The way this works is that you can ask me to translate a specific word of your choosing, one at a time, and then you’ll just guess the song whenever you feel ready. At the bottom of this post you’ll find some hints, including info about the song, the frequency of the words which appear multiple times, and the lengths of the words which appear only once each. These hints should help you choose which words you want to translate.
The catch is that with the exception of lines consisting of only one word, I cannot reveal the meanings of every single word in a line. This rule means that, for instance, if I tell you the meaning of nng, then I couldn’t tell you the meaning of yasureyniya, and if I tell you the meaning of yasureyniya, then I couldn’t tell you the meaning of nng: is it then better to reveal yasureyniya because it’s a longer word that therefore is likely much more specific to this song, or is it better to reveal nng because it’s short and appears multiple times in different lines, and is therefore likely a function word? These are the types of questions you should ask yourself.
And so you should strategize which words you should ask to reveal, versus which words you think you can infer, and how much you think you can glean from repeated phrases, the structure of the text, the apparent number of syllables, and things like that.
But without further ado, here is the text in question…
S’ tangyu kay
Ziidecck, yeynyufi
Ow, nne iri, svit, u az
Yasureyniya nng
“Heeltrcjiif” hh
Nnesoentte ku’e yaabaz
Sj’ nay ya, sj’ nay ya
Ya n’y dru radu affasck, nay
Sj’ nay ya, sj’ nay ya
Vya n’y kyu puunu puunsck, nay
S’ tangyu kay
Ogemoj n’ yaykk
Ay, nne nay pedejjesk k’y
No ye3zo
Kotte yenood hh
Ay yoeyn nng kajjedong h’y
Sj’ nay ya, sj’ nay ya
Ya n’y dru dalayu orra
Sj’ nay ya, sj’ nay ya
Vya n’y kyu puunu puunsck, ya
[instrumental]
(Heeeee!!!)
S’ tangyu kay
Sinyu ngenzassk
Ay, nne nng e : kocckh do
Esulette,
“Kay v’ yaxayt : vur’k?” hh
Yemrezunne nng “Mo, mo, mo!”, yo
Sj’ nay ya, sj’ nay ya
Ya n’y dru doeeyniya, ya
Sj’ nay ya, sj’ nay ya
Vya n’y kyu puunu puunsck, na
Sj’ nay ya, sj’ nay ya
Vya n’y kyu puunu puunsck, nee nee nee
Sj’ nay ya, sj’ nay ya
Vya n’y kyu puunu puunsck, nee nee nee
Hints: About the song
Country: United States
Genre: Hard rock, roots rock, rock and roll
Time period: late 1960s
Popularity: 100M~150M views on YouTube
Hints: Words which appear multiple times by frequency
Ya appears 21 times.
Nay appears 19 times.
Sj’ appears 16 times.
N’y appears 8 times.
Nee appears 6 times.
Words which appear 5 times include puunsck, puunu, kyu, and vya.
Words which appear 4 times include kay and nng.
Words which appear 3 times include tangyu, dru, nne, hh, ay, s’, and mo.
: appears twice.
Hints: Words which appear once each by length
Yasureyniya, Heeltrcjiif, nnesoentte, yemrezunne, pedejjesk, kajjedong, ngenzassk, doeeyniya, ziidecck, yeynyufi, esulette, affasck, yaabaz, ogemoj, yenood, dalayu, heeeee, kocckh, yaxayt, yaykk, ye3zo, kotte, yoeyn, sinyu, vur’k, svit, radu, orra, ku’e, iri, k’y, h’y, ow, az, no, do, yo, na, n’, v’, u, e
If somebody ends up correctly guessing the song without me needing to reveal a single word, I’ll be both a little impressed and a little disappointed… But I feel like half of every Hexbear is going to be chronically sleep deprived and/or drunk or high at any given moment, so I frankly doubt that this will happen.
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It’s Fortunate Son isn’t it?
Was it really that easy?
I’ll come back with a tougher one next time…
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The genre hint put Creedence in my head and I was able to suss out the chorus based on the pattern of repetition