Värttinä - Travuska (HD)

[Hashishtani]

Oi Travuska travuska Trava Selenoi translates from Russian as "Oh grass, my little grass, my green grass"

[Gutteck1]

trava selonoi - hehehe - interesting you made a name out of GREEN GRASS

[MirrorKitty]

Lovely!

[EitherEndofAugust]

Does anyone happen to know the name of the instrument that's played solo during the first minute of the song?

[EneriGiilaan]

@EitherEndofAugust Certainly - it is 'Kantele', a traditional Finnish instrument.

[starush777]

Травушка (Travushka) = is poetic form of word "трава" ( trava), meaning 'grass' in Russian. "Selonoi" is deformed from "Зеленый" (Zelenyi), meaning "green" in Russian. Carelian songs contains many russian inclusions.

[Lunawyn]

It´s beautiful what is the language? :)

[EneriGiilaan]

@Lunawyn Finnish - Karelian dialect. And as starush777 explains it contains also some loans from Russian.

[adareta]

Thank you Dora.This folk-song is very soulful and expressive.

[adareta]

Thanks.Probably finnish name?But this lycric's mean? Niinkö luulit neito nuori, niinkö tiesit, jotta luulit Luulit yöksi lähteväsi, käyä päiväksi käkesit. Oi Travuska Travuska trava selonoi. Läksit toisehen talohon, toisen talon tanterille. Oi Travuska Travuska trava selonoi..etc.

[varttinawww]

1. That's what you thought, young maiden,

You thought you knew what you were doing.

You thought you would steal away for one night,

Spend a day away from home.

Oh Travuska Travuska

trava selonoi.

You went away to another's home,

To strange fields and forests.

Oh Travuska...

[varttinawww]

2. Oh little sister, little cousin, Youngest of the maidens fair. It wasn't one night you were away, Not one or even two. For you went away for ever more, For days and months on end. Spare a thought for the mother who bore you, The father who nurtured you. Spare a thought for the meadows of old, The flowers, and the call of the cuckoo. Oh Travuska...

[varttinawww]

3. Weep, weep, oh maiden mine, Shed your tears at the threshold. Leave your youth behind in the corner, Forget your carefree life. Oh Travuska... Oh little sister, little cousin, Youngest of the maidens fair. Tomorrow your tresses will be hidden by a scarf, Your shoulders by the shawl of a wife. Tomorrow your tresses will be hidden by a scarf, Your shoulders by the shawl of a wife. Oh Travuska ....

[adareta]

What it mean?

[varttinawww]

Travuska? It's female name

[alerya100]

@varttinawww From russian translate as 'Grass'

[kameha4th]

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