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Could someone who is Polish translate the opening song "Petre Petre" by Polish group, Żywiołak?

And I don't mean a Google translation.

Thanks.

BTW, this should have been included in the soundtrack.
You mean the one that goes "Oooo te te te..."? Its not in Polish. Its Ukrainian, You can read what lyrics are about in comments here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhhq6PNHeVE ,thanks to AbsoLooser.
I can translate what "Żywiołak" means, its Elemental, like the ones that drops motes of air/earth etc. in WoW.
Post edited July 27, 2011 by Endrevius
Yeah, that's the song.

Live performance here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPR770ceDOE

Thanks for the info.

It would be great to get a full translation, and this song should have been included in the soundtrack, it's absolutely haunting.
So if it's not Polish, can someone who is Ukranian confirm what it is?
I don't know if this will completely answer your question, but you could hop over to their website: http://www.zywiolak.pl/ and read more about them.

You may need to be patient, since their website is getting a lot traffic lately and may not always load for you.

They have a fun little tidbit mentioned there:
"As we mentioned previously, CD Projekt RED is collaborating with the Polish folk rock group Żywiołak, whose music is featured in The Witcher 2; you can hear it at the very beginning of the game. Here’s a fun fact; you can encounter an elemental monster in the game - and guess what the Polish word for elemental is. Yes, it’s Żywiołak! "
Post edited July 27, 2011 by LenSquig
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Kleetus: So if it's not Polish, can someone who is Ukranian confirm what it is?
The comments in the link Endrevius posted give the gist of it: the singer is a young woman who is complaining about being grounded.

Does anybody have the lyrics, in any language?
What I don't get is, Endrevius says it's Ukranian, but if it's a Polish group then surely they wouldn't be singing in Ukranian?
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cjrgreen: The comments in the link Endrevius posted give the gist of it: the singer is a young woman who is complaining about being grounded.
... Wait, so while we're reading about a devastating war which brought death, destruction and famine in its wake, we're listening to some young woman who's yelling, "But Moooooooom!" in the background?

I will never look at that scene the same way again. XD
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Kleetus: What I don't get is, Endrevius says it's Ukranian, but if it's a Polish group then surely they wouldn't be singing in Ukranian?
The languages are not so different that a well-prepared singer would be unable to handle the other. And they don't restrict themselves to Polish material.

You have to be an excellent and well-trained singer to produce that kind of sound. Their female leads are fantastic.
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cjrgreen: The comments in the link Endrevius posted give the gist of it: the singer is a young woman who is complaining about being grounded.
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Zaxares: ... Wait, so while we're reading about a devastating war which brought death, destruction and famine in its wake, we're listening to some young woman who's yelling, "But Moooooooom!" in the background?

I will never look at that scene the same way again. XD
Pretty much. The girl got grounded on date night because she was going out with two guys (presumably the Petre of the title and another one called Ivan) at the same time. From the comments:

"Mother asks her daughter to stay in the cellar till vetchornytsi (it is a sort of parties, with lots of music, dancing and other thing, traditionally held by youth in the evening) are over and people won't gossip about her (because girl was going out with 2 guys at the same time). And the girl answers that all that happened because of mother's restrictions."
Post edited July 27, 2011 by cjrgreen