Great music - but please someone tell me what is going on in the video? A poor girl seems to be made to sit on a blood stained sheet taken out of a drawer, then she has a knife and another girl is on the bed without the bloody sheet? Is it some Jewish menstrual ritual or what?
Actually, it's Galician, not Portuguese. Galician is a language that is extremely related to Portuguese; they both come from the same language that then diverged. It is now mainly spoken in Galicia in Northern Spain. Often the words look exactly the same as the Portuguese word, but they are pronounced more like Spanish.
A sin of the biggest was to commit an outrage in opposition to the life of the children before or after being born. The one who was doing this age doomed(condemned) to wash, to the shore of the rivers, sheets and children's cloths. When someone was trying to help him (or her), the "lavandeira" (laundress) was disappearing and staying in her place a puddle of blood. This one can be, of summarized form, the explanation of this romance.
It's a legend of Galicia (Spain): in Galicia there existed a punishment, the hardest, for the sins in opposition to the community. It was consisting of turning the sinner into a being doomed, condemned to stroll around eternally.
it's not portuguese... neither spanish. It's a mix between portuguese and gallego. Translated: it was a moon night, a light one, i walked next to a river coming back from the mill. I saw a laundress that was next to the river, she was washing there and she was singing a tune "Girl that walks trough the path, girl that comes back from the mill, help me to twist my wet sheet" The laundress vanished as spread smoke and where she hung the sheet a well full of blood appeared.
It was a night of moon was a clear night I was happening(passing) for the river of return of the muiñada I found a laundress that he(she) was washing next to the water. She was washing in the river and a song was singing. Girl that you come from the mill, girl that you come for the road help me to twist my washed sheet holy Maria helps you and The St Lawrence fences in you!
j'adore cette chanson !!! i love that song
titildelabretone 2 years ago
que maravilla
RaMaestre 2 years ago
estupenda interpretacion, me encanta
RaMaestre 2 years ago
fantastica actuacion, me encanta.
RaMaestre 2 years ago
que bonuita viva galiza
carlosdevigo1 2 years ago
Great music - but please someone tell me what is going on in the video? A poor girl seems to be made to sit on a blood stained sheet taken out of a drawer, then she has a knife and another girl is on the bed without the bloody sheet? Is it some Jewish menstrual ritual or what?
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Khairabar 3 years ago
Actually, it's Galician, not Portuguese. Galician is a language that is extremely related to Portuguese; they both come from the same language that then diverged. It is now mainly spoken in Galicia in Northern Spain. Often the words look exactly the same as the Portuguese word, but they are pronounced more like Spanish.
br0987654321 3 years ago
Hola, queria decirle a samyis sweet que no es portugues. Es gallego. Gracias. Noa forever
irudi42 3 years ago
Hi, it's not Portuguese... it's Galician, the language spoken in Galicia, north of Spain.
Estelachka66 4 years ago
A sin of the biggest was to commit an outrage in opposition to the life of the children before or after being born. The one who was doing this age doomed(condemned) to wash, to the shore of the rivers, sheets and children's cloths. When someone was trying to help him (or her), the "lavandeira" (laundress) was disappearing and staying in her place a puddle of blood. This one can be, of summarized form, the explanation of this romance.
cymmeria 4 years ago
It's a legend of Galicia (Spain): in Galicia there existed a punishment, the hardest, for the sins in opposition to the community. It was consisting of turning the sinner into a being doomed, condemned to stroll around eternally.
cymmeria 4 years ago
Not portuguese quite similar, well it is galician from the north west of spain, castilian is not the only languaje spoken on spain.
Alubre 4 years ago
part two:
girl, you who comes from the millstone, girl, you who comes by the path help me to twist my washed sheets.
wherever she hung the sheets it left a puddle of blood it was on a moonly night it was on a clear night
Alubre 4 years ago
How Lovely... it's portugese not spanish!!
so similar but i like spanish a little bit more..
go Noa goooooooo
SamyisSweet 4 years ago
i think is gallego ( galician dialect) galicia spain
neshikot77 4 years ago
it's not portuguese... neither spanish. It's a mix between portuguese and gallego. Translated: it was a moon night, a light one, i walked next to a river coming back from the mill. I saw a laundress that was next to the river, she was washing there and she was singing a tune "Girl that walks trough the path, girl that comes back from the mill, help me to twist my wet sheet" The laundress vanished as spread smoke and where she hung the sheet a well full of blood appeared.
shanok 4 years ago
is not portuguese.. quite similar but it is galician from galicia at the northwest of spain castilian is not the only languaje spoken at Spain
Alubre 4 years ago
This is not Portuguese!!! is Galician language. Galicia is a region of Spain.
ap127 3 years ago
sei unica
PierangeloFevola 4 years ago
Quite haunting!
duvethog 4 years ago
anyone can translate this?
luxcretia2 4 years ago
well someone ask for the translation... (que me perdonenme los gallegos si me equivoco)
it was on a moonly night it was on a clear night i was walking by the river back from the millstone
i met a washing woman who was washing by the river, she was washing in the river and she sang a song:
Alubre 4 years ago
It was a night of moon was a clear night I was happening(passing) for the river of return of the muiñada I found a laundress that he(she) was washing next to the water. She was washing in the river and a song was singing. Girl that you come from the mill, girl that you come for the road help me to twist my washed sheet holy Maria helps you and The St Lawrence fences in you!
ap127 3 years ago
amazing song, i love her voice
nehdar 4 years ago
Awesome!
Parsifal1973 4 years ago