The Wall
from The Black by Second To Sun
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lyrics
Там, где в Волгу Ока, великая река,
Свои тихие воды вливает
Весенней порой берега заливает,
Стоит вдоль башни стена - не прочна, не страшна
немало ветшала с годами,
И не раз разорялась врагами;
Народ совет собрал
Как бы стену прочнее устроить
Порешили из камня
прочного крепость построить
Давай, руками постучи,
Да сильнее колоти
Не слыхать тебя? - ох, крепка стена!
Вот, мы такие молодцы
Словно делали отцы
Не стони, возгордись - мука хороша!
Свята боль твоя, земля примет всё
А историю вдаль ветер унесёт.
"Не забудьте, творцы, что есть обычай,
Что велит зарывать без пощады
Там, где стену закладывать надо.
Как под башней одной,
за Софийской стеной,
Тот обычай не вздор,
он идет с давних пор.
Уж кому суждено, тот пройдет все равно,
Будь то зверь, человек или птица;
А иначе стена ведь не будет прочна,
Да и строить ее не годится"
А нам строй, убивай? Рехнулся на старости лет
Нам слова не закон. Сохраним секрет.
Давай, руками постучи,
Да сильнее колоти
Не слыхать тебя? - ох, крепка стена!
Вот, мы такие молодцы
Словно делали отцы
Не стони, возгордись - мука хороша!
Легенда жива, молва стерпит всё
А стена простоит сотни лет ещё
In the place where great river Oka
Merges its calm waters with Volga
And shores get flooded in spring time
A wall stands by the tower
Neither strong, nor fearsome, dilapidated with years
Many times ravaged by foes;
Folk have gathered a council
How to fortify the wall the discuss
Decided to build a fortress from solid rock
Go on, hit it with your arms
Hit harder, now.
Can't hear you? - Oh, the wall is strong.
We have done so well
As if built by our fathers
Do not groan, be proud - the flour is good
Your pain is sacred, earth will accept all
And history will be blown away by the wind
Don't you forget, creators, that there's a custom
Ordering to bury without mercy
Where the wall is to be built
Like beneath a tower
Behind the Sophia's wall
That custom is not to be ignored -
It has been practiced since times long past
That who is destined will pass anyway
Be that beast, bird, or man
Otherwise the wall won't be strong
And it won't do to build it
So we must build and kill?
Have you lost your mind in old age?
Words aren't law for us
We'll keep the secret
Go on, hit it with your arms
Hit harder, now.
Can't hear you? - Oh, the wall is strong.
We have done so well
As if built by our fathers
Do not groan, be proud - the flour is good
The legend is alive, hearsay will endure
And the wall will stand for centuries
When masons started building the Kremlin in Nizhny Novgorod, they had achieved reasonable progress on the very first day, but after going home for the night and returning on the morrow, they saw that everything they had done the day before had crumbled. They began anew, but by next morning everything had collapsed again. Masons decided to ask old men for advice - what should they do, how could they make Kremlin strong and durable? To this, old men replied that Kremlin must be built on the blood of the first living being to approach the construction site. Early next morning the masons and nobles came to the construction site and waited. Not far from that place lived a pasad man with his young and beautiful wife Alyona. That same morning, carrying two buckets and a yoke, Alyona went to the nearby river Pochaina for some water. After having filled the buckets, she started walking back towards the house, but noticed people standing near the construction place waiting for something. As soon as Alyona approached the builders, she was caught and together with both buckets and the yoke immured into the foundation of the tower. Since then the tower bears the name Yoke Tower. After finding out about the horrible death of his wife, Alyona’s husband drowned himself in the river Volga. Immurement rite was widespread among Mordvins (Ersya) in those times. There are rumours it still is.
However, from the point of view of historians and experts, this fairy tale is not realistic. It is far more likely that the girl’s disappearance was blamed on the foreigners (in Russia during those times anyone who didn’t follow the teachings of Easter Orthodox Christianity was considered foreign). It is possible that described here actually depicts the Blood Libel.
