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Tango sotavuosilta

from Kotiinpaluu by Nikolai Blad

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1. TANGO SOTAVUOSILTA
(translation below)

Niin kuin tanssijalla on kaksi jalkaa, on tangollakin kaksi, toinen marssi, toinen hiljaa hiipii
askelien satu on onnellisten labyrintti
kun sotilas ja nainen tanssivat
kun varjot yhteen sulautuvat, voi nähdä härkäpäisen minotauroksen
niin sotilas on sodan vanki
ja vapautensa velkaa hirviölle
tanssipari kulkee keskipisteeseen, se sulkee riitin, jättää taakseen
sekasikiöiden porun
kun sotilas ja nainen tanssivat
kun varjot yhteen sulautuu
Vain hetken he kuuluvat toisilleen
sen hetken on malja täys ei vajaa
ei särkyä ei pulaa, valitusta ei…
on vain tanssi

Niin kuin tanssijoilla on kaks jalkaa, on tangollakin kaksi, toinen hiipi, toinen marssii
villi veisu jumalalle sodan jylyn hetkeks vaimentaa
sen polvet todistavat silmänkantamattomiin
edestämme menneet
”me tiesimme, me taisimme, me tiesimme sen” 2x

mut onko sotilaalla vielä henki ja jalat molemmat, kun hän palaa?
lopulta ei ole voittajaa, ei häviäjää
ei viimeiseks koskaan marssiaskel jää
vaan kissamainen painallus
kun varjo yöhön hiipi
kun varjo yöhön hiipi
ei ole sotilasta enää
on vain kulkuri

Tango from the war years
text&music: Nikolai Blad

Like a dancer has two feet, so has the tango, one marches, the other quietly creeps
the steps tell a tale of the lucky in a labyrinth
when a soldier and a woman are dancing
when their shadows blend together, one can see a bull-headed Minotaur
so the soldier is a prisoner of war
and he owes his freedom to the monster
the dancing couple passes to the center, closing the rite, leaving behind
chimeras crying
when the soldier and the women dance
when their shadows blend together…
Only for a moment they belong to each other
for that moment the cup is full
there is no ache, no shortage, no complaint ...
just the dance

Like a dancer has two feet, so has the tango, one marches, the other creeps
wild hymn to the god quiets the thunder of war for a moment
generations gone as far as the eye can see prove it
"We knew we could, we knew it"

But will the soldier come back alive and with both legs?
in the end there is no winner, no loser
nor will the last steps never go marching
but it is a catlike press
when the shadow sneaked into the night
when the shadow sneaked into the night
there is no soldier anymore
just a tramp

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from Kotiinpaluu, released May 12, 2017

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Nikolai Blad Finland

Nikolai Blad, born in 1963 in Tampere, Finland, is one of the Finnish singer-songwriters. He has released three solo EP:s and five CDs and they have got good reviews. Who have seen him alive on stage can't just ignore this man. A proof of his talent was the first prize at the Kaustinen Unaccompanied Folksong Contest 1993.
Nikolai sang folksongs, Donovan etc at 6 and grasped the guitar at 8. ... more

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