Абхазская - Песнь ранения - текст песни, слова, перевод, видео

“In the old days, the Abkhazians did not know anesthesia. They had a song, it was called “The Song of Wounding.” If a warrior was wounded in battle and a bullet was stuck in his leg, it, of course, had to be taken out. At least with the tip of a dagger... Well, what about the pain?

The pain was quenched with song. The wounded man’s friends sang, and the experienced old man, seasoned in combat, took the bullet out of the wound. He wielded the tip of the dagger and was not very worried about the pain: after all, they sing the “Song of Wounding”! Finally, during the operation the horseman himself sings. Where does leg pain come from?

If a hunter breaks his arm while climbing rocks in the mountains, the bone must, naturally, be set. And this is what shepherds do. And to avoid pain, they sing the “Song of Wounding.” The hunter himself sings...

I once asked a mountaineer who was one hundred and ten years old:

– Is it really true that pain is not pain if they sing “The Song of Wounding”?

He said:

- Yes its true. Do you know why?

“I don’t know,” I answered.

- Because it's a very good song. For the heart - sweet like honey. This is a song that not only drowns out pain, but also heals wounds. And it strengthens the heart."

And

““Songs of wounding” were usually performed by seriously wounded people on the battlefield, and with the same song on the lips of the “afirkhats” he often passed away, having worthily fulfilled his sacred duty to the fatherland.”