# Translate that tune! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2002, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209 "2002-12-03T14:18:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/41 "2002-12-04T02:12:29Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Dime si puedes ver, en la luz del alba… Oh say can you see? Star Spangled Banner > [@](#): > > 1. Me encontré con un hijo de Dios, > que caminaba al lado de la carretera > y le pregunté a donde iba y esto me dijo… I came upon a child of God He was walking along the Road and I asked him where are you going, and he told me… Woodstock - Joni Mitchell ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/42 "2002-12-04T02:21:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tansu \* > **no 2 from me - "J’ai regarder si longtemps ces images de toi que je crois quasiment qu’ils sont vrai"** Not sure on the title, I’m guessing it’s a Cure song called “Pictures of You.” (“I’ve been looking so long at these pictures of you that I cannot believe that they’re true.”) Err, so I guess I have to do a new one? Emballez-le vers le haut, emballez-le dedans. Laissez-moi commencent. J’est venu pour gagner Me lutte, qui est un péché. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/43 "2002-12-04T02:28:34Z")
Sorry for the multi-post; it’s just staring at me big as day: The actual line in the Cure song is “I can hardly believe that they’re true.” And my entry should read: Emballez-le, laissez tomber. Laissez-moi commencent. J’est venu pour gagner, Me lutte, c’est un péché. ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/44 "2002-12-04T02:51:10Z")
\*icturepe ourselfye nie aa oatbe nie a iverre… øéãè êèùî ùõóðéÕÕ ùâà ôóòìéç çëíîéæ\* Picture yourself in a boat on a river… Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds by the Beatles My entry: Tutto della tua vita Stavi aspettando solamente per questo momento arrivare. ---
**Author:** ![Nils](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Nils](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nils)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/45 "2002-12-04T03:12:25Z")
Sorry, no reply. But I’ll throw in some German nevertheless. 1.) Ich repariere ein Loch, durch das der Regen reinkommt und meine Gedanken am Wandern hindert. 2.) Bring mich nach Hause, Landstrasse; zu dem Platz, an den ich gehöre. 3.) In der Garage, fühle ich mich sicher. Niemand kümmert sich um meine Wege. 4.) Es ist neun Uhr, an einem Samstag, die übliche Menge schaut rein. Ein alter Mann sitzt neben mir, der mit seinem Gin-Tonic Liebe macht. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/46 "2002-12-04T03:25:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nocturne \* > \*\*Tutto della tua vita > Stavi aspettando solamente per questo momento arrivare. \*\* “Blackbird” by the Beatles > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Nils_ > **3.) In der Garage, fühle ich mich sicher. Niemand kümmert sich um meine Wege.** “In the Garage” by Weezer ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/47 "2002-12-04T03:51:38Z")
> [@](#): > > Ich repariere ein Loch, durch das der Regen reinkommt und meine Gedanken am Wandern hindert. Fixing a Hole, by the Beatles. Another contribution: Quello é dove andró quando muoio… Andró al posto che é il migliore. (Two separate lines of the song.) ---
**Author:** ![digitalskeeza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@digitalskeeza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digitalskeeza)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/48 "2002-12-04T11:49:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nils \* > 2.) Bring mich nach Hause, Landstrasse; zu dem Platz, an den ich gehöre. > > 4.) Es ist neun Uhr, an einem Samstag, die übliche Menge schaut rein. Ein alter Mann sitzt neben mir, der mit seinem Gin-Tonic Liebe macht. 2.) Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver 4.) Piano Man - Billy Joel Here’s mine: 1. Mei-mei-mei-mein Musik schlägt mich so fest, sie macht mich sag, ach, mein Gott… 2. Alle die Blättern sind braun, und der Himmel ist grau… 3. Nun, ich bin nicht ähnlich wie dies, ich kann scheu sein, aber bekomme ich diese Empfindung immer wenn du spazierst bei… (apologies for the crappy grammar) ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/49 "2002-12-04T12:44:03Z")
your #1 is Can’t Touch This by MC Hammer and your #2 is California Dreaming by the Mamas and the Papas. More from me, then: 1. Touches-moi Comment est-ce qu’il est possible Crois-moi Le soleil brille toujours à la télé 2. Me fai girare completamente, tesoro Girare completamente come un disco ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/50 "2002-12-04T12:54:36Z")