Свои тихие воды вливает
Весенней порой берега заливает,
Стоит вдоль башни стена - не прочна, не страшна
немало ветшала с годами,
И не раз разорялась врагами;
Народ совет собрал
Как бы стену прочнее устроить
Порешили из камня
прочного крепость построить
Давай, руками постучи,
Да сильнее колоти
Не слыхать тебя? - ох, крепка стена!
Вот, мы такие молодцы
Словно делали отцы
Не стони, возгордись - мука хороша!
Свята боль твоя, земля примет всё
А историю вдаль ветер унесёт.
"Не забудьте, творцы, что есть обычай,
Что велит зарывать без пощады
Там, где стену закладывать надо.
Как под башней одной,
за Софийской стеной,
Тот обычай не вздор,
он идет с давних пор.
Уж кому суждено, тот пройдет все равно,
Будь то зверь, человек или птица;
А иначе стена ведь не будет прочна,
Да и строить ее не годится"
А нам строй, убивай? Рехнулся на старости лет
Нам слова не закон. Сохраним секрет.
Давай, руками постучи,
Да сильнее колоти
Не слыхать тебя? - ох, крепка стена!
Вот, мы такие молодцы
Словно делали отцы
Не стони, возгордись - мука хороша!
Легенда жива, молва стерпит всё
А стена простоит сотни лет ещё
In the place where great river Oka
Merges its calm waters with Volga
And shores get flooded in spring time
A wall stands by the tower
Neither strong, nor fearsome, dilapidated with years
Many times ravaged by foes;
Folk have gathered a council
How to fortify the wall the discuss
Decided to build a fortress from solid rock
Go on, hit it with your arms
Hit harder, now.
Can't hear you? - Oh, the wall is strong.
We have done so well
As if built by our fathers
Do not groan, be proud - the flour is good
Your pain is sacred, earth will accept all
And history will be blown away by the wind
Don't you forget, creators, that there's a custom
Ordering to bury without mercy
Where the wall is to be built
Like beneath a tower
Behind the Sophia's wall
That custom is not to be ignored -
It has been practiced since times long past
That who is destined will pass anyway
Be that beast, bird, or man
Otherwise the wall won't be strong
And it won't do to build it
So we must build and kill?
Have you lost your mind in old age?
Words aren't law for us
We'll keep the secret
Go on, hit it with your arms
Hit harder, now.
Can't hear you? - Oh, the wall is strong.
We have done so well
As if built by our fathers
Do not groan, be proud - the flour is good
The legend is alive, hearsay will endure
And the wall will stand for centuries
When masons started building the Kremlin in Nizhny Novgorod, they had achieved reasonable progress on the very first day, but after going home for the night and returning on the morrow, they saw that everything they had done the day before had crumbled. They began anew, but by next morning everything had collapsed again. Masons decided to ask old men for advice - what should they do, how could they make Kremlin strong and durable? To this, old men replied that Kremlin must be built on the blood of the first living being to approach the construction site. Early next morning the masons and nobles came to the construction site and waited. Not far from that place lived a pasad man with his young and beautiful wife Alyona. That same morning, carrying two buckets and a yoke, Alyona went to the nearby river Pochaina for some water. After having filled the buckets, she started walking back towards the house, but noticed people standing near the construction place waiting for something. As soon as Alyona approached the builders, she was caught and together with both buckets and the yoke immured into the foundation of the tower. Since then the tower bears the name Yoke Tower. After finding out about the horrible death of his wife, Alyona’s husband drowned himself in the river Volga. Immurement rite was widespread among Mordvins (Ersya) in those times. There are rumours it still is.
However, from the point of view of historians and experts, this fairy tale is not realistic. It is far more likely that the girl’s disappearance was blamed on the foreigners (in Russia during those times anyone who didn’t follow the teachings of Easter Orthodox Christianity was considered foreign). It is possible that described here actually depicts the Blood Libel.
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released May 16, 2018
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