Gift for bironic by Laura Shapiro (Wings of Desire)

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Title of vid: What No Angel Knows
Recipient: bironic
Vidder: Laura Shapiro
Fandom: Wings of Desire (1987)
Music: Dance / S'loyfn, S'yogn by Moira Smiley and Voco
Summary: What does it mean to be human?
Content notes: No standardized notes apply
Signed length: 03:08

Link to signed vid post.

Lyrics
Spoken in English:
When the north wind brings the cold air
Should we laugh and dance against it?
Or should we sigh with its groaning?
My child, your father sends a message of hope
From a cold, dark land
Where he is digging graves
For all lies

The lyrics song are in Yiddish. Translation:
Dark clouds race and rush, the wind whistles and blows. Your father sends greetings from Siberia to you, my child. It is the wind that brings a greeting from that cold land. There your father stands with a shovel in hand. And he digs deeper and deeper – shoveling out the earth. Don’t worry – he’s digging graves for all lies. He’s neither the first nor the last to fall in the field. But don’t worry, my child, a great hero bore you. And you’ll grow up to be a hero. So sleep, sleep now. Gather your strength for the future my only child.

Comments

[elisi]

*profound love*

This was just utterly beautiful. Thank you. Might be back later with more coherent thoughts, but right now I'm just caught in deep appreciation - it's such a rich movie that I wasn't sure how anyone could make a vid from it, but you did it!

[laurashapiro]

Thank you so much for your very kind words. I'm thrilled that people who love the movie are happy with the vid.