KAYAH - JakaJaKayah - (PL>>EN)

Artist: Kayah
Song: "JakaJaKayah" / "WhatKayahAmI"*
Music: Kayah
Lyrics: Kayah
Album: "JakaJaKayah" / "WhatKayahAmI" (2000)

The official video:


For those who - annoyed by disturbing sounds in the video - want to listen to the whole track in all its oriental beauty:
http://elrey.wrzuta.pl/audio/1xHpVW1..._jaka_ja_kayah


Ja znajoma sobie i nieznana
Me - familiar and unknown to myself

Chociaż wciąż ta, to nie taka sama
Though still being myself, I am not being the same

Jestem inna niż każda napotkana
I am different from any other woman you (may) come accross

I jak każda inna taka sama
And I am just like every other woman


Jaka, jaka ja Kayah jestem?
What am I, Kayah, like?

Jaka, jaka ja Kayah będę, jeśli będę?
What will I, Kayah, be like if I am to be?


Prawda o mnie, jak prawda, bywa względna
The truth about me, as any truth, happens to be relative

Bo jak kobieta każda jestem zmienna
Because just like every woman I am changeable


Jaka, jaka ja Kayah jestem?
What am I, Kayah, like?

Jaka, jaka ja Kayah będę, jeśli będę?
What will I, Kayah, be like if I am to be?

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* The title track of Kayah's fourth official album, when divided into syllables JA-KA-JA-KA-YAH (the final h is mute), forms a very nice palindrome.

The title in itself is a hard task to translate, especially that it doesn't have any verb. So it can be translated as "What am I, Kayah, like?" or "What kind of Kayah am I?". Unfortunately, English hasn't got a proper equivalent of the Polish words "jaki/jaka/jakie" and the sole "what" will not suffice in this case.

Funny bit: the European/Canadian re-edition of this album was titled "YakaYaKayah".

Although these lyrics are so short it took me much longer than usual to translate them and I have to admit I failed to translate the wonderful paradoxes that form the Polish lyrics. Please forgive me!

"JakaJaKayah" has to be considered as Kayah's most eclectic album to date and definitely one of her most ambitious records. The music inspirations were varied, indeed, ranging from soul and funky through electronica and techno to jazz and folk.

The title track is perhaps one of her most "oriental" songs, chiefly due to the use of such instruments as Indian sitar, shenhai (North Indian oboe) and oriental percussion instruments.

Paw I decided to sing a song about progesterone!
It will be sent to u and veryclever as soon as it's released.... :d

Thank you Pawel, you did a great job. You're right it's an oriental song. She uses Setar here. Setar is a Persian instrument, Se or Seh = 3 and tar or târ = string

Don't you remember that I told you "Iran and Poland should unite"? I've found so many similarities between our cultures and above all our conservatism is very similar.

This song talks about that trait too. I think she's changed through life but she can't/don't want to admit it. This dilemma led to the composition of this song.

Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Originally Posted by Armita

Paw I decided to sing a song about progesterone!
It will be sent to u and veryclever as soon as it's released.... :d

Lolllllllllllllllllllllllllll

Armita,

LMAO!!!!

Dooset daram
Dooste joonam!

I should like to dedicate the above poem (which is my longest Persian poem to date) to you!

Mamnoonam!

Originally Posted by veryclever1980

Thank you Pawel, you did a great job. You're right it's an oriental song. She uses Setar here. Setar is a Persian instrument, Se or Seh = 3 and tar or târ = string

Don't you remember that I told you "Iran and Poland should unite"? I've found so many similarities between our cultures and above all our conservatism is very similar.

This song talks about that trait too. I think she's changed through life but she can't/don't want to admit it. This dilemma led to the composition of this song.

Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Oh not at all, Cleverim, not at all!

And sitar is Indian, canIm (and I guess the Pakistanis will claim it's theirs, too! )

The similarities that you mention here keep melting my heart every day!
Where's my love for Turkey gone??? A union with you, azizam? Always

As to your interpretation of her lyrics, hmmm...

I'd rather see this song as a very intimate dialogue between the Artist and her public but also with herself.

You see, with "JakaJaKayah" she wanted to finally release herself from Bregović's embrace and show that she's an Artist in her own right and not only "this great interpreter of Goran's songs".

In these lyrics she ponders on such issues as "being an individual vs being part of a group", "being a public person vs being a private person".

But most importantly, she expresses the Artist's need for change even if her public would like her to remain the same (ie. the "Bregović" Kayah).

At the same time she wonders how this change will affect her, the private woman the she also is.

oh paul ofcourse sitar is indian but sehtar is iranian and clever is talking about sehtar not sitar.sitar is an indian instrument but sehtar is from iran.

Originally Posted by harir

oh paul ofcourse sitar is indian but sehtar is iranian and clever is talking about sehtar not sitar.sitar is an indian instrument but sehtar is from iran.

My bad, sorry!
I thought it's the same instrument, really.
I've corrected my original note.
Thank you, azizam, for spotting this and letting me know!

no problem.its not your fault pauliiiiiiiiiii

Ja znajoma sobie i nieznana!

arkadasimdaN "kalbiMle" tesekkUr ediyoruM!!!