Leaves' Eyes

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Dear LEAVES' EYES fans,

now, you can have a pre-listen to "Sigrlinn", another song from the upcoming Leaves Eyes album "Meredead"!

"Sigrlinn" own words by LIV KRISTINE:

When Thorsten presented his first idea of this song, I immediately knew that it had to be sung in Norwegian. I chose “nynorsk”, which is next to “bokmaal”, one of two official Norwegian written standard languages in Norway. I chose the title “Sigrlinn” for one single reason: Phonetically, there is a “sweet” and traditional sound to the name, which is perfect for my “sung” poem. I would call it romantic poetry, written in dialogical form between the protagonists Sigrlinn and Sveinung, and the narrating choir or the narrating single voice. For Alex, it meant hard work to sing in Norwegian “dialect” (both my sister Carmen (Midnattsol) and myself supervising him – poor Alex!). However, by the help of phonetic transcription he mastered this task perfectly! Even I had to get used to the thought of singing a complete lyrical piece in my mother tongue. I would say that it makes the song even more personal. It felt very important and comfortable to have my sister singing with me (Thank you, my dear Carmen!)! Thematically, my poem presents the married couple Sigrlinn and Sveinung, living by the fjord. Sveinung leaves his wife for the sake of bringing home more goods, which might be heroic, however, there is no happy end to his journey. Bad weather, the harsh mountainous landscape, Froeya and the three-headed troll play the decisive role to his fate.

Here’s my translation of Sigrlinn from “nynorsk” to modern English.

Have a pleasant reading!

Liv


Sigrlinn (original)

Du ville heim fara
Som du eingong lova
Ingen kunne gjeva meg meir
Du som meg sveipte i brurelin
Men runer dei meir visste
Enn eg ville vite

Han ville heim fara
Som han deg eingong lova
Ingen kunne gjeva deg meir
Han som deg sveipte i brurelin
Men runer dei meir visste
Enn ho ville vite

Mot din vilje
MØy mot din vilje
Frå garde han fór
Frå garde han fór
Kaldvind herja
Uvettet ylte
Jordi ho skalv
Frå garde han fór
Mot min vilje
Eg fór frå garde
Eg ville gjeva deg meir
Som eg deg eingong lova
Du Sigrlinn Atles dotter

I soli lyser perlebandet
Du er fager men sorg du gjev meg
Over huldreheimar vil du fara
Såre sorgi set åt meg no

Vilt eg fór og vitlaus var eg til
Illkvasse augo på FrØya
I tåka over doggvått fjell
Eit trihovda troll meg slengde

I skjold det skalv
Mine brØdrar drap du

Gull og sylv du aldri hadde
Vilt du fór og vitlaus var du
FrØya’s augo illkvasse
Illkvasse

Sigrlinn eg heiter
Eg er Atles dotter Sveinungs mØy
Du åleine i djupe daler
Du kom aldri heim

Eg finn ikkje ord som kan trØyste
Eg finn ikkje glede i livet
Som mit eige liv elska eg han

Han ville heim fara
Som han eingong lova
Ingen kunne gjeva ho meir
Han elska ho i brurelin



Sigrlinn (translation)


Sigrlinn:
You wanted to return to home
Like you once had promised
Nobody loves me more
Than you, my groom
But runes tell more secrets
Than I would prefer to know

Narrator:
He wanted to come home
Like he once had promised you
Nobody loves you more
Than he, your groom
But runes tell more secrets
Than she would like to know

Choir:
Against you will
Woman, against your will
He left home
He left home
Cold wind raged
Bad weather howled
The earth shook
As he left home
Against my will

Sveinung:
I left our home
For I wanted to give you more
Like I once promised you
You, Sigrlinn, Atle’s daughter

Sigrlinn:
In the sun my necklace of pearls is shining
You are beautiful, but you make me cry
Through the hills of *hulder you will ride
Great sorrow is within my heart

Sveinung:
I was riding on, out of my mind
There, Froeya’s piercing eyes
In the fog across misty mountains
A three-headed troll hit me

Shivering shields,
You killed my brothers


Chor:
Gold and silver you never owned
Riding on, out of your mind
(Followed by) Froeya’s piercing eyes
Deadly

Sigrlinn:
My name is Sigrlinn
I am Atle’s daughter, wife of Sveinung
You, all alone in the deep valleys
You never came back

I can’t find soothing words
Joy has left me
I loved him like my own life

Narrator:
He wanted to return to home
Like he once promised
Nobody loves her more
Like he loves her

• hulder is often found in Norwegian traditional legends, referred to as a wicked, alluring siren inhabiting hills and

Etain is a figure of Irish mythology, best known as the heroine of Tochmarc Etain (English: The Wooing Of Etain), one of the oldest and richest stories of the Mythological Cycle. She also figures in the Middle Irish Togail Bruidne Dα Derga (English: The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel). T. F. O'Rahilly identified her as a sun goddess

Leaves' Eyes will be releasing the new album "Meredead" on April 22nd, 2011. The band has now posted a preview of the song "Krεkevisa" online, which can be heard through the band's MySpace page. Vocalist Liv Kristine commented on the track:

"Krεkevisa (The Crow Song), also called Mannen og Krεka (The Farmer and the Crow), is a traditional folklore in the genre Scandinavian medieval ballads. I know it from primary school as we used to sing it in the school's choir. There are different versions in Norway, which also uses other melodies. It is one of the best known folk tunes in my home country, however, it is also well-known in Sweden, Denmark and across the Faeroe Island. It's interesting that Krεkevisa is said to be related to 'Hαkun Rνπur Ν Timburskσg', the Faeroese children's rhyme. Let me translate Krεkevisa's first verse; first the Norwegian version, then the English one:

Og mannen han gjekk seg i vedaskog,
Hei fara, i vedaskog.
Dε sat der ei krεka i lunden og gol.
Hei fara, faltu riltu raltura.

The man went into the firewood forest
Hei fara, to the firewood forest
There he heard crowing from the grove
Hei fara, faltu riltu raltura

"What happens to the crow in the following verses, I guess is not hard to imagine, for it's definitely not a romantic love story! However, the end is what makes real sense to me personally. The message is: A man is not worth a crow if he doesn't realize its value. In a modern sense, I see clearly a connotation to the unfair, insane, money-controlled meat-industry, versus those peoples, like the Aborigines and the Eskimos, who are able to survive only because they have inherited knowledge over generations about fair trade with and careful treatment of Nature.

"Thank you, Anette, for having this wonderful idea, and for singing along! I sang it this morning, walking through the forest!"

The band's latest trailer for the new album, and comments about another new song, can be found at this location.

evanescencespko έγραψε:To album tha moy apostalei ayrio

Pretender 666 έγραψε:(exw pei poso latreyw ayto to folk-kati?! kai sto meredead anadikniete se megalo va8mo ayto to traditional!)