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Б​р​а​т​и (Brothers)

from Л​и​х​о by CHUR

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lyrics

Брати (Brothers)

(music & lyrics by Chur)

An image of a man, a warrior, is of great importance for the culture of European nations, and his symbol is a wolf. So, a pack of wolves is doomed to perish without males – hunters and defenders, in the same way, a nation is doomed to die out without warriors - protectors. As the national independence embodied in men, who are able to defend the interests of their Family-Kin-Homeland independently, disturbs the majority of government institutions, nowadays a mentally sane and physically normal mature man is a party, which is the most unprotected by the Law and any religion. But besides a physical aspect, this problem has also an esoteric aspect – in Europe a ritual of transformation (initiation) of an irresponsible youth into a real Man always involved wolves. Youths fought with wolves, and their spilled blood was blended in a fight as a symbol of fraternization. Probably, the fortunes of European nations and wolf populations in Europe are bound up with each other more closely than we can imagine. This song is a kind of a charm/a spell to be sung by a male to save wolves/brothers from extermination.

Під високими небесами,
За далекими за лісами,
Два брати колись були-жили.
Старший - сірий, молодший - білий.

Старший вчив, як вільному жити,
Бути вірним, та не служити.
Поза спиною – діти та жінки,
Обіч – браття, попереду – вороги!

Бережи його, темний ліс!
Бережи його, вільний степ!
Най земля його крові та й не питиме!

Від ненависті, від біди
Заховайте його сліди!
Брате білий без сірого не житиме!

Як міцніли підлітки білі-
Чолом брату сірому били.
Свою кров у лісі єднали,
Знов родилися, як вмирали.

Так кружляло зоряне небо
Ті віки, що були до тебе.
Чуло пісню вільних твоїх братів,
Чуло славу твоїх дідів.

Ой, біда
До світу прийшла!
Сонце вкрала
Та й сховала.

Менший брат
Чужих шанує,
Старшого
Брата полює.

Під високими небесами,
За далекими за лісами,
Два брати колись були-жили.
Старший - сірий, молодший - білий.

Чи не твій то слід у діброві?
Чи то краплі твоєї крові?
Як замовкне пісня твоїх братів-
Зникне слава твоїх дідів.

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from Л​и​х​о, released November 27, 2013

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