My Darling, My Sister, My Flying Bride

by Vuk

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Sometimes a familiar, fragile figure
Enters the orbit of my mislaid dreams
When I lie awake in the grasp of insomnia
My senses worn bare, every nerve exposed

She floats in through the window, like a demented angel
Over the ruins of our fathers’ shtetls
Trailing behind her Hell’s broken shackles
A faint smell of mud and of vinegar
And a stampede of skinny, rainbow-colored cattle

Oh my darling, oh my sister, oh my flying bride
Glimmering ghost, tragicomic phantom
Are you the face of our fear and amnesia?
My darling, my sister, my flying bride

She hovers above me, shrouded like a sacred scripture
Curled up, fetal, like a Torah scroll
Spitting out amber beads, and Black Sea pearls
And secrets plundered from my grandfather’s grave

His name, I-S-R-O-E-L
Suspended in the darkness
A wayward prayer

This is a song for my father and for
My darling, my sister, my flying bride

She sings, “Belarus is soaked in blood
The wolves come from Russia, they are cossacks’ sons
And they have glutted themselves on my flesh and my bones
See the flies now descending upon the synagogues”

And my breath quickens as I stare into the veils of her whiteness
And my breasts rise and fall and rise and fall and rise and fall my breasts
And open my mouth wider and wider to let out an answer
But the pearls rain down in torrents and stick in my throat
Rain down in torrents and stick in my throat
And I gag on the pelted letters of a name that I can no longer recognize

Oh my darling, my sister, my flying bride
Surrealist ghost, young nevesta for ransom
Do you come to rebuke or to comfort my losses?
Oh my darling, my sister, my flying bride

Oh my darling my sister, my flying bride
Pitiful girl, supernatural orphan

In my dreams we stand, solemn
Around your small coffin
But your face remains hidden
And your name forgotten

You are the face of my fear and amnesia
My nightmare, my savior, my unknown bride

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released February 26, 2022

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Vuk Finland

Vuk weaves rich, mysterious sonic tapestries from her voice, a pump organ, layered percussion, electric organ and autoharp. Live, she usually performs with a four-piece band. Her second album, "The Plains" won her rave reviews in Finland and abroad, and helped her tour extensively in Europe and the U.S., notably as the hand-picked opening act for Fever Ray's U.S. tour in 2009. ... more

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