# Federkleid by Faun

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federkleid-by-faun/851594>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 12, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federkleid-by-faun/851594 "2020-04-12T01:44:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federkleid-by-faun/851594/1 "2020-04-12T01:44:03Z")

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OK, this is strange. I was listening to random celtic/whatever you call that faux medieval pagan stuff, and [Federkleid by Faun](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwib-4Cr4OHoAhWSdc0KHa_IDAoQwqsBMAl6BAgSEAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DeyEt9-ebqyY&usg=AOvVaw0kks-vLETSiyEKCHLG6SVD) popped up. It has a fairly distinctive passage that to me sounds like the Russian folk piece[Meadowlands](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjn4ar34OHoAhUIQ80KHXUtD40QwqsBMAB6BAgLEAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dmf4QNHONIQw&usg=AOvVaw3VQQrKZTYrV9JGU7BbQVW3). Is it possible that Federkleid is a German translation and performance?

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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federkleid-by-faun/851594/2 "2020-04-12T10:50:47Z")

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I didn’t know both songs, and I don’t know Russian, but according to the youtube page for “Meadowlands”, “The original lyrics are sung from the perspective of a Red Army recruit, who proudly leaves his home to keep watch against his homeland’s enemies.”, so it’s a war song. The lyrics of “Federkleid” are about nature and the flight of birds (Federkleid means plumage), so it’s a very different subject and doesn’t seem to be a translation.

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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federkleid-by-faun/851594/3 "2020-04-13T00:16:32Z")

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> [@EinsteinsHund](#):
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> I didn’t know both songs, and I don’t know Russian, but according to the youtube page for “Meadowlands”, “The original lyrics are sung from the perspective of a Red Army recruit, who proudly leaves his home to keep watch against his homeland’s enemies.”, so it’s a war song. The lyrics of “Federkleid” are about nature and the flight of birds (Federkleid means plumage), so it’s a very different subject and doesn’t seem to be a translation.

But did you listen to both pieces?

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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federkleid-by-faun/851594/4 "2020-04-13T00:31:17Z")

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> [@aruvqan](#):
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> But did you listen to both pieces?

No, not closely, I only skimmed them. I was focusing on the lyrics, I thought your question was if the German song is a translation of the Russian one, and that doesn’t seem to be the case.