blades) for the guests.
I don't know what to make of the song.
I didn't find any other webpages about this song, to help explain it.
But it definitely has a sinister murderous feel.
Sveteliai / Ciemiņi
The page says it is a Lithuanian folk song and lists the Lithuanian lyrics (as sung) as well as Latvian and English translations.
The first word in the title, "Sveteliai" must be the Lithuanian title, and the 2nd "Ciemiņi" must be the Latvian, and they both seem to mean "Guests".
The English translation of the lyrics start out as might be expected for a folk song, about drinking and ploughing fields. But there's an odd feel to them.
This line occurs twice in the song and raises my curiosity: "I’ve never had guests like this before." The rest of the song doesn't explain what is meant by "like this".
The song has a creepy end: "If you don’t want to sleep, go hang yourselves. I made some ropes of hemp for you."
The earlier parts of the song about ploughshares and scythes felt odd to me, because why would you tell guests to go out and work in the fields? But in retrospect those parts are also creepy due to the singer stating that she has made those items (ie. sharp steel blades) for the guests.
I don't know what to make of the song.
I didn't find any other webpages about this song, to help explain it.
But it definitely has a sinister murderous feel.