| Sufjan Stevens – Casimir Pulaski Day Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| @[IndieLover:26262] i agree absolutely. it's such a fabulous line, so poetic. it paints such a specific image in your head, and can have so many connotations. the buildup with the moments of intimacy ("I almost touched your blouse" & "When your father found out what we did that night") make this line remind me of a "morning after" or "walk of shame" type of look, something thrown together messily before running out the door. | |
| Devendra Banhart – Mi Negrita Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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this song is difficult to translate because the verb usage is not specific, ie "Aunque te esperara" could be translated many different ways because it uses imperfect subjunctive. it also uses colloquial terms that could mean different things. "mi negrita" could refer to a lot of things, literally it translates roughly to "little black" (negr- meaning black/dark and -ita being a diminutive, though this term has been used to refer to darker skinned latinx women). also "paja" is a word that can refer to jacking off, which seems to make more sense than "straw" in this context. that being said, it seems like this song is about someone reflecting on their own complex feelings of love to someone else. his use of "mi amor" seems to go between referring to a person who he is directly talking to, and a 3rd person/object that is not present in the conversation. For example, he starts off saying "Mi amor no tiene esperanza/Aunque te esperara/Mi corazón se ancla/A un fantasma corporal", which to me sounds like he is speaking of his own feelings/heart. Later he then says "Ven amor, disfruta mi grasa/Alrededor de ti" which sounds like a direct command to another person (his lover). Overall, it sounds like he is describing to his lover that he has bittersweet and conflicting feelings. His (feelings of) love is hopeless, but it would wait anyways. I also get that feeling form how he conflates "feo amor" (his ugly love) with "fe y amor" (faith and love). i'd think that the meaning of "mi negrita" in this context is actually just referring to his own feelings of love, his dark/gloomy but sweet love. Again, it's devendra, so it's not like it's supposed to make perfectly clear sense (no idea what a "Dandy mosquito" is supposed to refer to). but this is just my take! |
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