Balāde par gulbi (English: Ballad about the Swan) is a song by Latvian Rock band Pērkons, written by Māris Melgalvis (lyrics) and Juris Kulakovs (music). Written while Latvia was still part of USSR, it is noted for its anti-soviet subtext – most of the song analyses the stupidity of killing a swan, but in the end resolves that the swan is so red that it should be killed (consider that in beginning of the 1980s soviet leaders were dying one after another and were usually mourned by broadcasting Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake), while the opening part of the song deals with a crow with no sense of humor sitting on a fresh grave and forcing her opinion on everyone.
Lyrics
Kārna vārnaUz slapa kapaMan savu patiesību ķērcVai tiešām viņa neattapa ka viss tas - tikai joka pēcAk vai cik stulbiIr nosist gulbiBet stulbāk vēl ja vēlāk žēlTad ir tik velnišķīgi stulbi - ik rietā sarkans gulbis kvēlTik stulbi kvēlKa jāsit vēlTranslation:
A skinny crowOn a wet graveCroaking her truth to meDidn't she really realize that it all is just for fun?Oh, how stupidIt is to beat swan deadBut it is even stupiderIf you feel sorry laterIt is so devilishly stupid - in each (sun)set a red swan glowsSo stupidly glowsThat (one) must beat againReferences
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