Lithuanian ancient folk song (Už ežero ugnys dega) by Liucė

[@justinasvd]

For those wondering what the song means, I give the outline of the lyrics. Where appropriate, I try to match the lines, but that can't always be done because Lithuanian and English grammars are quite different. Also, the original is replete with diminutives like "kibirkštėlė" ~ "little spark", and while this works in Lithuanian, this is difficult to translate faithfully to English. (LYRICS BELOW) Už ežero Behind the lake Ugnys dega Fires are burning 2x Krenta byra Kibirkštėlės Little sparks fall down 3x Man siratai And mine, the orphan's, ašarėlės Tears Eisiu girion I'll go to the woods Paklausyti To listen 2x Ar kukuoja If a cuckoo is singing Gegutėlė 3x Ar ramina If it is consoling Siratėlę The orphan Sunku sodui 'Tis hard for the garden Be kirvelio Without a little ax 2x Man siratai ('Tis hard) For me, the orphan, Be tėvelio Without the father Sunku girėj 'Tis hard in the woods Be gegulės Without the cuckoo 2x Man siratai ('Tis hard) For me, the orphan, Be motulės Without the mother

[@gemmaluescher-verseckas1243]

Justinas Daugmaudis thank you

[@lohh659]

Is the cuckoo stinging or singing?

[@justinasvd]

@@lohh659 I meant "singing". "Cuckooing" would be more precise.

[@tarhuntas]

why are there so many orphans songs? and... by looking at your favorites, do you know Portuguese by any chance? : o )

[@hastingwoodbaskets]

fcouperin you just have to check Lithuania’s history there been lots of wars

[@csabasomogyi8141]

Lithuanians, do you even know how wonderful, magnificent and valuable is your folklore, language and culture? As a hungarian, I'm deeply touched by this song.

[@Tar1ff]

we know. And appreciate it

[@aurered6387]

thats why 2024 be huge folk song festival put this in youtube search Lithuanian Song Celebration 2024

[@Simonas.G]

Thanks!

[@TaYamasi]

we do. And we appreciate that you appreciate us :)

[@JH-pv6rd]

🇱🇹❤🇭🇺

[@Asar225]

The voice of ancestors of Baltic ethnicity. So proud to listen lithuanian amazing voice. Greet's from Iceland. ★

[@pengolt]

Takk fyrir íslensk vinnur!

[@peterdowejko6120]

I love this....Lenkija mano širdyje...Lietuva mano sieloje.

[@km.scrivo]

An American with a quarter percentage of Lithuanian ancestry from my mothers side listening to these beautifully sung Lithuanian folk songs to get in touch with my ancestral roots. Sveiki iš Amerikos 🇱🇹🇺🇸

[@lailawibas5552]

I lived in Lithuania for only 1 year and that song reminds me about the magical, mythical life which only can be found in Lithuania 💞🇱🇹🇱🇹

[@pengolt]

Thank you :)

[@ДіанаЦимбрикевич-з6е]

I find this song enchanting, can't stop listening to it 😍 With love from Ukraine 🇱🇹🫂🇺🇦

[@gvidasmaurutis2869]

Liuce, kokia tu šaunuolė! Lietuvos dvasia gyva dar, nes yra kas taip dainuoja...

[@Lasas06]

Nuostabiai atlikta lietuviška daina. Jūsų balsas kerintis

[@zayedzayed5489]

Greetings from Tunisia Carthage I respect Lithuania culture support of Good heart Mama Petra love you Ausra Galynte 🍀😭😘Zed

[@lonelyhetaliafangirl4936]

So cute.. Greetings from Bulgaria 🇧🇬🇱🇹

[@xarlboro]

Ļoti skaista dziesma! From🇱🇻with love🇱🇹

[@emilyvidimos2588]

I'm quarter Lithuanian, and exploring my roots. I want to get in touch with my heritage. Such a beautiful song, I would love to learn how to speak the language.

[@杨于来]

Yes, it is the most ancient language in Indo-european languages.

[@serz-georgijrudnev7978]

From SKG Thessaloniki,Greece One year ago roughly,still here! This is AWESOME

[@guzis]

O dievai kaip trūksta tokio kokybiško talento ir turinio šiais laikais. Didžiausia pagarba, iškarto patapau fanas.

[@rokcesar7209]

Liuce, jus turite dieviška¸balsa¸, kuris ramina širdi¸. Linkiu jums sekmingos muzikines keliones. Linkejimai iš Slovenijos!