Got another one! **Nocturne’s** “Quello é dove andró quando muoio… Andró al posto che é il migliore.” is Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum. (That’s where I’m gonna go whe I die… Gonna go to the place that’s the best) another from me in that case. S’il y a un sourire sur ma figure il cherche seulement à tromper le monde mais quand il s’agit de te tromper Alors, cherie, ça c’est un autre sujét. Thanks, **Biggirl** for starting this game. ---
**Author:** ![Nils](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Nils](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nils)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/51 "2002-12-04T13:27:57Z")
\*\* > [@](#): > > 1. Alle die Blättern sind braun, und der Himmel ist grau… > \*\* California Dreaming, The Mamas & The Papas Nun, sie hat das Auto ihres Vaters und sie fährt jetzt zu dem Hamburgerstand, weil sie alles über die Bibliothek vergessen hat, wie sie es ihrem alten Mann erzählt hatte. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/52 "2002-12-04T13:54:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nils \* > > * * * > > Nun, sie hat das Auto ihres Vaters und sie fährt jetzt zu dem Hamburgerstand, weil sie alles über die Bibliothek vergessen hat, wie sie es ihrem alten Mann erzählt hatte. \*\* Okay, I don’t speak German, but I recognized father, car, hamburger stand, and library, so it has to be **Fun, Fun, Fun** by The Beach Boys! From Tansu **Touches-moi Comment est-ce qu’il est possible Crois-moi Le soleil brille toujours à la télé** Okay, again no French, but I get Sun and TV, so WAG, **The Sun Always Shines on TV - AHA ?** Congratulations to everyone who got mine, especially the SpongeBob and Eminem tunes! ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/53 "2002-12-04T14:48:36Z")
A few more… A-1) y el un dia cuando esta senora satisfizo este hombre, y ellos los sabian tenian mucho mas que una idea. A-2) Ellos baten para arriba hasta que los teardrops comienza Pero el no puede ser herido porque el no tiene corazon. A-3)Usted desperta esta manana se consiguia un arma, Mama siempre le dijo seria el elegido un. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/54 "2002-12-04T15:38:18Z")
Hey no one’s gotten mine yet…What, you guys are giving up? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/55 "2002-12-04T16:12:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoggie \* > \*\* > > Whoohoo!! Okay, mine: > > “Je nageais dans la Carribean, > Des animaux se cachaient derriere les roches > Sauf les petits poissons…” \*\* **Where Is My Mind** by The Pixies. Okay, I got carribean, behind rocks, little fish, then did a search, so I cheated a little. I have the song, but never would have gotten it. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/56 "2002-12-04T16:43:05Z")
> [@](#): > > A-2) Ellos baten para arriba hasta que los teardrops comienza Pero el no puede ser herido porque el no tiene corazon. Watching the Detectives - Elvis Costello > [@](#): > > A-3)Usted desperta esta manana se consiguia un arma, Mama siempre le dijo seria el elegido un. Woke up This Morning - ?? A couple more: 1. En camino otra vez Como una banda de gitanos vamos en la carretera 2. Cuando era un nino, mi familia viajaba Al oeste de Kentucky Donde mis padres nacieron ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/57 "2002-12-04T16:48:00Z")
Oh, I never saw Zoggie’s one. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/58 "2002-12-04T17:14:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enginerd \* > \*\*Watching the Detectives - Elvis Costello > > Woke up This Morning - ?? > > A couple more: > > 1. En camino otra vez > Como una banda de gitanos > vamos en la carretera > > 2. Cuando era un nino, mi familia viajaba > Al oeste de Kentucky > Donde mis padres nacieron \*\* 1. On The Road Again - Willie 2. No idea (When I was a child, my family traveled to west Kentucky where my parents were born?) Enginerd, you’ve got the first part, but keep in mind I might be waaaaay off with the grammar and such. 🙂 Good call on the Elvis tune. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/59 "2002-12-04T17:19:23Z")
I think “Woke Up This Morning” is the name of the song - from the Sopranos, right? ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/60 "2002-12-04T17:22:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enginerd \* > \*\*I think “Woke Up This Morning” is the name of the song - from the Sopranos, right? \*\* :smack: Right. I thought you were just giving the first line I wrote, which of course, is the title…nevermind. (one more) :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209.md?page=4)