A four-hole diatonic harmonica is a good and cheap Christmas gift for the family’s younger members. It makes it easy to introduce a child to the fascinating world of music. The Finnish-language video, which English-speaking people can also understand, explains how to start with the harmonica. You can find the links for the four-hole harp, sheet music, and theory booklet on my homepage. In the sheet music booklet, you can see, e.g., followed by the songs ”Mary Had a Little Lamb,” ”Itsy-Bitsy Spider”, ”Pieni nokipoika,” and ”Lennä, lennä leppäkerttu.”
My Soul Flies is a classical composition of a poem by Aleksei Arzamazov. In his verses, Arzamzov uses an artificial language he developed called Budinos, intended to serve as a common language for the Finno-Ugric peoples. The piece was composed by the Estonian composer Mart Siimer. The music is interpreted by the singer Iris Oja, and Tartu Vanemuine Orchestra is led by conductor Lauri Sirp. The song tells about the longing to go to the ancestors, to one’s own Ugric home. The tune describes the hope and anxiety of a person when he has been uprooted.
Lyrics of Omjan livtib (My Soul Flies) in Three Languages:
Budinos
English
Mina upin jos kanto gurales,
mina upin jos pesan tulales,
kunjin silmat no vetin vorsat,
ojmam livtib kogo vorsas
I’m tired of the evil noise,
as tired as coming from the city,
I close my eyes, and in my imagination, I see a forest,
my soul flies to the great forest.
Zemo elima veljo em tasa,
Tekie askelat, uskie sole.
Levtid kenerat, paremtib tinat
kogo vorsan pua no shonda
Only here is real life, take a step, believe in her, strength and healing are given by the great forest trees and sun.
Toan vetat namoie ni kermas,
Sodie shemat lamo kelandales,
Koza no tama, fenno-ugro miesa,
Vario mit, varjo bertanmit
There are more cases, but I haven’t clue how to call them in English. I keep on studying the issue.
Some Words in Budinos
Budinos
Finnish
English
Amti
antaa
to give
Andesti
antaa anteeksi
to forgive
Mina
minä
I
Lilla
kukka
flower
Nejda
tyttö, tytär
girl, daughter
Vari
odottaa
to wait
Tina
sinä
you (sg.)
Choka
suudelma
kiss
Teki
tehdä, toimia
to do, to work
Tala
talo
house
Ela
leipä
bread
Ejaseva
illallinen
evening meal
Ato
maukas, makea
sweet, tasty (adj)
With the given knowledge, you can also try to build up sentences.
A Couple of Sentences
Budinos
Finnish
English
(Tina) varid chokat
(Sinä) odotat suudelmaa
you wait for a/the kiss
(Mina) amtin lillat nejdale
(Minä) annan kukan tytölle
I give a flower to the girl
Don’t throw your ax in the river. There is more to come as soon as I have translated the Russian Budinos Manual into English, at least a bit. Without checking, you don’t know what is waiting for you behind the corner.
I try to collect information on artificial languages named Budinos here. It is an artificial language for the Finno-Ugric peoples.
Below you see a screen capture of my PDF. At the moment, I am just at the beginning of my introduction. I hope to get more information on Budinos as time goes by.