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Atargatis (Syria)
03:54
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Atargatis🌙 (Syria)
Fishes, life of the sea
Sacred, fertility
Doves, love of the sky
Precious, holy
In my mortal life I met a man who tended sheep
We created a child, who one day would be queen
But I could not know my power which killed him
By my love, our copulation, he was forever dead
The lake called to me and I obeyed its beckons
Such shame I could not endure as a simple human
My power is too strong, so I must leave that life
Reigning as a goddess of the moon, the water
Fishes, life of the sea
It is I, your protector
Doves, love of the sky
Here am I, forever
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Shèn
03:01
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蜃 shen/chen/shèn
Monstrous, monstrous mollusk
Belching bubbles, belch
City, city scapes
Shèn, Shèn, Shèn
Life at the bottom of the sea
Light led you to death
Line the caskets to protect
Lime mausoleum walls
Making, making mirages
Shapeshift, shapeshift shell
Produce, produce pearls
Shèn, Shèn, Shèn
Largest clam, tell me who I am
Tell me all the secrets of my heart
Giant clam, I can’t even start
Figure out what’s inside,
Monstrous clam, what do you hide?
Shèn, Shèn, Shèn
Shèn, Shèn, Shèn
Shèn, Shèn, Shèn
Monstrous, monstrous mollusk
Life at the bottom of the sea
Making, making mirages
Largest clam, tell me who I am
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Lasiren (Haïti)
03:33
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Do you see your face in another place?
Ton visage est là, là-bas tu le vois?
And appear while dreams carry you down
Tes réves t’apportent en se montrant
Lasiren
Lasiren
La Reine Chanterelle
LaSiren, LaBalenn,
Chapo'm tonbe nan la me.
L’amour, la mort
Elle est La Sirène
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Kelpie
03:06
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Mane dripping power // tail of thunder
Dark coat tempting // flesh betrays
Water depth growing // life drowning
Its majesty, bond, love
Shapeshifter of deceit
On the land’s surface
Tears of the vast deep
Setting sun,
Horse of the water
Bridle primal // key to escape
Eyes looking intently // death stare
No one is safe // from a stranger’s luring
Its majesty, bond, love
Shapeshifter of deceit
On the land’s surface
Tears of the vast deep
Setting sun,
Horse of the water
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Ahh, listen closely to my song
Ooh, look at my body ready for you
Bring me forth,
I am your trophy
You’ll be a hero
And I’ll be yours
Ahh, jealousy in their eyes
Ooh, resentment in their smiles
Bring me home
I am your new love
You’ll be fulfilled
And I’ll take my time
Ahh, tiring of the same old same
Ooh, so many others for me to choose
Bring me back
I am not your thing
You’ll forever long
And I am alluring
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Selkie
03:32
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Shed your skin and dance on the land
Don’t stay out past sunrise
The sea shore is where you'll find all the men
who want to keep you as their prize
Skin left carefreely on the sand
A selfish predator spies
Now you’re human, no flippers, just hands
Such sadness imprisoned in your eyes
A woman in flesh
The seal undressed
Life on the ground
You are spellbound
Years later and you’re married to the man
Many nights longing for the sea, so you cry
You’ll leave the family you two began
Always ready to say your final goodbye
A seal in her skin
No longer human
Life in the sea
Forever to be
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Aïcha Kandisha (Morocco)
02:47
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I am two worlds in one
I am dark and beautiful
Dancing on two heels
Sweeping you away
Into my world
(instrumental break)
In the night is when I walk
A hunger like you’ve never known
A taste for a specific something
A countess deserves
The best things
Stay away, away, away,
A blade of steel
Flee to escape
The fire fire fire
My weapon is my name
My beauty is your weakness
Lady of the Swamp
Je suis deux mondes en un seul
Belle, brune, les yeux foncés
Dansant double talonné
En te séduisant
Dans mon monde
(pause instrumental)
La nuit, je me balade
Avec une faim incroyable
J’ai le goût particulier
Comme comtesse
ça me vaut les meilleures choses
Va t’en, va t’en, va t’en,
Une lame d’acier
Le feu le feu la feu
Mon arme c’est mon nom
Ma beauté est ta faiblesse
La Dame du Marais
Moulat el Merja
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8. |
Qalupalik
02:47
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Hummmm
Mmmmmm
Come, I call you
Come, I call you
Hummmm
Mmmmmm
Here you come now
Here you come now
Hummmm
Mmmmmm
Coming to me
Coming to me
Hummmm
Mmmmmm
Here you are now
Here you are now
Hummmm
Mmmmmm
Now you’re with me
Now you’re with me
Hummmm
Mmmmmm
With nothing left
With nothing left
Hummmm
Mmmmmm
My youth stays in me
Youth stay in me
You stay in me
Qalupalik
Forever
More
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Näkki
02:48
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In lakes, in rivers, and in the sea
In water’s greatest depths
A hand is grasping for a limb
To drown by Näkki’s name
Näkki Näkki Näkki
There a beauty combs her hair
Three breasts tossed side to side
Come in, little children, I sing to you,
Näkki suffocates and bites!
Näkki Näkki Näkki
Under the bridge is a floating tree.
Its trunk is all that’s left
So point at it and throw a rock
While saying Näkki’s name
Näkki Näkki Näkki
I heard the beautiful music
A violin resounds
I played the beautiful music
My kantele rings out
Näkki Näkki Näkki
Down in the well, you’ll see Näkki
Näkki lurks within
That dog, that horse, they could be Näkki
Näkki waits for you
“Näkki to the land, I into the water, do not come take me
I to the land, Näkki back into the water”
Näkki maalle minä veteen, älä tule ottamaan
Näkki veteen, minä maalle
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Vellamo (Finland)
03:17
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Elves of the waters
My sons, my daughters
Vetehinen, Aino
Merenneito,
Clean and care for
Water and waves
Call my name
Vellamo
I am Queen
Vellamo
Enchanting
In the castle deep in my sea
The frolicking horses set free
No longer do lost cattle roam
They’ve been given a new home
The harp serenaded the fishes
Bringing them all their wishes
Väinämöinen and his harp of pike bone
The sea is at her hands; it’s her own
Eternal power of Vellamo
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