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RaphaelT

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Posted: August 06 2006 at 14:53

Could you post the original Italian lyrics - your translation is correctly written, but translation is always compared to the original

yet you still have time!

andrea

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Posted: August 06 2006 at 14:58

You can find the original lyrics on the official website, anyway...

Non mi rompete

Non mi svegliate ve ne prego

ma lasciate che io dorma questo sonno,

sia tranquillo da bambino

sia che puzzi del russare da ubriaco.

Perché volete disturbarmi

se io forse sto sognando un viaggio alato

sopra un carro senza ruote

trascinato dai cavalli del maestrale,

nel maestrale... in volo...

Non mi svegliate ve ne prego

ma lasciate che io dorma questo sonno,

c'è ancora tempo per il giorno

quando gli occhi si imbevono di pianto,

i miei occhi... di pianto...

Do not disturb

Do not wake me up, please

but let me have this sleep,

either it’s calm like that of a child

or it stinks of snoozing like that of a drunk

Why do you want to disturb me

while I'm perhaps dreaming a winged travel

upon a wagon without wheels

dragged by the horses of the mistral,

in the cold wind… in flight...

Do not wake me up, please

but let me have this sleep,

there’s still time for the day

when the eyes get drenched with tears

my eyes… with tears...

Edited by andrea - August 07 2006 at 16:21

RaphaelT

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Posted: August 06 2006 at 17:31

andrea wrote:

You can find the original lyrics on the official website, anyway...

Non mi rompete

Non mi svegliate ve ne prego

ma lasciate che io dorma questo sonno,

sia tranquillo da bambino

sia che puzzi del russare da ubriaco.

Perché volete disturbarmi

se io forse sto sognando un viaggio alato

sopra un carro senza ruote

trascinato dai cavalli del maestrale,

nel maestrale... in volo...

Non mi svegliate ve ne prego

ma lasciate che io dorma questo sonno,

c'č ancora tempo per il giorno

quando gli occhi si imbevono di pianto,

i miei occhi... di pianto...

Do not disturb

Do not wake me up, please

but let me have this sleep,

either it’s calm like that of a child

or it stinks of snoozing like that of a drunk

Why do you want to disturb me

while I'm perhaps dreaming a winged travel

upon a wagon without wheels

dragged from the horses of the mistral,

in the cold wind… in flight...

Do not wake me up, please

but let me sleep this sleep,

there’s still time for the day

when the eyes get drenched with tears

my eyes… with tears...

Well, I think that this is the way these lyrics would like, if the author decided to write down his idea in English... the rest is the different kind of beauty of either language. And I am not going to criticize you, but you would have had greater effect, if you have utilized consequently the beginning in third stanza, i.e. 'but let me have this sleep' instead of 'but let me sleep this sleep'. Sleep this sleep does not sound good IMHO.

yet you still have time!

andrea

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Posted: August 07 2006 at 01:13

RaphaelT wrote:

Well, I think that this is the way these lyrics would like, if the author decided to write down his idea in English... the rest is the different kind of beauty of either language. And I am not going to criticize you, but you would have had greater effect, if you have utilized consequently the beginning in third stanza, i.e. 'but let me have this sleep' instead of 'but let me sleep this sleep'. Sleep this sleep does not sound good IMHO.

Thanks, that's exactly the aim of a good translation...

Anyway here you can see the difference between my translation and the English version of this song on "Banco" (1975)... Usually there's always something that get lost in translations...

Do not disturb

Do not wake me up, please

but let me have this sleep,

either it’s calm like that of a child

or it stinks of snoozing like that of a drunk

Why do you want to disturb me

while I’m perhaps dreaming a winged travel

upon a wagon without wheels

dragged by the horses of the mistral,

in the cold wind… in flight...

Do not wake me up, please

but let me have this sleep,

there’s still time for the day

when the eyes get drenched with tears

my eyes… with tears…

Leave Me Alone

Please do not wake me it’s too early
let me keep on sleeping deep into this slumber
sleep that’s peaceful as a baby’s
sleep that’s roaring like a drunk with snores like thunder

Why must you bother it’s for dreamer
when I’m dreaming that I’m flying without an airplane
in a chariot you can see through
pulled by horses from the kingdom of the south wind
of the south wind with breezes

Please do not wake me it’s too early
let me keep on sleeping deep into this slumber
time for daylight time for heartaches
many hours that never fill with laughter
you’ll see my eyes are crying...

Edited by andrea - August 07 2006 at 16:35

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Posted: August 07 2006 at 16:34

I prefer Andrea's version to the official one. If I were to do one myself, it would probably be very different from both. Anyway, tomorrow I'll try to find the translation I did of "Canto Nomade di un Prigioniero Politico".

RaphaelT

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Posted: August 08 2006 at 12:00

This thread is going to turn into independent web poetical journal

yet you still have time!