[@linassounds7367]

Ačiū, kad atsiveriate pasauliui, nes turit ką duoti. Kitų tautų žmonės nori padainuot mūsų dainas orginale, tad visad iśverskit. Turėsim daugiau draugų😇

[@Jacob-du9tf]

I'm Polish, but I love Lithuanian Culture too. In fact, I see similarities and many overlaps between the Baltic culture and the Slavic Culture (though there are differences certainly), especially the folk dances, dresses, and perhaps even food. I wonder if the Balts don't have any DNA connection with the Slavs at all. Because yes, on one hand, the Lithuanians are not Slavs, they are Balts. But how much were the Balts influenced by the Slavic Culture, and how much was the Slavic Culture influenced by the Baltic Culture. The more you ponder, the more you see that perhaps we might be all more genetically related than we think. In the olden times, thousands of years ago, the distinction between Slavs, Germanics, Balts, Nordics, Celts was extremely thin. History is so fantastic to study! I pray that the Lithuanian Culture (including with its many awesome "Baltic-Pagan-pre-Christian" aspects) will rise to its former Baltic glory, and once again, show to everyone its beautiful unique aspects.

[@rustamkyrychenko6371]

Your languages were the same about some 1500-2000 years ago(actually mine one was the same too :) For a few hundred years your countries( and mine one again :) were the one - Rzeczpospolita So no any reason to wonder similarities in cultures BTW - Lithuanian language is among the least changed of all Indo-European languages

[@julial150]

Balts had also a lot of connection to finnic people

[@Simonas.G]

Lithuanian and Polish characters are VERY different. Lithuanians are more like Belarusians. IMHO :)

[@siukslynas]

​@@Simonas.GBelarusians arised from mixture of Great Duchy of Lithuania and slavic people

[@souldoc123]

@@julial150 if you talk about DNA,no,you wrong..may be estonians..

[@csabasomogyi8141]

Falling in love, falling in love!!!

[@Simonas.G]

opposite attracts :)

[@lohh659]

This is just about the most beautiful thing I've ever heard....

[@blue_sweater]

Much love from Ukraine! Its so beautiful and pure! This Artist's Voice brings me very light but also melancholic feeling. Perfect!

[@jonasjonava]

Литва, Каунас - бажаємо українським сестрам і братам перемоги над орками. Слава Україні!!! 🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹❤️🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦Lietuva.Kaunas 1000k❤️❤️❤️ Ukraine

[@mordegardglezgorv2216]

@@jonasjonava на днях ваше пиво пил в "оркостане". бажаймо перемоги над орками, но не забываем торговать с Россией))

[@vytautassulcas6494]

@@mordegardglezgorv2216 а ты перепроверь производителя, многие литовские бренды производятся в Беларуси, они дрля оркостана горздо дешевле. И к стати, а че ты там сам денезхку платил? финансируиешь войну против Украины?

[@yourepika9738]

My family is Lithuanian, I feel such a strong connection in my heart I truly feel as if it’s my homeland.

[@kasyakyoubfgamindikisborat]

I feel you bro😊 My ancestors are too from another continent, i want to visit their homeland. as it's mine too

[@yourepika9738]

@@kasyakyoubfgamindikisborat I made the decision to move to Vilnius this summer, I’ve been to Europe multiple times because my grandparents wanted me to see it, but living there will be a whole new experience. So excited

[@kasyakyoubfgamindikisborat]

@@yourepika9738 It's a good decision 😘 I wish you good success in your life

[@Simonas.G]

It is your homeland.

[@bearisland638]

pure magic...greetz from poland!

[@dailthederanged4045]

Absolutely, but absolutely totally and truly magical. Angels are full of envy hearing this.. Greetings from Slovakia

[@udar67bden76cluv]

Сказочный голос, вот прям очутилась на бережке чистого озера справа роща, слева луг. И "соловей".

[@udar67bden76cluv]

@@liutalgis В красивой песне, красивые слова... И озеро и чистая вода... Быть плохо одному ведь всем нужны друзья. Спасибо за перевод, моё воображение быстро за него ухватилось.

[@udar67bden76cluv]

@@liutalgis Про "быть плохо одному", ето я не про песню. Просто я послушала и мне понравилась, а близким нет, сказали грустная. Прекрасное для всех разное и хорошо, что здесь есть те кто чувствует красоту исполнения. Так что получается пальцем в мягкое, в английском magik.

