Belarusian (White Ruthenian) folk song GUDA - Jure, ustavai rana (белорусская народная песня)
Rye reaping / harvest folk song from the surroundings of Braslaw in Northern Belarus (White Ruthenia). Gudiška Jorės/Jurginių liaudies daina iš Breslaujos apylinkių. Baltkrievu Jura dienas tautas dziesma. Vaizdas: Naugarduko girios | Video: forests of Navahrudak in North-West Belarus (Black Ruthenia) from Ray Mears’ “Extreme Survival“ series.
The researchers consider Jurja / Yurya / Jaryla (perhaps, the son of the God of thunder) to be the embodiment of the power of nature and the holiday of the spring. Some of the researchers think Jaryla is one of the personifications of Piarun (probably, son). The God of thunder and the myth about his struggle with the enemy Viales is the central one in Indoeuropean mythology.
Lyrics in English:
Jure, get up early
Jure, wash clean
Jure, take the keys
Jure, go out into the fields
Jure, unlock the earth
Jure, unleash the dew
Jure, the honeyed dew
Jure, unleash the grass
Jure, the silken grass
From the album “Arxaicnya abadavya spevy“ of Belarusian ethno folk group GUDA.
Юр’я! Ўставай рана.
Юр’я! Ўмыйся бела.
Юр’я! Вазьмі ключы.
Юр’я! Выйдзі ў поле.
Юр’я! Адамкні зямлю.
Юр’я! Пусьці расу,
Юр’я! Мядовую.
Юр’я! Пусьці траву,
Юр’я! Шаўковую