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BARTKY – Zlospiv – English Translation, Romanization, Ukrainian

“Zlospiv” is a compound word literally meaning “evil-singing” (from “zlo” (evil/wicked) + “spiv” (singing)). While it’s not a standard dictionary term, and was, apparently, coined by the band to convey their rage into a song, it follows a tradition of other curse-poems, war-chants, and maledictions.

Single: Zlospiv Released: 2025 Written by: Serhii Ivanov, Ihor Roshenets, Daryna Borodiy

Wicked-Song

I stoked the fire and set it smoking with green wood Oh, I cannot go out into the light for my foes

I will drench that green wood And when the foes fall asleep, I'll go roaming

Oh, when some fell asleep, others woke up They’ve blackened my name, a young maiden, long ago

Oh, my foes, spread your lies, and let the dogs lie with you* May death take your fathers and your mothers Oh, my foes, spread your lies, and let the dogs lie with you May death take your fathers and your mothers

Where we roamed the valley, the earth quaked Our feet washed in dew, there is no turning back The wind drove the devils across the open field And we hunted them down Singing a wicked-song to strike fear into our foes.

I will drench that green wood From the ghostly fire, coals I will gather I’ll stir the ash to keep the embers glowing through the night, To blind the shameless eyes of our foes

In the valley among the dew, I will find a supple switch Protect every soul and every child And we drenched that green wood So that the enemy's feet would never tread our land again

I stoked the fire and set it smoking with green wood Oh, my foes won’t let me go out

Where we roamed the valley, the earth quaked Our feet washed in dew, there is no turning back The wind drove the devils across the open field And we hunted them down Singing a wicked-song to strike fear into our foes.

Zlospiv

Zatopyla, zakuryla, syrymy drovamy Oi ne mozhu na svit vyity ta y za vorohamy

A ya tyi syri drova ta y pozalivaiu Yak vorohy liazhut spaty, poidu pohuliaiu

Oi odnii liahly spaty, druhi povstavaly Da vzhe zh mene molodenku, davno obbrekhaly

Oi, breshite vorizhenky, shche y sobaky z vamy Bodai zhe v vas povmyraly batky z materamy Oi, breshite vorizhenky, shche y sobaky z vamy Bodai zhe v vas povmyraly batky z materamy

De hulialy dolynoiu, tam trusylasia zemlia Nohy vmylysia rosoiu, ne shukaiut vorottia Viter hnav chortiv po poliu A my yshly yim navzdohin Zaspivaly toi zloi, shchob liakaty vorohiv

A ya tyi syri drova ta y pozalivaiu Sered mareva vohniu vuhillia pozbyraiu Popil skynu shchob zhariv zavzhdy sered nochi Shchob voroham zaslipylo bezsoromni ochi

Ya v dolyni sered rosy znaidu khvorostynu Zakhystyty kozhnu dushu i kozhnu dytynu A my tyi syri drova ta y pozalivaly Shchob na zemliu vrazhi nohy bilshe ne stupaly

Zatopyla, zakuryla, syrymy drovamy Oi ne mozhu na svit vyity ta y za vorohamy

De hulialy dolynoiu, tam trusylasia zemlia Nohy vmylysia rosoiu, ne shukaiut vorottia Viter hnav chortiv po poliu A my yshly yim navzdohin Zaspivaly toi zloi, shchob liakaty vorohiv

Злоспів

Затопила, закурила, сирими дровами Ой не можу на світ вийти та й за ворогами

А я тиї сирі дрова та й позаліваю Як вороги ляжуть спати, пойду погуляю

Ой однії лягли спати, другі повставали Да вже ж мене молоденьку, давно оббрехали

Ой, брешіте воріженьки, ще й собаки з вами Бодай же в вас повмирали батьки з матерами Ой, брешіте воріженьки, ще й собаки з вами Бодай же в вас повмирали батьки з матерами

Де гуляли долиною, там трусилася земля Ноги вмилися росою, не шукають вороття Вітер гнав чортів по полю А ми йшли їм навздогін Заспівали тої злої, щоб лякати ворогів

А я тиї сирі дрова та й позаліваю Серед марева вогню вугілля позбираю Попіл скину щоб жарів завжди серед ночі Щоб ворогам засліпило безсоромні очі

Я в долині серед роси знайду хворостину Захистити кожну душу і кожну дитину А ми тиї сирі дрова та й позалівали Щоб на землю вражі ноги більше не ступали

Затопила, закурила, сирими дровами Ой не можу на світ вийти та й за ворогами

Де гуляли долиною, там трусилася земля Ноги вмилися росою, не шукають вороття Вітер гнав чортів по полю А ми йшли їм навздогін Заспівали тої злої, щоб лякати ворогів

Notes * In Ukrainian, “brekhaty” (брехати) may refer to both “lying” and “barking.” The lyrics play on this, suggesting that foes “lie” and dogs “lie” with them. Since there is a similar English idiom “to lie like a dog,” I decided to keep that double meaning.

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Feminist consciousness is the consciousness of a being radically alienated from her world and often divided against herself, a being who sees herself as victim and whose victimization determines her being-in-the-world as resistance, wariness, and suspicion.

Sandra Lee Bartky, Femininity and Domination

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BARTKY - Kolomyika

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Sandra Lee Bartky, on the Vanguard of Feminist Philosophy, Dies at 81

Sandra Lee Bartky, on the Vanguard of Feminist Philosophy, Dies at 81

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We understand what we are and where we are in the light of what we are not yet.

Sandra Lee Bartky, Towards a Phenomenology of Feminist Consciousness

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Any class that does not mention racism perpetuates it.

Sandra Bartky paraphrasing Julia LeSage

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"Feminist consciousness is the consciousness of a being radically alienated from her world and often divided against herself, a being who sees herself as a victim and whose victimization determines her being-in-the-world as resistance, wariness, and suspicion. Raw and exposed much of the time, she suffers from both ethical and ontological shock. Lacking a fully formed moral paradigm, sometimes unable to make sense of her own reactions and emotions, she is immersed in a social reality which exhibits to her an aspect of malevolent ambiguity."

Sandra Lee Bartky,Femininity and Domination: Studies in the Phenomenology of Oppression

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Sandra Lee Bartky, "Foucault, Femininity and the Modernization of Patriarchal Power"

Sandra Lee Bartky’s essay “Foucault, Femininity and the Modernization of Patriarchal Power,” reflects Berger’s idea of “Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at” in the way she describes how women’s movements are self watching – there is a limited sphere of movements deemed appropriate for femininity. Foucault writes about ‘The Panopticon’, prisons that are designed for constant surveillance. Cells where back lit so everything inside could be seen, the building was designed to echo, so all noises could be heard. A central watch tower with blacked out windows meant that prisoners may or may not be being watched. There were also guard walk ways above the cells that couldn’t be seen from them. The idea was of self surveillance, the uncertainty of whether you were being watched or not suppressed the prisoner into order and obedience. Bartky applies this to the surveillance of women. Women are watched wherever they go, in every situation, and in order to succeed as a woman, they craft their movements to fit the feminine ideal.

  What is interesting in Bartky’s essay, and I think a fair criticism of it, is the lack of space for resistance. It is written about although every women adheres to these rules. This is needed as move women are subject to them than we like to admit. If there was room for exceptions, people would make exceptions of themselves so as not to victimized or to make what Bartky says irrelevant to them.

  I have many ideas sprouting from Bartky’s essay to do with movement, freedom and surveillance and the feminine identity. I would like to explore them after I finish current pieces.