A single by Seraphino Aurelius Belladonna
Va Shenari
Bored with the common tongue, Seraphino creates a language of his own. His listeners promptly discover meanings he never put there.
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The matter at hand
What the song concerns
Seraphino grew bored with the common tongue and decided to create a language of his own. Va Shenari gives that decision a song: a word coined in the morning becomes public property by ten, and by noon a well-fed scholar is explaining something its author never said.
Inside the song
The listeners have their say
The listeners supply their own meanings: a wound, a prayer, a scandal. Seraphino adds nothing, yet is thanked for confirming them. The refrain lets blessing and insult occupy the same phrase, giving the dispute a melody of its own.