BESTIARIUM album: https://save-it.cc/foxy-records/bestiarium __ BESTIARIUM Book: https://fantotal.de/en/book-with-cd-irdorath-bestiarium __ Booking: [email protected] __ Support Irdorath: https://www.patreon.com/c/irdorath __ Follow us: Website: https://www.irdorath.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/irdorath.by/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@irdorath_folk_band Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Irdorath.by/ __ "Vadzianik" is a song by Irdorath inspired by a water spirit from Belarusian mythology. It is part of the band's 2026 album and book Bestiarium, a project dedicated to discovering the soul within creatures that may, at first glance, seem to have none. The story explores the Vadzianik himself, the destructive power of love, and the weight of difficult moral choices. In the end, it is these choices that reveal the true humanity of any being. __ The video made by ◆ Nadezhda Irdorath (Nadzeya Kalach) Songwriter, Hurdy-Gurdy, Vocals, Concept, Direction, Acting, Editing ◆ Vladimir Irdorath (Uladzimir Kalach) Concept, Direction, Cinematography, Acting ◆ Aljaksandra Grahovskaya Vocals, Acting, Muse and a Keeper of the Magic — Lyrics (BEL): ВАДЗЯНІК 1. Закахаўся Вадзянік у дзяўчыну маладу, Патануў у яе вачах, што глядзелі ў ваду. Нарадзілі ў ім тугу ды цяжар нейкі яе доўгія дзявочыя вейкі. Як яе не загубіць? Ён не ведаў. Чаму смяротны чалавек? О, колькі бедаў! Колькі ёй яшчэ паспець на кароценькім вяку, Але ён марыў з ёй стаяць ды трымаць яе руку… Прыпеў: О, гэта пачуццё… Вярні мне маё жыццё, Вярні мне маё жыццё! 2. На Купалу, як дзяўчаты пяялі, Як вянкі плялі, кідалі на хвалі, Закруцілася вада, вецер узняўся, Знік вянок дзяўчыны той — вір застаўся. Колькі болю можа быць у адной істоце? Гараваў ды рагатаў ён у адзіноце, І чым болей яго думкі блукалі, Тым мацней вяночак пальцы сціскалі Прыпеў 3. А вада збялела, а вада счарнела… А чаму? — дзяўчына нават і не ведала, Як не ведала тых рук, што лёс яе трымалі Ды адпусцілі, бы вяночак на хвалі. Хай цячэ яе жыццё праз поле кветак. Хай смяецца, хай пяе, гадуе дзетак. Развітаўся Вадзянік без спаткання, Ён сабе пакінуў толькі… каханне. Прыпеў — Translation (ENG): VADZIANIK 1. The Water-Spirit fell in love with a young girl. He drowned in her eyes as they looked into the water. A quiet ache and longing arose in him, born from her long maiden lashes. He did not know how not to harm her. Why are humans mortal? How much woe this would bring… How much she must live through in her short life, but he only wished to stand beside her and hold her hand. Ref. Oh, this feeling… Give me back my life, Give me back my life! 2. On Kupala night, when the girls were singing, when they braided wreaths and cast them on the waves, the water began to turn, the wind rose, and the girl’s wreath vanished, a whirlpool remained. How much pain can live inside one being? He laughed and suffered in solitude, and the more his thoughts wandered, the tighter her fingers gripped the wreath. Ref. 3. The water turned pale, then darkened. She did not know the reason, just as she did not know the hands that held her fate and then released her, like a wreath on the water. May her life flow through a field of flowers. May she laugh, may she sing, may she raise children. The Water-Spirit took his leave without ever meeting her. He left for himself only… love. Ref #Irdorath #freeIrdorath #pagan #belarus #FolkMusic #DarkFolk #Mythology #SlavicMythology #BelarusianMythology