[@colinalanstav3587]

Your voice bring out the beauty and feeling. Much respect and appreciation for the ancient ways from your Prussian cousins.

[@justinweisel3337]

Greetings from an American that's trying to hold onto part of his family's Lithuanian past. This is such a beautifully haunting refrain, sadly I'm not 100% sure on the context or background of the sound but it brings tears to my eyes just to listen to it.

[@LanternBones]

It's about orphan.

[@pussy8229]

fffffffffffhzsdyhjhbyjhgtfhffgjvhgvhgvhgvgvhgvhgvhgvhvhgvhgvhgvhgvhgvhgv OMG my ca t walk across my eeybraordrdk

[@km.scrivo]

Same here, I am a quarter percent from my mothers side, my great grandparents fled Lithuania during the war.

[@keiser5374]

Greetings for you, from your ancesteral homeland😊

[@Shruple]

Same here my maternal grandmother is 98% Lithuanian and I'm looking into that culture.

[@grumpyoldman1618]

This sits well with the Gaelic song 'Ailein Duinn' and the Gaelic singing tradition. . . . . .if you knew neither language you could not tell them apart.

[@жанназавгородняя-щ3ц]

Thank you very much! I am from Ukraine and do not understand, unfortunately, the words. But it is touching my heart!

[@irenagrant-koch7159]

Už ežero Behind the lake Ugnys dega Fires are burning

[@JimM-zs8ul]

We love all of you in Ukraine, and we are thinking of you daily and praying for you and your loved ones.

[@numo68]

girion and siratai seem to have common roots with slavic languages as well (hora, sirota in Slovak)

[@darius6657]

Liuce,tu nuostabiausia. Tooooks švelnumas,jaukumas ir autentika tavo balse. Nerealu. Labai gražus video. Aš buvau labai kritiškos nuomonės apie dauguma lietuviškų atlikėjų. Bet ši nuoširdi daina -nuostabi ! Apkabinu tave kaip sesę,tu švelnumo įsikūnijimas.

[@liuce4576]

Net pritrūko žodžių - ačiū, kad klausote. Patys patys šilčiausi apkabinimai visiems.

[@sonju2k71]

What a mesmerizing song, English translation in comment section made it more influencing.

[@skiddoo-fr9ex]

Found my way to this completely by accident, and was moved to tears. I love real traditional folk songs and singing, and this is just wonderful. THANK you!!

[@jassone7618]

Heavenly voice God bless you Angel

[@samazas]

Šiurpuliai per kūną... Gražus balsas. Nepakartojamai atlikta daina šios kuklios ir gražios merginos. Peržiūrėjau ir klausiau gal 20 kartų...

[@irenagrant-koch7159]

Never stops being an amazing performance of a beautiful ancient Lithuanian song. 💛💚❤

[@ulmalets]

Які цудоўны голас..... І песня..... нешта ў маёй душы кранула.... слухаю неаднаразова... такое ўражанне, што пяюць так знаёма, так проста.... быццам усё жыццё чуў....

[@anthonykrutis490]

Thank you.I know my grandfather spoke Lithuanian but I only heard him speak it a few times.

[@AAQULIS]

Great music and singing. Greetings from Latvia, brothers ;)

[@emmarusina1541]

Bralukas

[@vr6supercharged]

Didnt hear any music just girls voice bummy

[@Simonas.G]

Paldies!

[@jenm8600]

Oh this was so incredibly beautiful. Thank you for singing and sharing the songs. Allows me to hear the songs of my Lithuanian ancestors who emigrated to North America in the early 1900's

[@andreus_777]

Wonderful! Beautiful language, beautiful songs!

[@Filelinara]

ACIU LIUCE!!! God bless you for singing this song. There are no words to describe what we feel listening to it when you sing it. Whenever we hear it, we really fly through the history of the Lithuanian music culture and its magics. When we listen to you singing this song, we can't do anything but listen. MORE THAN AMAZING AND WONDERFUL!!! Greetings from Switzerland. Marianne and Sibylle 🙂

[@Gaikiusalonas]

Lithuanian folks always linked it's self to sadness.. specially Dzūkijos Region folk. Love my country so much... It shakes every part of my heart

[@pinaymommyinlithuania]

I'm proud that I meet a wonderful partner in your country Lithuania and Dec 18 was the most happiest because I give birth to a Lithuanian baby 🥰

[@leaving98]

Is this song from Dzūkijos region do you know?

