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Iflanti - Pitku Kilmu

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Lu'm rōda pǟl, kǭrand sangdõ,

Vālda kä'd, kus va'l vȯ'ļ.

A'mmi, kīlma ne'iku ki'v —

Laps, kis vȯ'dlõb ikšiggiņ.

Ma äb vanāstõ, ma set vȯ'dlõb;

Ma u'm ukš, ma u'm vǟr.

Kīt sõnād, ja ma tulāb,

I'ļ lu'm — ma u'm se ikš.

Mis äb ūo andtõd, ma äb sǭ le'bbõ —

Kuts mīnda si'zzõl, se u'm jelāmi.

Sa, kīen u'm veis ja kațki,

Piški pi'mdõs, pūol jelāmizõks.

Ma tīedab sīe kardõ — se u'm mu'r, se u'm kuo'd:

Kakš tu'bbõ, mis amā āiga vȯ'ļtõ ikšiggiņ.

Sa äd murd, sa set vȯ'dlõd;

Sa ūod ukš, sa ūod vǟr.

Sa kītizt sõnād, ja ma u'm tund,

I'ļ lu'm — mēg ūomõ ikš.

Mis u'm andtõd, mittõ äb sǭ murdõ —

Lask mīnda si'zzõl, se u'm igāni.

Tī'e ukš vāldiņ, lask pitkõ kilmõ si'zzõl.

Tī'e ukš vāldiņ, lask pitkõ kilmõ si'zzõl.

Alā kīt siedā pūol — kīt siedā tuo'ž.

Ukš jūob siedā, mis sa äd ānda.

Ve'r jūokšõb jegā sūorstõ, kamēr sõnā u'm tuo'ž,

Kamēr sa kītõd siedā sidāmõst.

Sõnād at kītõd, ja ma u'm tund,

I'ļ lu'm — kakš u'm ikš.

Mittõ äb tu'l tā'giž, äb — kunāid;

Kuts mīnda si'zzõl, mēg jūokšõm vīerda ku'bsõ.

Tī'e ukš vāldiņ, lask pitkõ kilmõ si'zzõl.

Tī'e ukš vāldiņ, lask pitkõ kilmõ si'zzõl.

balticendangeredfolkoriginalsongsongtranslationlivonianvalksoriflanti

Open one door, and let the long cold in.

A voice waits in the snow-quiet, alone, until a word is spoken and something answers. What follows is a vow — two halves drawn into one, sealed in blood and breath, a binding that cannot be undone. The warmth here is chosen, and so is the cold; once the word is said, there is no returning from it.

The chant is Livonian, a Baltic-Finnic tongue of a thin strip of coast, now held by almost no living voice — every word real and attested. A man carries it over hide drums, fire, wind, and water. Something aches in hearing a near-silent language used to swear something eternal: a tongue all but gone, singing of a bond that none come back from.

Pitku Kilmu - "The Long Cold"

Original lyrics written by me in English, translated using https://livonian.tech into Livonian


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