Translating music
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2020 2:00 pm
I liked song "Auslander" by Rammstein so much, so I tried to tokipon-ize a part of it (I know the song is not about something 'pona', but let's give it a go. And also, this time I don't pay attention to the rhythm, just to the general meaning.)
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mi tawa mute. ni li pona tawa mi.
mi tawa weka. mi tawa weka ala.
mi pilin tomo lon ma ali.
toki mi li toki pi jan ali.
mi pali e pona tawa jan.
ken toki mi li ike ala
li ilo kipisi pi utala toki.
mi li utala e jan pi ante unpa.
mi mije ala pi tenpo pimeja wan.
tenpo lili taso la mi lon ma ni.
suno li kalama pona ala lon tenpo ni:
mi weka pini.
mi tawa sike.
mi jan pi ma ante!
(olin mi o! suwi mi o!)
jan pi ma ante!
(meli o, toki! o pana e nasin tawa mi!)
mi jan pi ma ante!
(olin mi o! mi olin e sina!)
jan pi ma ante!
(jan lili o kama! ali li ni!)
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English version of the song (I took it as the original, because I don't speak German)
(Verse 1)
I travel a lot, I like to travel
Far and near (and near and far)
I'm at home everywhere
My language: international
I like to please everyone
Yeah, my vocabulary isn't bad
A sharp sword in the battle of words
With the other gender
(Bridge)
I'm not a man for one night
I stay, at most, one, two hours
Before the sun is laughing again
I'm already gone
And continue my rounds
(Chorus)
I'm a foreigner
Mi amore, mon chéri
Foreigner
Ciao, ragazza, take a chance on me
I'm a foreigner
Mon amour, Ya lublu tebya
A foreigner (foreigner)
Come on, baby, c'est la vie
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mi tawa mute. ni li pona tawa mi.
mi tawa weka. mi tawa weka ala.
mi pilin tomo lon ma ali.
toki mi li toki pi jan ali.
mi pali e pona tawa jan.
ken toki mi li ike ala
li ilo kipisi pi utala toki.
mi li utala e jan pi ante unpa.
mi mije ala pi tenpo pimeja wan.
tenpo lili taso la mi lon ma ni.
suno li kalama pona ala lon tenpo ni:
mi weka pini.
mi tawa sike.
mi jan pi ma ante!
(olin mi o! suwi mi o!)
jan pi ma ante!
(meli o, toki! o pana e nasin tawa mi!)
mi jan pi ma ante!
(olin mi o! mi olin e sina!)
jan pi ma ante!
(jan lili o kama! ali li ni!)
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English version of the song (I took it as the original, because I don't speak German)
(Verse 1)
I travel a lot, I like to travel
Far and near (and near and far)
I'm at home everywhere
My language: international
I like to please everyone
Yeah, my vocabulary isn't bad
A sharp sword in the battle of words
With the other gender
(Bridge)
I'm not a man for one night
I stay, at most, one, two hours
Before the sun is laughing again
I'm already gone
And continue my rounds
(Chorus)
I'm a foreigner
Mi amore, mon chéri
Foreigner
Ciao, ragazza, take a chance on me
I'm a foreigner
Mon amour, Ya lublu tebya
A foreigner (foreigner)
Come on, baby, c'est la vie