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Šturm zamka Pulien
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Actual English translation (by Alena Martsyanava)
Pulien Castle Storming
In the time of Alhierd’s ruling
The Teuton forces surrounded Pulien Castle,
Grabbing it in their steel claws,
In the deathly siege.
Terror and horror on their crosses,
People rush to the castle,
Mothers carry the old and the young
Into the safety of the fortress.
The Litvins are defending the castle,
Lead by their mighty warrior
Duke Marhier and two thousand men
Keeping the endless fire away.
Thousands of times he slashed his sword
By the gates, on towers and walls,
Pushing back the troops
He fights like an aurochs
But the strength in his arms fades.
Catapults, rams, cannons
Smashed a tremendous hole,
The Landsknechts forcing through, with clanking armours,
To find the dead Litvins’ bodies
Slavery has never been their way
So they burn down their treasures,
And then the old, the women, the children,
And put themselves to death.
The Teutons found no soul alive,
They entered the dead Pulien,
It was so unexpected a capture,
The castle stood dead forevermore.
Since ancient times the fate of slaves
was the worst of sins for Litvins,
As not to disgrace oneself,
the death was their pride,
Without doubt, suffering and tears.
Original lyrics in Belarusian
Штурм замка Пулен
За Альгерда старымі часамі
Крыжаносцаў атрад уварваў,
Замак Пулен стальнымі кляшчамі
У аблогу смяротную ўзяў.
На чорных крыжах лютасць і жах,
Людзі ў замак імкліва бягуць,
Старых і малых, дзетак усіх
У фартэцыю маці нясуць.
Замак Пулен літвіны бароняць,
Там кіруе магутны ваяр
Князь Маргер і дзве тысячы вояў
Адбіваюць бясконцы пажар.
І тысячы раз мячом рубіць князь
Каля брамы, на вежах, сцянах,
Адкідвае штурм, б'ецца як тур,
Але менее моц у руках.
Катапульты, тараны, гарматы,
Праламілі вялізны прагал,
Кнехты ломяцца, бразгаюць латы,
Там літвінавых трупаў завал.
Да рабства ісці не па жыцці,
Скарб літвіны пачалі паліць,
Дзядоў і кабет, дзетак услед
І сябе вырашаюць забіць.
Не засталі прытомным нікога,
Немцы ў Пулен зайшлі нежывы,
Не чакалі захопу такога,
Замак мёртвы стаяў назаўжды.
Літвіны спрадвек як страшны грэх
Не прымалі рабоў нізкі лёс,
Каб ганьбы не мець у гонары смерць
Без сумніваў, пакут і без слёз.
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Stary Olsa Minsk, Belarus
Medieval music band from Minsk, Belarus.
WHAT WE DO:
- Recreate the musical traditions of the Grand Duchy of
Lithuania, 13th – 18th c.
- Perform traditional folklore of the cities and knights of the Belarusian and European Middle Ages, Renaissance music and Early Baroque music.
- Our musical instruments these periods have been reproduced with authentic materials and techniques.
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