Tengir-Too ensemble - Kyiylyp turam (I'm sad to say goodbye) (KY) | Текст песни

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Language(s) Kyrgyz
Instrument(s) Jew's Harp; Komuz
Composer: Kanymgül Dosmanbetova (1935-1978)
Text: Omor Sultanov (b. 1935)
Performers: Tengir-Too; Kenjegül Kubatova, vocal solo

A nostalgic song from the early 1960s, when many Kyrgyz moved from rural mountain regions to the city. The text as well as the high-decibel vocal style recall the alpine pastoral life left behind. “This style comes from the mountains,” Nurlanbek Nyshanov emphasizes, “and it’s thought to be very old. Singers sang at huge weddings - without microphones, of course - and the stronger the voice, the better.” Kenjegül Kubatova learned the song from the recordings of Mysqal Ömürkanova, a famous singer from Naryn, who died in the 1970s.
Driving a herd of horses at dawn,
I slowly rode my horse along the shallow gully.
The cool air of the jailoo [summer pasturage]
Met me with a tender and discreet hug.
The native aroma of flowers
And their beauty intoxicate me.
Cholok-Tör and Ashuu-Tör [names of pasturages],
I dearly longed for you.
Picking your iridescent flowers,
I fixed them on my collar.
If you sing, share with me
The song’s echo reflected from cliffs.
During our childhood in the mountains,
I played chikit [a Kyrgyz children’s game].
When we argued ten times a day,
We made up ten times.
We played catch,
Competing with foals.
Those days of mine
Grow more and more distant.
I’m sad to say goodbye
To my dear childhood.
Life tries to steal from me
My insatiable youth.