of Montreal – Around the Way

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  General Comment:The foreign language is probably Norwegian, and it's probably Nina doing the reciting.
  
  This song sounds kinda like new territory for Kevin and of Montreal.

  Flag palms159on September 07, 2010   Link

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    Eg har aldri tenkt meg sanningi
    Som ein husfugl,
    Men um ho so vore,
    Kan du godt strjuka henne med fjøri
    Og ikkje jaga henne upp i ei krå
    Til ho snur ugleaugo og klør imot deg.
    Andre held sanningi for
    Ei kald knivsegg,
    Ho er både
    Yin og yang,
    Ormen i graset,
    Og fuglekongen som lettar frå ørni
    Når hu trur seg høgst.
    Eg har òg set
    
    Per Google translator:
    
    I've never thought the truth
    As a husfugl,
    But if she so been,
    Can you well strjuka her fjøri
    And not drive her upp in a corner
    For it turns owl eyes and claws against you.
    Others include the truth of
    A cold knife's edge,
    It is both
    Yin and yang,
    The worm in the grass,
    And the bird king who rises from ørni
    When she thinks the highest.
    I have also seen

    Flag carriedhomeon September 10, 2010  

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    After sourcing the material here is a better translation:
    
    I have never thought of Sanningi
    As a house bird
    But if she was to be,
    You could stroke her feathers
    And not chase her in to a corner
    till she turns her owl eyes and claws towards you.
    Others judge Sanningi as
    a cold knife,
    She is both Ying and Yang,
    Worm in the grass,
    and the bird king who flies from the eagle
    When she believes in herself
    I have seen
    
    Nina's part is from a poem by Olav H. Hauge

    Flag carriedhomeon September 14, 2010  

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    Wow, awesome! Where did you find this?

    Flag palms159on September 15, 2010  

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    carriedhome you're right.. I'm from Denmark, and the danish language sounds almost like Norwegian. It just spells very differnt.
    
    In danish it would be:
    
    Jeg har aldrig tænkt Sanningi
    som en husfugl
    Men hvis hun var,
    Kunne du ae hendes fjer
    Og ikke jage hende ind i et hjørne
    til hun vender sine ugleøjne og klør imod dig.
    Andre dømmer Sanningi som
    en kold kniv,
    Hun er både Ying og Yang
    Varm i græsset,
    og fuglekongen som flyver fra ørnen
    Når hun tror på sig selv
    Jeg har set

    Flag theTyranton October 05, 2010  

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    Here's a more accurate translation that might make a tiny bit more sense ( not alot more, as the previous translations are very close; ) as New Norwegian isn't all that easy to find out for those not knowing the Norwegian languages.
    
    
    I have never thought of the truth
    As a housebird
    But if she had such been
    You might as well stroke her feathers
    And not chase her up in a corner
    'Till she turns her owl eyes and claws towards you.
    Others hold the truth for
    a cold knife-blade
    She's both
    Yin and Yang
    The snake in the grass
    And the bird-king that lifts off from the eagle (this is a saying/from a story about the bird-king and how it got its' 'crown')
    When she ( the eagle ) believes herself the highest
    I have, too, seen.
    
    

    Flag Monotonedon December 07, 2010  
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  General Comment:Kevin Barnes knows me too well. I couldn't have said this better myself.

  Flag mycosmoson September 06, 2010   Link

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