Favourite lines from songs - Page 18

Tsunami · 31 Mar 2020, 02:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tsunami

"It soared from the arc, the dove within me
It sings forever, it flies free
Call to Thee, my torch in darkness
Thou art born
Ornaments of gold shine so
But you are the way, you are the light
Dwell in this, my shelter, and Thy birth do I foresee"
(Orphaned Land - Sapari)

Actually, while this is extremely beautiful in my opinion, the entire song "Sapari" is bliss, including the parts in Yemenite Hebrew, taken from a 400 years old poem written by Rabbi Saadiah.

סַפְּרִי תַמָּה תְמִימָה סַפְּרִי נָגִיל בְּתֵימָא
בַּת מְלָכִים הַחֲכָמָה אָן מְקוֹמֵךְ סַפְּרִי לִי
עָנְתָה יוֹנָה סְעַדְיָה לִי בְּפַלְטֵרִין עֲלִיָּה
וַאֲנִי תּוֹךְ לֵב אֳנִיָּה בַּיְּפִי עוֹטָה מְעִילִי

This translates as a very poetic dialogue between the poet and the spirit (the dove):

[the poet] Tell me, pure and perfect one, tell me where do you make your home? Tell me so that we can rejoice here in Taima.
[the dove] Oh Saadiah, there is a chamber reserved for me high up, but although I robe myself in beauty, my heart is full of lamentation

This quoted poem is, in Orphaned Land's song, followed by the self-written English part (see quote).

The poem itself has also been set to music by other Israeli performers, including those specialising more towards traditional folklore music.

Tsunami · 31 Mar 2020, 02:58 AM

"We used to swim the same moonlight waters
Oceans away from the wakeful day

My fall will be for you
My love will be in you
If you'd be the one to cut me
I will bleed forever"

(Nightwish - "Ghost love score")

So romantic...

Bamb0 · 31 Mar 2020, 03:27 AM

Yes very nice

Grhm · 6 Apr 2020, 09:06 AM

"Do you have any whisky?
I don't like to drink
but I like to know it's along there with me."

(From 'Spirit', by The Go-Betweens)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=epvzejVfARA

Tsunami · 13 Apr 2020, 02:22 AM

"Strength and beauty destined to decay
So cut the rose in full bloom"

(from "Love like blood" by Killing Joke)

hadaso · 14 Apr 2020, 05:24 AM

"This isn't blood money, it's a fee..." (from Jesus Christ Superstar, Blood Money).

I like this line because in Hebrew the word for "fee" (damim דָמִים) is the plural form of blood (dam דָם) so it becomes sort of a pun.

31 Mar 2020, 02:58 AM	#257
Tsunami The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: in between the bright lights and the far unlit unknown Posts: 2,341	"We used to swim the same moonlight waters Oceans away from the wakeful day My fall will be for you My love will be in you If you'd be the one to cut me I will bleed forever" (Nightwish - "Ghost love score") So romantic...

31 Mar 2020, 03:27 AM	#258
Bamb0 Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA Posts: 1,871	Yes very nice

6 Apr 2020, 09:06 AM	#259
Grhm Essential Contributor Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK Posts: 270	"Do you have any whisky? I don't like to drink but I like to know it's along there with me." (From 'Spirit', by The Go-Betweens) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=epvzejVfARA

13 Apr 2020, 02:22 AM	#260
Tsunami The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: in between the bright lights and the far unlit unknown Posts: 2,341	"Strength and beauty destined to decay So cut the rose in full bloom" (from "Love like blood" by Killing Joke)

14 Apr 2020, 05:24 AM	#261
hadaso The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Holon, Israel. Posts: 4,837	"This isn't blood money, it's a fee..." (from Jesus Christ Superstar, Blood Money). I like this line because in Hebrew the word for "fee" (damim דָמִים) is the plural form of blood (dam דָם) so it becomes sort of a pun.