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Posted: Nov. 13 2003, 20:34 |
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Your arguments are quite convincing but I have some additions:
"[i.e. 'ta lu' in the third line and 'darihi ranirana' in the fifth during the second repetition of the words, and 'narihi danirama' (always in the fifth line) during the third repetition]"
If I take you up correctly, you think about the 'saru', 'ranu' difference in connection with 'ta lu'. Well, at the first verse it's always 'ranu' and at the second verse it's always 'saru' and also the starting words of these lines aren't the same, why should these be the same?
In connection with 'darihi ranirana': I always hear this as 'narihi ragiyana' in each repetition (also in concerts).
Interesting how different our ears are. 
"...And... still about written and unwritten words: Do you really think that Borda, Dee-ena, Labarto, Oncorta, Dolmonya, oh Resto, Recara, ah Reste Mena" (Hergest Ridge) was EVER written somewhere (again, excluding MS versions) ? Sorry, but I just don't think so."
Well, the lyrics of Ommadawn was written down so it wouldn't be wondrous. 
And what do you think about Taurus 1? The interesting fact in connection with it is that the lyrics during concerts is much longer than at the album version - but it's always the same in each concert. Also interesting that the line at 3:34 is the first line of the whole version you can hear only in concerts, but in concert the last line was sung then.
Still one thing to notice: There are pauses in album lyrics, and these fit to the concert lyrics (so many lines were left out so many Maggie sang in a concert during a "pause" on album). Perhaps originally the introduction of Taurus 1 had got the whole lyrics or perhaps the lyrics of these pauses were found out later.
So the lyrics of Taurus 1 on QE2 is something like this:
Di
Ola rinzo mento dri
Soma letro ento si
Bas larando eltu los
Bas masento chento yos
Es vigato meldaven
In concerts you can hear this:
Elta saru asbave
Elba saru lasbate
Sabi vito esbestel
Naiu luto tebenel
Ola rinzo mento dri
Soma letro ento si
Nesta shedo fadmasa
Asma shedo yaspalna
Bas larando eltu los
Bas masento chento yos
Checen dama perlato
Setri rama veltoso
Id bivita donaca
Mid be senta ronaca
Es vigato meldaven
Yelba gato selbaven
Elta saru asbave
Is it easy to memorize all of these lines in order? Not really, Maggie occasionally inverted the lines but she never inverted the words in the lines.
Note: this part became the Deep Deep Sound part in Taurus II with English lyrics.
P.S.: I don't think that these lyrics have meaning but because Mike used quite so many unknown languages like Xhosa, Hindi or Inca, it's not unimaginable to me.
P.P.S.: Anyway, both Taurus 1 & II are undescribably great tracks IMHO.
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