"Levis" (lé-vis: e as the e in English "get," i as the i in English "in") is a Latin word meaning "light" as in "a light touch" and not light from the sun.
Qntal is a German "electro-medieval" group. As per usual, I like some of their work, and I don't like other bits of it. I really do like this song.
So this song is in Latin. Not that it matters. It is an adaptation of an old song, "Levis exsurgit Zephyrus." There are translations of that lyric, but they are not exactly the same as the song we have today, and there are (of course) multiple translations that don't agree with each other. Here is a link to the translation of the original song. I'm not in love with every bit of that translation, but then I'm not a Latin scholar. It is slightly different from the lyrics we have today, in that the verses have been rearranged.
This song is "Levis" by Qntal from the album 2009 album Qntal V: Silver Swan.
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