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Keeping Silent

by Gyr

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======= Romanian ======= Tăcem din gură Din tot, ne-a mai rămas aieve, Acest zid grav, aceste dreve. Crunt ferecati în piatra dură Cu pumnii strânși, tăcem din gură. Tăcem, parc'am tăcea de veacuri Ca niște funduri vechi de lacuri. Și ferecat în bezna sură, De mii de ani, tăcem din gură. Ei: ziduri, lanturi, temnicerii, noi, numai cremenea tăcerii. Ei, biciuri cu bătăi și ură, noi, uriaș înghet pe gură. Deasupra vremii și genunii, Tăcem ca spinii și tăciunii. Tăcem ca lama de custură, Tăcem mereu, tăcem din gură. Ne linge frigul pe ciolane, Ei, foame, cuie și ciocane Și orice zi e-o muscătură. Scrâșnind din dinti, tăcem din gură. Tăcem ca lacătul pe ușe, Tăcem ca focul sub cenușe, Tăcem, dar noaptea sub celule, Vuiesc torente nesătule. Un zgomot bubuie departe, Se darmă parcă ziduri sparte Și parcă lanturi cad în zgură. Noi așteptăm, tăcem din gură. ======= English ======= Keeping silent Of all that we had, what is now truly ours Is this serious wall -- this sawdust Cruelly headed in hard rock With tight fists, we're keeping silent. We're keeping silent, as if we've done so for ages As if we were ancient lake bottoms And headed in grey gloom For thousands of years, we've been keeping silent. Them -- walls, chains, the turnkeys us, the flint of silence Them -- whips of beatings and hatred us, thumped frost over our mouths. Beyond time and chasms We keep silent as thorns and embers Silent as a scythe's blade We're always silent, our mouths shut. The cold licks our bare bones Them -- hunger, spikes and hammers As every day becomes a bite Grinding our teeth, we're keeping silent. Silent as the locks on our doors, Silent as fire under cinders At night, beneath our cells, We hear insatiable gushes. A rumble comes from far off As if tearing down walls And chains seem to drop to ashes Still, we are waiting, keeping silent.
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======= Romanian ======= N-ai dezmierda N-ai dezmierda, de n-ai ști să blestemi, Surâd numai acei care suspină, Azi n-ai iubi, de n-ar fi fost să gemi, De n-ai fi plâns, n-ai duce-n ochi lumină. Și dacă singur rana nu-ti legai, Cu mâna ta, n-ai unge răni străine. N-ai jindui după un colt de rai, De n-ai purta un strop de iad în tine. Că nu te-nalti de jos până nu cazi Cu fruntea-n pulberea amară, Și de re-nvii în cântecul de azi, E c-ai murit în plânsetul de-aseară. N-ai dezmierda, de n-ai ști să blestemi, Surâd numai acei care suspină, Azi n-ai iubi, de n-ar fi fost să gemi, De n-ai fi plâns, n-ai duce-n ochi lumină. ======= English ======= One would not fondle One would not fondle, should one not curse One would not smile, should one not sigh One would not love, should one not moan One would not cry, should one not be blessed. Should one not bind their own wound, One couldn't care for others' lesions One would not long for a piece of Heaven Should one have not tasted Hell first. One would not rise, should one not fall Head-first, into bitter dust And should one reawake in today's smile, That's owed to dying in yesterday's tears. One would not fondle, should one not curse One would not smile, should one not sigh One would not love, should one not moan One would not cry, should one not be blessed.

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Demo (2019). Released on April 28th, occasioned by the Orthodox Easter. This album exposes a raw Unblack Metal sound, laying down the foundation of Gyr's musical worldview.

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released April 28, 2019

Romanian lyrics by poet Radu Gyr. English translation by the Gyr project. All instruments, vocals, mixing, mastering, and album artwork by the Gyr project.

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Gyr Cluj Napoca, Romania

Gyr is a one-man raw Unblack Metal project. Its aim is to musically instill the torturous conditions to which Christian martyrs have been subjected for their faith.

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