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Tonkaya Ryabina

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Tonkaya Ryabina
words: I. Surikov

Shto stoish', kachayas', Tonkaya ryabina,
Golovoy sklonyayas' do samovo tina?
Why do you stand, swaying, slender ash tree,
your head bent over your roots?
A cheryez dorogu za ryekoy shirokoy
Tak zhe odinoko dub stoít vyisokiy.
And across the way, over the broad river,
likewise alone, stands a tall oak tree.
Kak bui mnye, ryabinye, k dubu pyerebrat'sya?
Ya b togda ne stala gnut'sya i kachat'sya.
How could I, as the ash tree, go to the oak?
I wouldn't then stand bowing and swaying.
Tonkimi vyetvyami ya b k nyemu prizhalac'
I s evo listami dyen' i noch' sheptalas'.
With my slender branches I'd press against him,
and with his leaves, whisper day and night.
No nel'zya ryabinye k dubu pyerebrat'sya,
Znat' sud'ba takaya- vyek odnoy kachat'sya
But it's impossible for an ash tree to move to the oak.
This is its fate- forever alone, swaying.

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from Tania Opland, released March 17, 2009
Tania Opland (voice, guitar), Pauline Cato (Northumbrian pipes)

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Tania Opland Suquamish, Washington

"A superb fiddle player, and no slouch either on recorder, cittern, guitar and hammered dulcimer,
she is also in possession of a voice of gentle strength that adapts well to suit various vocal styling."
-Rock 'n' Reel Magazine

A tapestry of melodic and lyrical textures blend cross-cultural influences, with powerful vocals, five-string violin/viola, ocarina, cittern, clarseach, hurdy gurdy... ... more

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