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Under the Blue Sky There is a Golden City
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Beneath the azure skies,
A golden city lies.
The city gates are transparent
And there's a brilliant star.
It has a garden, where
Grows grass and flowers there;
And all around stroll animals
Of unseen beauty fair.

One's like a lion with a blazing mane.
One’s like an ox of eye’s accomplished gain.
There’s a golden eagle in that blue height —
One whose glow is unforgettably so bright.

And in those azure skies,
A brilliant star burns there.
It is your star, my angel eyes –
Forever yours, my fair.
One who is loved, does love.
Who shines, must saintly be.
Let way be lit by star above
To garden, that’s for thee.

There you'll see lion with a blazing mane,
And blue hued ox of eye’s accomplished gain.
Then a golden eagle in that blue height —
One whose glow is unforgettably so bright.
Last edited by Ni-Neith; 26 Jul @ 4:52pm
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under the golden city are dirty cobblestones, stained black by the blood of the unrighteous,
and their victims, the fair.
Last edited by rabapraba p; 26 Jul @ 4:58pm
Под небом голубым есть город золотой
С прозрачными воротами и яркою звездой
А в городе том сад, все травы да цветы
Гуляют там животные невиданной красы

Одно - как желтый огнегривый лев
Другое - вол, исполненный очей
С ними золотой орел небесный
Чей так светел взор незабываемый

А в небе голубом горит одна звезда
Она твоя, о ангел мой, она твоя всегда
Кто любит, тот любим, кто светел, тот и свят
Пускай ведет звезда тебя дорогой в дивный сад

Тебя там встретит огнегривый лев
И синий вол, исполненный очей
С ними золотой орел небесный
Чей так светел взор незабываемый
Lime 26 Jul @ 4:59pm 
Holy divahh
u been down too long in the midnight stream o whats becomming of meeee
ride tha tigahh
you can his stripes but u know his clean
o dont u see what i meeeean
In the village of Li there is a beautiful tree,
vibrant and golden and filled with fruit and tea,
all manner of goodness grows at its feet and falls from its branches,
and where it lands it lands softly and whole.

None are bothered by its presence,
fruitmaker and teaseller alike,
all live in harmony under its branches.

This tree is why Li is a village you cannot see.
Ni-Neith 26 Jul @ 5:17pm 
Originally posted by Cinnamoon_dragon:
Another gem from my list of childhood nostalgic songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86vFA6MI8-Q&list=RD86vFA6MI8-Q&start_radio=1
I like Abba
but this is a bit off..
Too straightforward and simplistic. Synthetic sound and synthetic voices.
Zero 26 Jul @ 5:17pm 
But it's owned by the AI, so momentarily it glows an eerie green hue after a bright explosion turns it into rubble.
Originally posted by Zero:
But it's owned by the AI, so momentarily it glows an eerie green hue after a bright explosion turns it into rubble.

actually the last one I quoted ends suggesting that empires from outside the village cut it down in order to have something to argue over, and that people have forgotten because the village and everything nearby was destroyed.

the shift from golden city to forbidden city is considered more genteel in the series.

did you know that the imperial city was paved in gold under the golden emperor? but, when he abdicated and the empire fell into regency and rule at the hands of bureaucracy, soon there was nobody to stop gold peelers from turning the streets black again.

the top regent, Tang Zhaomou, then paved the city black before dying of poison a mere 20 years into his reign. people decided to associate him with bronze instead; copper and tin was more his level, rather than obsidian.

the obsidian was later deconstructed and used in bloodworks that have been destroyed over time.
Last edited by rabapraba p; 26 Jul @ 5:25pm
el dorado had its gold pavement removed because it was attracting vapid wealth-seekers, who inevitably found themselves talking to the King's skull on its altar. however, depaving the streets did not stop the King's growing cult. neither did removing his guards or making it legal to approach him.

no wonder the king, restored to british empire, destroyed all depictions of his skull during latin colonization.
Last edited by rabapraba p; 26 Jul @ 5:30pm
Originally posted by Ni-Neith:
Originally posted by Cinnamoon_dragon:
Another gem from my list of childhood nostalgic songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86vFA6MI8-Q&list=RD86vFA6MI8-Q&start_radio=1
I like Abba
but this is a bit off..
Too straightforward and simplistic. Synthetic sound and synthetic voices.

Hmm... I suppose you’d have to have grown up reading Astrid Lindgren’s books to truly appreciate this song in adulthood. To me, it’s such a beautiful song - one that banishes shadows and fills your mind with lightness and sadness.. This is a song about the bird of sorrow

"There was a big black bird sitting there. All the other birds in my father’s garden were white, but this one was black as night. Its song was the most beautiful of all, though it sounded sad. It was called the Bird of Sorrow, and Yum-Yum loved it despite its darkness, saying, 'It has kind eyes.'" (с)
Originally posted by Ni-Neith:
https://www.youtube.com/live/pHWvGr3IlB4

Well, this song is part of the primary school curriculum in Russia. Every kid learns it at some point..
Originally posted by Lime:
Originally posted by salamander:
el dorado? the magnificent? and golden?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-NMI6o5ynk&ab_channel=Movieclips
https://youtu.be/PLwUrqqVFQo?si=S09ZiZvqaNS4sJWW

ARE YA SMOKIN YET?
Eldorado

By Edgar Allan Poe

Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.

But he grew old—
This knight so bold—
And o’er his heart a shadow—
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
That looked like Eldorado.

And, as his strength
Failed him at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow—
‘Shadow,’ said he,
‘Where can it be—
This land of Eldorado?’

‘Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,’
The shade replied,—
‘If you seek for Eldorado!’
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