Episode 150: Singing Special! A Song About The Rain!

Pada deszczyk pada
Pada sobie równo
Raz wpadnie na kwiatek
Raz wpadnie na... bratek!

Literal Translation:

It falls, little rain, it falls
It falls itself evenly
Once it will fall onto flower
Once it will fall onto ... Pansy

Elegant Translation:

The little rain falls, it falls
It falls [everywhere] evenly
Once falling on a flower
Once falling on a ... pansy

I thought I’d celebrate episode 150 and also close out the year with a song! This is a bit naughty, also, as it subverts expectations. At the end of the song, when you pause before delivering the word “bratek”, you have set the rhyme up to be a swear word that starts with ‘g’ and rhymes with ‘równo’. I’m not going to say the word itself, but suffice it to say the “S” in the English abbreviation of “B.S.” is exactly what it means. 

It’s a funny little song about rain falling uniformly, and unbiased, on all the pretty things and horrible things alike. It’s a cheerful tune, and it’s just a funny joke. I thought I’d share. It’s a pretty popular song. 

Thank you all for 150 awesome episodes.

Have a fun and safe holiday season.

I’ll see you all in 2021!

Pada (PAH-dah) = he/she/it is falling [verb, 3rd p. s., present tense]
Deszczyk (DEH[SZ][CZ]-ihk)= rain [noun, s. masc. subj. form, diminutive]
Sobie (SOH-byeh) = itself [reflective word, obj. form]
Równo (ROOV-noh) = evenly [adv.]
Raz (rahs) = once
Wpadnie (FPAHD-nyeh) = he/she/it will fall (onto/into) [verb, 3rd p.s., future tense, needs a preposition to follow]
Na (nah) = onto/on [preposition] 
Kwiatek (KFYAH-tehk) = flower [noun, s. masc. obj. form, diminutive]
Bratek (BRAH-tehk) = a Pansy, a specific breed of flower [noun, s. masc. obj. form]

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