Commodore Rock

This song is about the town of Dunav and the nature all around Dunav as Czar Simeon comes through with his troops.

I would translate but it's not as pretty in English. I will if anyone is interested.

let's hear the translation- i'm inerested. i know it can loose things in translation but i still am cureous.

I'm Bulgarian and you should know the lyrics make nonsense. They are simply random quotes and references to other songs.

Anyway, I copy pasted this translation from the ladytron.com forum (I'm too lazy to translate it myself):

You are paradise on Earth And Danube is babbling cheerfully Quiet white Danube is agitated, babbling cheerfully There! Simeon arrives with his troops

Come on, shoe-shine, oh, come on Have to eat again Come on, shoe-shine, oh, come on Have to eat again

And Simeon is calling his voivodes

My precious Motherland You are paradise on Earth With high blue mountains, Rivers and broad valleys

is babbling cheerfully,is babbling cheerfully There! Simeon arrives with his troops is babbling cheerfully,is babbling cheerfully

And Simeon is calling his voivodes

High blue mountains, And you are my precious Motherland, You are paradise on Earth x2 And you babble cheerfully x2

Quiet white Danube is agitated And Radetski is sailing. And Simeon is calling his voivodes is babbling cheerfully,is babbling cheerfully High blue mountains Rivers and broad valleys

Wherever you are, You are paradise on Earth With high blue mountains.

"Haide vaksa haide de Triabva pak da se iade Haide vaksa haide de Triabva pak da se iade"

--This part of the song is what a man who shines shoes would say. He urges people to shoeshine because he needs the money - "triabva pak da se iade" loosely translates as "we still have to eat something"

I don't know if any of this made sense to you. Sorry for my bad English.

The rest of the lyrics are quotes from Bulgarian patriotic songs, even from the Bulgarian national hymn.

On "Commodore Rock", there are three different sources mixed: an old revolutionary song + some text from a song for children + the Bulgarian national anthem.

The parts with "High blue mountains / And you are my precious Motherland / You are heaven on Earth" are clearly inspired by Mila Rodino, The Bulgarian anthem: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mila_Rodino

The parts with Simeon (e.g. "Here comes Simeon / With his army") are from an old revolutionary song.

The parts with Vaksa ("Come on Vaksa, come on / We should eat again") are probably from an old song for children.

Radetski is an old Bulgarian steamship: http://bulgariatravel.org/en/object/138/Muzej_parahod_Radecki

That's lame! It's just like "True Mathematics" the titles are misleading, it's like the lyrics lack any originality and they're okay with this because it's in Bulgarian!

These two Mira songs I just mentioned sound nice, but really don't match the songs themselves. I guess whoever wrote this song and "True Math" didn't want to actually write songs about Commodore computer or mathematics but at least like give metaphors or something.

Maybe they were high when they wrote this, who knows?

A better translation in English (I was helped by a Bulgarian friend):

You are heaven on Earth And Danube is babbling cheerfully Quiet white Danube is waving And is babbling cheerfully Here comes Simeon With his army

Come on Vaksa come on We should eat again Come on Vaksa come on We should eat again

Simeon is calling his voivods

My precious Motherland You are heaven on Earth With high blue mountains Rivers and wide valleys Here comes Simeon

Wherever you are, you are heaven on Earth With high blue mountains

Is babbling cheerfully Is babbling cheerfully

Simeon is calling his voivods

High blue mountains And you are my precious Motherland You are heaven on Earth You are heaven on Earth And is babbling cheerfully And is babbling cheerfully

Quiet white Danube is waving And Radetski sails And Simeon is calling his voivods Is babbling cheerfully Is babbling cheerfully High blue mountains Rivers and wide valleys

Wherever you are You are heaven on Earth With high blue mountains