I speak, read, and undestand absolutely nothing whatsoever of Thai. But I make out fine in French, and there is a French translation of this song here. So this is actually a second-level recursion, to use the mathematical and computer programming term, a translation of a translation.
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This is a translation of the Author's comment under the French translation:
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A "cultural" song par excellence making references to:
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-- Religious beliefs: Buddha, the morning offerings of food to the bonzes, the cycle of reincarnation, as well as the good or bad consequences (here, obviously, nothing but the good ones!) of our past life on our present life.
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-- The standards of beauty of a past era (whiteness of skin), and even still today for most people. With social evolution and the greater popularity of outdoor sports, things have changed a little in certain social settings.
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-- An elegant and (almost) infallible technique for seducing Thai women . . . and it works for Laos as well! ;)
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-- Even cooking . . . if you like rice!
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As a bonus, it's a very beautiful and erudite expression in Pali of the presentation of his wishes for the object of his affection. It also impresses the Thai audience during a dinner for high society, celebrities, government officials, or royalty!
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I found that the video gave me some context for understanding what exactly was going on here. When I just read the song, I thought this might be something drawn from medieval literature. But the video puts it in a somewhat less fanciful setting.
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The word "Pali" appears here a number of times. I might have put references to explanations of this word in one of my footnotes but colons in footnotes cause this web site to mishandle the footnotes. So here are the references. Pali "is the language of many of the earliest extant Buddhist scriptures." Et voici le lien français pour Pali.
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Pour la Coéquipière.
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