Cinematic Celtic ballad · TWOLODY ORIGINALS
Ink Beneath the Peat
“Ink Beneath the Peat” brings together English and Czech. Its musical genre is Cinematic Celtic ballad.
Lyrics & translation ↓
English ↔ Czech
About this song
The first paired lines are “My spade uncovers a small glass bottle.” and “Můj rýč odkrývá malou skleněnou láhev.”. Read the complete lyrics in both languages below, then follow the same phrases in the player.
A peat cutter finds a sealed school essay and reunites its elderly author with her forgotten dream. Cinematic Celtic ballad, lyrical low whistle, intimate harp and guitar, warm orchestral strings, patient expressive lead, rising original refrain
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Listen to each line and compare its translation. Use Twin to switch to the same phrase in the other language; use Echo to recall its meaning before revealing the translation.
Two languages. One melody.
Lyrics & translation
Verse 1
My spade uncovers a small glass bottle.
Můj rýč odkrývá malou skleněnou láhev.
A folded essay waits beneath the cork.
Pod korkem čeká složený školní sloh.
A schoolgirl drew an airplane in blue.
Školačka nakreslila modré letadlo.
Her surname matches our oldest neighbor.
Její příjmení patří naší nejstarší sousedce.
Chorus
You kept a sky beneath the peat.
Schovala jsi nebe pod rašelinu.
A buried dream can still take off.
Pohřbený sen může pořád vzlétnout.
Your small blue plane has waited long.
Tvé malé modré letadlo dlouho čekalo.
Verse 2
She reads the page beside her kettle.
Čte tu stránku vedle své konvice.
Her finger follows every crooked wing.
Prstem sleduje každé křivé křídlo.
She says her father needed farmhands.
Říká, že otec potřeboval pomoc na statku.
She never reached the flying school.
Do letecké školy se nikdy nedostala.
Bridge
We drive beyond the sleeping cattle.
Jedeme kolem spícího dobytka.
A pilot holds the hangar door.
Pilot drží dveře hangáru.
She asks if she may sit beside him.
Ptá se, zda může sedět vedle něj.
He places headphones on her silver hair.
Nasazuje sluchátka na její stříbrné vlasy.
Chorus
You kept a sky beneath the peat.
Schovala jsi nebe pod rašelinu.
The rain could never wash it white.
Déšť ho nikdy nemohl smýt doběla.
A buried dream can still take off.
Pohřbený sen může pořád vzlétnout.
Your small blue plane has waited long.
Tvé malé modré letadlo dlouho čekalo.
Outro
The fields become a patchwork blanket.
Pole se mění v sešívanou přikrývku.
She finds her farmhouse from above.
Shora nachází svůj statek.
I keep the bottle on my windowsill.
Láhev nechávám na svém parapetu.
She keeps the boarding pass instead.
Ona si místo ní schovává letenku.
