Pink Martini - U plavu zoru | Live from Jacksonville, Oregon 2017

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Excerpted from Pink Martini's live concert at the Britt Festival in Jacksonville, Oregon, June 29, 2017. "U plavu zoru" is Pink Martini's original song in Croatian, originally heard on their second album, "Hang on Little Tomato," which the bandleader Thomas Lauderdale and the band co-wrote with Thomas's Croatian neighbor Mario Lalich. This performance features Pansy Chang on cello, and China Forbes on lead vocals.

When the band joins in with Pansy Chang's cello, the music is meant to evoke a train accelerating as it leaves a station. This train is referenced in the song's lyrics as well (in Croatian below followed by English translation):

LYRICS

Tiha noć
Sjene su u bijegu
Ja čujem zvuk
Šta bliže zove me

U plavu zoru
Sa svjetlom tu
Na moja vrata
Ti stižeš
Nači češ
Praznu postelju moju
Dok vlak nosi
Me daleko

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Quiet night
Shadows escaping
I hear a sound
Calling me closer

In the blue dawn
With light approaching
To my doorstep
When you come
You will find
My bed empty
While the train carries
Me far away

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