[@pilenai]

@@leaving98 It should be, some words have the hard L sound before soft vowels.

[@esul4]

I love folk songs, especially of cultures I'm less familiar with. Can you suggest some songs from Dzūkijos?

[@Gaikiusalonas]

@@esul4 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZXFkJKKf5lmiNE

[@rayray7162]

asaros byra ir man... nuostabi daina, Saunuole Luce !!!

[@nesvarbunesvarbu9667]

Dieve, kaip tai skamba nuostabiai.😔❤😍

[@kaes2000]

Piękne, pozdrawiam z Polski.

[@kasyakyoubfgamindikisborat]

I love you Lithuania😍 More folks please guys♥️🤗 Love from Central Asia☪️

[@linasma235]

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[@linasma235]

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[@ucja1663]

I fall in love with this song and lithuanian language. Greatings from Poland ^^

[@akvilesabulyte4161]

ačiū, kad nukėlei bent porai minučių į lietuvišką mišką

[@vladapakhomova373]

How beautiful is it! 💛💚❤️ greetings from 💛💙

[@jonasjonava]

Литва місто Каунас бажає братській Україні перемоги над московськими ордами.Слава Україні!!!Слава ЗСУ!!!Lietuva 1000k❤❤❤Ukrainai!!!🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹💕🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@jedrzej2011]

Good A Cappella. Expressive vocals, nice girl. Greetings from Poland.

[@serz-georgijrudnev7978]

From SKG thessaloniki,Greece Greetings! Amazing folk song Labas vakaras!

[@irenagrant-koch7159]

Have listened to this so many times. Always amazing!

[@juliusjasaitis8374]

Labai ačiū..... Dainuok ir toliau lietuviškas dainas.... Tu GALI......

[@sandraspalvotidumai8240]

VAU! Saunuole, tiesiog neitiketinas talentas! mano topas dabar, aisku noris dabar jau ir daugiau dainu !

[@alccmena19880309]

pasidalinau sia daina su savo internarnational kolegom jiem labai patiko

[@TomTom-vu1hv]

This voice feeds my soul.

[@nitinbull8720]

Lithuanian and indian are cousin ,proud of you lithuanian you hold our vedic culture

[@kasyakyoubfgamindikisborat]

Not your culture😁 It's their culture, you holding their culture boy

[@nitinbull8720]

@@kasyakyoubfgamindikisborat haha they were christian ,paganism started recently in europe ,we are following vedic tradition since 10000 years continously ,now tell me who hold?

[@kasyakyoubfgamindikisborat]

@@nitinbull8720 Vedic is scripted as Veda - Knowledge. Vedic means Knowledge culture. It's not Indian, it's from Proto European culture and it's not from India

[@nitinbull8720]

@@kasyakyoubfgamindikisborat hahahaha we have preserved veda ,why you ppl did not because you do not have ,veda invoked sapt sindhu region of india not in europe ,ppl memorize it and wrote down later ,

[@kasyakyoubfgamindikisborat]

@@nitinbull8720 vedic culture came from Scythians which are Iranic people, they never lived in India... They lived in Central Asia

[@juratebycenkova7607]

didelis didelis dekui, senai su tokiu malonumu nesiklausiau dainos

[@holyspacemonkey]

Absolutely stunning.

[@pinaymommyinlithuania]

This is my daughter's lullaby

[@TheGeira1]

Nuostabiai! Galėčiau klausyti ir klausyti...

[@slappy200]

Haunting in its beauty

[@javierjuknevicius]

BEAUTIFUL SONG, I LOVE THE ANCIENT LITHUANIAN SONG!! TKS!!

[@aniutab1747]

Nuostabu♥️Tarsi pati žemė dainuoja.Ačiū!!!

[@airidaspetkevicius5123]

Labai gražu. Ačiū.

[@gniustuke]

It's like a prayer. Thank You.

[@vr6supercharged]

My eyes filled with tiers, while listening, very powerfull.

[@arnasLT.]

As a Lithuanian I can never listen to this without shedding a tear...It's sung so lightly by Liucė and yet the meaning of the song burdens my heart so heavily...

[@leoralove5884]

Luicė, your voice is so beautiful! Thank you for carrying and sharing this song from the past. My great grand parents lived in Vilnius until coming to the US in 1890. I decided to listen to folk songs they may have listened to. Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻💐

[@chuckspace2700]

Same. 1901. Boston. I love this sound.

