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Radauskas, Henrikas: Birth of song (Dainos gimimas in English)

Portre of Radauskas, Henrikas

Dainos gimimas (Lithuanian)

Aš nestatau namų, aš nevedu tautos,

Aš sėdžiu po šakom akacijos baltos,

 

Ir vėjas dangiškas į jos lapus atklysta,

Ir paukštis čiulbantis joj suka savo lizdą,

 

Ir skamba medyje melodija tyli,

O aš klausausi jos ir užrašau smėly,

 

Ir vamzdį paimu, ir groju, ir dainuoju

Su vėju ir paukščiu ir su medžiu baltuoju,

 

Ir ūžia debesys nežemiškos spalvos

Virš tos dainuojančios ir grojančios kalvos.



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Birth of song (English)

I'm not building a home, or leading the nation

Just sitting here under branches of a white acacia

 

Where an airy breeze strays through the leaves

While the trilling bird gets its nest in shape

 

And soft melody fills the whole tree,

Which I pick out and trace in the sand

 

Then take up my pipes to play and sing along

With bird, breeze and blossoming branch

 

While clouds an unearthly color wail

Out over that singing, swaying hill.



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Source of the quotationhttp://members.efn.org

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