Difficult lyrics
It is 1000th time when i'm listening this song and crying, that's why i think it must be engraved in my diary...One of the greatest song of Mikhail Krug, russian chanson legend:
http://archive.org/download/Prisoner/mama.mp3
Text:
I.
Sognali kak-to na tsentral vorov v zakone
Mochilis' suki v proharya v t'ur'me i v zone
A potomu chto tam gde vor - skoschuha zeku
Blatnomu, urke i prostomu cheloveku
A nad Vladimirom visel bagrovyi mesyats
I kto-to v kamere zapel grustnuu pesnu
I grela dushi vsem zekam toi pesni plamya
Koroche kajutsya sroka, kogda pout o mame
Refrain:
A pesnu grustnuu v turme poet
Odin evreiskiy arestant
I slovo mama kajdyi uznaet
Gruzin, Rusak i brat Tsigan
II.
On pesnu pel s takou grust'u
Ne jaleya...
Kak mojet pet' i toskovat'
Dusha Evreya
I uvajeniem proniklis'
Arestanty...
K evreiskoi mame,
I k bosyatskomu talantu
Refrain.
III.
Bahur heudy she yoshev be kele
Shar zemer al ima shelo
Kha zemer pashut, ve atsuv im alev
Sevel ve tikval bishvilo
Haity tipesh, ah tislehi li imi
Khaval ein li hofesh hayom
Hakafti otah, ve ad ahshav maamin
Hshe or she ba, kmo halom
Labels: Cry
posted by Lamis @ 12/15/2006 02:22:00 pm
4 Comments:
Despite "knowing" you for quite a while, I'm little surprised about your music tastes)).
Krug? Why not if it makes you feel good.
Well, my close friends think that I have no taste in music :))
This song touched me with its lyrics, Gypsy and Jewish arrangement, and btw Joe Dassin, whom you supposed to like, was also cabaret (chanson) singer ;)
Dassin cannot be put in the same line with Krug. Krug sings about criminals' hard fate; his heroes are bandits who drink a lot and seem to be enjoying this fast livestyle. Moreover, musically, there is nothing to listen to at all. It's just a few primitive chords.
Dassin's music is a voice of blooming heart ready to burst. Add charming melodies and serious arrangement. Would you ever compare his tender manner of singing with harsh, cough & smoked voice of Krug?
Sorry if I am over emotional in this, but music is too precious for me.
I sincerely appreciate the opinion of professional musician ;) It’s ok that men have different views of things and exchanging freely, it would be overemotional if you said smth like - your Krug and you are f##@$! b$#%^s :)
And in no case I would compare Dassin and Krug. They are too different. One is like sugary-vanilla ice cream, great, delicious, everybody like it.
Another one is a harsh Russian black bread, tasteless, simple, but still valuable part of a life for many people.
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