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LE: summary
I recently learned that this song has become Moldova’s Eurovision entry and others would like to make sense of the video clip. Let me oblige.
Firstly, "trenuletul” is a diminutive for “train”, so a more accurate translation of the title is “the little train”.
0:38 - phone convo: he’s calling his relative “Gigi” in Bucharest to tell aunt Lucretia that he’s bringing what she asked for and the rug; Persian-like rugs are a big deal in SE Europe, with people often placing them not only on the floor but even on their walls.
The song is about a train journey from Chisinau (Republic Moldova’s capital) to neighbouring Romania’s capital, Bucharest. The two countries share the same language and used to be one, before the Soviet Empire under Stalin occupied Bessarabia (as that territory used to be named) and renamed it Republic Moldova,, even though the Eastern province of Romania (and what was left in the East of the country) was also called Moldova. Stalin also moved entire villages of Romanians to Siberia, replacing them with ethnic Russians and subjected the occupied territories to famine and idiotic policies, which kept the subjugated country economically-backward and poor.
Here’s the original lyrics first in Romanian then translated in English, with adnotations:
([trezindu-se] Trenul!
[in masina, recunoaste muzica] Oh, Advahov!
[la telefon] Aici Chișinău!
Gigi, de când nu te-am auzit, bre!
Ia transmite-i lu’ mătușa Lucreția că îi aduc ceea ce m-o rugat și covorul cela ce-i place ei.
Mâine dimineață să fie la gară să mă aștepte, ă?!)
Pleacă trenul!
Chișinău – București.
Oh-oh
Merge trenul, parcă zboară,
Dintr-o țară-n altă țară.
Merge și nu poate pricepe:
Care țară? Unde-ncepe?
Țară veche, țară nouă,
Parcă-i una, parcă-s două.
Ba aparte, ba-mpreună,
Parcă-s două, parcă-i una.
Hey ho! Let’s go!
Folklore and Rock’n’roll.
Pleacă trenul! Unde eşti?
Chișinău – București.
Oh-oh…
Și-ntr-o țară, și-n cealaltă
Joacă hora laolaltă.
Și în fiecare țară
Face farmece vioara.
Când ajunge trenu-n gară,
Parcă n-a ieșit din țară,
Parcă-a mers, fără să iasă,
De acasă pân-acasă.
Hey how! Let’s go!
Folklore and Rock’n’roll
Pleacă trenul! Unde eşti?
Chişinău – București.
Hey ho! Let’s go!
Folklore and Rock’n’roll
Pleacă trenul! Unde eşti?
Chişinău – București.
Hey how! Let’s go!
Folklore and Rock’n’roll
Pleacă trenul! Unde eşti?
Chişinău – București.
Chişinău – București
Merge bine…
[VAMA; conductor in uniforma]
(-Bună seara! Avem concert, da? Amuzant! Unde mergem?
- La București!
-Țigări ducem?
-Nu!
-Și dacă găsesc?
-Îți dau și matale! [zambet cu dinti]
-N-am înțeles. Ia desfă covorul!)
[Stefan cel Mare pe covor; conductorul saluta]
Chişinău – București
Меrgе іutе, mеrgе bіnе
Тrеnu’ lеgănаt dе șіnе
Dаr nu роаtе ѕă-nțеlеаgă
Рrіn саrе țаră аlеаrgă
Țară veche, țară nouă,
Parcă-i una, parcă-s două.
Ba aparte, ba-mpreună,
Parcă-s două, parcă-i una.
Hey ho! Let’s go!
Folklore and Rock’n’roll
Pleacă trenul! Unde eşti?
Chişinău – București.
Hey ho! Let’s go!
Folklore and Rock’n’roll
Pleacă trenul! Unde eşti?
Chişinău – București.
Hey ho! Let’s go!
Folklore and Rock’n’roll
Pleacă trenul! Unde eşti?
Chişinău – București.
(-Cum ai ajuns, brat [Slm: frate mai mare]?
-Vesel! Ce vremuri trăim, brat! Toată viața numai în telefoane și ne vedem o dată-n 100 ani. Dar viața trece… Dar ți-am adus un coniac și un disc „Frații Advahov și Zdob și Zdub”…
-Și covorul nu?
[fluiera oh-oh]
-Întoarce înapoi la gară, că am uitat covorul în tren!)
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Here’s the automated translation, soon to be corrected:
([wakes up] The train!
[in the car, recognizing the music] Oh, Advahov!
[phone convo] This is Chisinau!
Gigi, how long has it been since I’ve heard you?
Tell Aunt Lucretia I’ll bring her what she asked for and the rug she likes.
Tomorrow morning be at the station waiting for me, K?!)
The train is leaving!
Chisinau - Bucharest.
Oh-oh
The train is going, it seems to fly,
From one country to another.
It’s going and can’t understand:
Which country? Where does it start?
Old country, new country
Seems like one, it’s like two.
Either apart, or together,
Seems like two, it’s like one.
Hey ho! Let’s go!
Folklore and Rock'n'roll.
The train’s leaving! Where are you?
Chisinau - Bucharest.
Oh-oh…
In one country and the other
They play the hora together.
And in every country
The violin charms.
When the train arrives at the station
It’s as if it never left the country
It seems to have gone on without leaving,
Within the same home.
Hey ho! Let’s go!
Folklore and Rock'n'roll
The train’s leaving! Where are you?
Chisinau - Bucharest.
Hey ho! Let’s go!
Folklore and Rock'n'roll
The train is leaving! Where are you?
Chisinau - Bucharest.
Hey ho! Let’s go!
Folklore and Rock'n'roll
The train is leaving! Where are you?
Chisinau - Bucharest.
Chisinau - Bucharest
It’s going well…
[CUSTOMS; train conductor in uniform enters]
(-Good evening! We have a concert, right? Funny! Where are we going?
- To Bucharest!
-Are we carrying [contraband] cigarettes?
-No!
-And if I find some?
-I’ll give you some! [Teeth smile]
-I didn’t understand. Take out the rug!)
[Stephen the Great is depicted on the rug; the conductor salutes]
Chisinau - Bucharest
(-How was your trip, bro?
-Happy! What times we live in, bro! All our life on the phone and I see you once in a century. And life goes by… But I brought you a brandy and a “Advahov Bros & Zdob and Zdub” record…
-And the rug, right?
-[whistles Oh-Oh] Let’s go back to the station, I forgot the rug in the train!)
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