[@kestastreigys9728]

😀👍👍👍😀

[@JimM-zs8ul]

@@chuckspace2700 Same. 1918. Omaha.

[@SerhiiSergeYaremko]

What a strength!! So clearly, respect!!!)

[@iindiar]

this beats any corporate music exponentially

[@CommonSenseMatters1111]

As a Lithuanian when i hear this ancient song , i have an urge to go back to forests , rivers and lakes where i belong.

[@Rockaland2]

I was doing research on Lithuanian where my great grand father came from ( he was a small village called Norkuni near Premezi help me find it) I came across this song and its quite haunting and beautiful.. I think you should put music behind it great singing as well greetings from Usa. thank you

[@juokis]

Hi there, there’s no town or village named after “Norkuni”. My guess is that’s should be Norkunai. Do you know which area (name) your great granddather came from?

[@Rockaland2]

@@juokis My great grandfather was born in a village named Norkunai near my great grand mothers village named Premezi. I have their immgration paper work to NYc from 1901 and that was the villages on the paperwork

[@Rockaland2]

@@juokis Yes my great grandmom came from Pramezys Lithuania and if you look near by you will see Norkunai and then it says on his paper work his last location there was in Matchkin which is prolly Mackauni near Pramezys Lithuania.. if you live near there could you make a video?>

[@ugnea-k2522]

@@Rockaland2 have you find some more information about your family?

[@Rockaland2]

@@ugnea-k2522 No

[@donnieallums4847]

I could not understand the words of the song but it sounds wonderful, just your beautiful voice alone. Very unique! Thanks for sharing this with us out here in south east Alabama USA ☮️❤️

[@stevanmedvedev]

Sounds beautiful

[@VikingoCelta]

❤️‍🔥Que maravilla de talento que tenés! Saludos de un Uruguayo 🇺🇾🧉

[@linda_maria_rubins-troickaya]

Meditative❤❤❤ labai patinka! Ļooooti patīk, māsa!!!🥰🤗🔥👏🏼🌞♥️❤️‍🔥

[@Oberschutzee]

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[@fidenemini111]

Such a beautiful performance!

[@kayaemre9358]

This is incredible. Greetings from Türkiye.

[@ogaucho6235]

The hell? I love Lithuania now

[@vdzenis]

Her voice sounds beautiful! I did not understand song text, but emotions are...

[@irenagrant-koch7159]

Exquisite performance! Absolutely spot on.

[@liudasmasnauskas3722]

Nuostabiai atlikta. Perteiktos emocijos, puikus balsas. Vien balsas ir emocija.

[@DesignerVamp]

I shared this with my grandmother after she had past away, thank you. Pasidalinau tuo su savo močiute jai mirus, ačiū.

[@GedasSt]

Labai svariai, giliai ir jautriai.

[@SerhiiSergeYaremko]

I'm so happy that we can hear the native language of Lietuva

[@traceyacey]

Oh God that is hauntingly beautiful❤

[@monasita1800]

Nerealus balsas ir emocijos 👍Besiklausant akys rasoja, pagarba 👏

[@dreamensium1559]

tik i prieki maziuke, tik i prieki! mano visa seima nenustoja klausytis( o musu 60). saunuole!

[@nickolaisoustov2986]

Aciu, kaip grazi

[@elmarka17]

Волшебная песня. Спасибо за видео!

[@mungfali382]

Love from India ❤️❤️❤️

[@80thiconoclast]

Do you think this sounds a bit like Indian music, the way she bends and flutters some notes near the ends of her lines?

[@kapralas]

@@80thiconoclast well it is an indo European language

[@abhir7823]

​@@80thiconoclast Lithuanian is in fact the closest to Vedic Sanskrit among the European languages Probably the closest language save for Avestan

[@genemauragaite6127]

Nuostabiai autentiskai. Be jokio pramoginio zanro! Taip ir turi buti.

[@МаксимВятский-н7х]

Красивая песня.

[@SerhiiSergeYaremko]

Oh, it's great 💯

[@ASAS-su3vm]

Dzūkiškai, labai gražiai

[@wollGa]

Ten Walls ir Liucė būtų smagus duetas

[@astrusis_dantis3655]

Pritvirtinkite Justino Daugmaudžio vertimą kaip pirmą komentarą, kad užsieniečiams nereikėtų ieškoti.

[@grumpyoldman1618]

Love to listen to hear her do a cover of Ailein Duinn sotto voce

[@kakhak]

Amazing! Charming video in every aspect.