# 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:** 4
**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, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/61 "2002-12-04T17:41:10Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by lost4life_ > 2) No idea (When I was a child, my family traveled to west Kentucky where my parents were born?) Even without knowing the song, you pretty much hit my second one on the head. The actual lyric is: > [@](#): > > When I was a child my family would travel > Back to Western Kentucky where my parents were born ---
**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, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/62 "2002-12-04T18:17:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enginerd \* > \*\*Even without knowing the song, you pretty much hit my second one on the head. The actual lyric is: \*\* With that info, I searched it and found **Paradise** by John Prine. ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/63 "2002-12-04T18:52:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by digitalskeeza \* > **1. Mei-mei-mei-mein Musik schlägt mich so fest, > sie macht mich sag, ach, mein Gott…** My-my-my music hits me so hard makes me say “oh my Lord”… **U Can’t Touch This** by **M.C. Hammer**. Ok, here’s a few. 1. Touche-moi/c’est tellement simple de me laisser/tout seule avec mes memoires… 2. Kuinka monta tietä miehen täytyy kulkea/ennenkuin häntä voi sanoa mieheksi? ---
**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, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/64 "2002-12-04T20:02:43Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Kuinka monta tietä miehen täytyy kulkea/ennenkuin häntä voi sanoa mieheksi? How many roads ---
**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, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/65 "2002-12-04T21:28:07Z")
Good job. Yeah, it was a hard one, I know. Here’s another: Sade, tell me What are you searching for? Goodness by evil? Virtue through vice? Sade, tell me, why the Gospel of Evil? What is your religion, where are your followers? If you are against God, you are against man. ---
**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, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/66 "2002-12-04T21:45:31Z")
**Zoggie** ’s latest is Sadeness, by Enigma ---
**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, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/67 "2002-12-04T21:48:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoggie \* > \*\*Good job. Yeah, it was a hard one, I know. > > Here’s another: > Sade, tell me > What are you searching for? > Goodness by evil? > Virtue through vice? > Sade, tell me, why the Gospel of Evil? > What is your religion, where are your followers? > If you are against God, you are against man. \*\* “Sade” gave it away. **Sadeness** Delirium ---
**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, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/68 "2002-12-04T21:50:22Z")
Ooops, beaten to it… ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/69 "2002-12-05T00:31:55Z")
All rightie then. Can someone list the unanswered ones? I can’t seem to glean them, what with all those languages I don’t understand and all. Here are some more: 1)No puedes comer, no puedes dormir No hay duda, tu es metido profundamente La garganta es apretado, no puede respira. Tienes que admitir, es un tecato de amor. 2) Creo que te amo Pero que es que yo tengo miedo? Tengo miedo que no soy cierto La amor que no tienes cura. 3)Venga a gozar Todo es muy buen Yo me voy adonde la aire es dulce. . . ---
**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 5, 2002, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/70 "2002-12-05T02:39:24Z")
I don’t speak Spanish so i’m taking a huge guess on number two, **Biggirl**. Is it the Partridge Family’s “I Think I Love You”? “I think I love you, So what am I so afraid of? I’m afraid that I’m not sure of A love there is no cure for.” ---
**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 5, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/71 "2002-12-05T02:42:31Z")
Oh and one more: **aUra** > [@](#): > > 1. Touche-moi/c’est tellement simple de me laisser/tout seule avec mes memoires… This is “Memories” from “Cats.” “Touch me, it’s so easy to leave me, all alone with my memories…” ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/72 "2002-12-05T02:44:08Z")
Biggirl: 1. Is that “Addicted to Love”? 2. Sesame Street’s theme song. Come on play, everything’s a-ok, I’m on my way to where the air is sweet… ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/73 "2002-12-05T03:03:27Z")
Yes, yes and yes. That was real good **Zoggie** , considering you don’t speak Spanish and I screwed up the translation. Are there any outstanding ones? Any new ones? ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/74 "2002-12-05T06:31:41Z")
I just HAD to post this one. Ich bin ein Holzfäller und fühl mich stark Ich schlaf des Nachts und hack am Tag. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/75 "2002-12-05T07:55:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rowrrbazzle \* > \*\*I just HAD to post this one. > > Ich bin ein Holzfäller und fühl mich stark > Ich schlaf des Nachts und hack am Tag. > > 😃 \*\* The Lumberjack song! Yessssssss!! I’m in the game! I don’t speak Spanish. 1. > [@](#): > > nihonjin ni natte iru kamo > nihonjin ni natte iru kamo > honto ni sou omou… ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/76 "2002-12-05T07:57:53Z")
1. > [@](#): > > odorou > akai kutsu wo haite blues wo odotte > odorou > tsuki no hikari no shita de > shinken na tsuki no hikari… ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/77 "2002-12-05T08:07:11Z")
Damn. It’s hard coming up with ones people could probably get even if they don’t speak the language… 1. > [@](#): > > ne, Jude, ochi komanaide > kanashii uta wo yoku shite 1. [quote] > [@](#): > > Kimi wa nori mawaritai bakkari da na, Sally > (nore yo, Sally, nore yo!) ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/78 "2002-12-05T09:00:14Z")
**Kyomara** ’s"nihonjin ni natte iru kamo nihonjin ni natte iru kamo honto ni sou omou…" is “Turning Japanese” by the Vapors. (Turning Japanese, I think I’m turning Japanese, I really think so) ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/79 "2002-12-05T11:04:34Z")
Esto va para aquél que amo. Esto va para aquél que dejé atrás. Fuego…fuego…fuego ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/80 "2002-12-05T13:28:19Z")
Let’s see, no one’s gotten this one yet: A-1) y el un dia cuando esta senora satisfizo este hombre, y ellos los sabian tenian mucho mas que una idea. Esto va para aquél que amo. Esto va para aquél que dejé atrás. Fuego…fuego…fuego **The One I Love - REM** ne, Jude, ochi komanaide kanashii uta wo yoku shite \*\* Hey Jude???\*\* Kimi wa nori mawaritai bakkari da na, Sally (nore yo, Sally, nore yo!) **Ride, Sally, Ride???** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209.md?page=5)