11:13 Feb 20, 2007 |
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| Selected response from: Lubosh Hanuska Australia Local time: 20:36 | ||||||
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.. she was not able to comb out her hairs and weave them into chaplet / garland ... Explanation: Chaplet / garland in connection with young girl has often meaning of virginity. To lose virginity is often expressed in Slovak / Czech folk songs like to lose green chaplet / garland. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 48 mins (2007-02-20 12:01:21 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- She maybe lost her virginity and that was reason why she could not weave her hairs into chaplet / garland. There is often only allusion in Slovak folk songs and ballads of something what happened. Maybe she was thinking on jumping into water beacause of loosing virginity if her lover left her. |
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>>>see explanation Explanation: It's simple - "... she could not get her hair combed and braided...", in other words her hair was frizzy/tangled. As an additional explanation - in folk music this lyrics might refer to the girl's personality - she had "let her hair down", was a bit of a wild girl, she was not submissive or had been in some kind of a struggle... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 hrs (2007-02-21 10:28:50 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Your translation is pretty good, I am not a musician so cannot tell how the lyrics woud fit in with the music though. You cannot take folk music on face value, in most cultures music in the previous centuries carried subtle sentiments and in this case the notion of hidden feminism is obvious! OK, now I got carried away :-) What I'm saying that there was an unspoken message in most of any music of any culture, until the punk rockers came in the latter half of last century...! Interpretation of music and lyrics is highly subjective and dependent on each person's state of mind, emotions, personality, experiences and background. |
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