# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/141 "2002-12-09T05:52:37Z")
#1 is Green Day. I can’t remember the title of the song… “Basket Case”? #1. _L’amour vient Je peut le voir dans vos yeux Essayons un fois encore ce soir_ #2. _Il n’importe rien s’il n’a pas cet oscillation._ ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/142 "2002-12-09T17:59:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tansu \* > \*\*knock knock’s #5 is Paradise City by Guns ‘n’ Roses > racinchikki’s #2 is “I am a man of constant sorrow” (traditional" > > here are two more from me > > “Au chaleur de la nuit > Au chaleur du jour > Quand je ferme les yeux > Quand je lance un regard vers toi > Quand je rencontre le peur qui reside dedans > Quand je t’entends dire > Au chaleur du moment” > > “Bientôt j’ai découvert que ce truc rock et roll était vrai. > Jerry Lee Lewis, c’était le diable. > Jesus était architect avant son carrière d’être prophèt.” \*\* Dominion/Mother Russia - Sisters of Mercy Jesus Built My Hotrod - Ministry People translated mine, got the group and the album, but no one mentioned the title, Stigmata, by Ministry. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/143 "2002-12-09T18:04:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tsarina \* > \*\ ***sjc** ’s #3 is Johnny Cash, “Ring of Fire” > > No one’s going to guess my a)? Hint: The band that did it released a greatest hits album last month, and that song was on there. \*\* U2 - Stay? ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/144 "2002-12-09T18:11:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enginerd \* > \*\* > 3. Izquierdito no puede cantar los azules > Todo la noche, como el cantaba > El polvo que Pancho dejo en el sur > Ahora esta en la boca de Izquierdito \*\* I was lost with “Izquierdito” thinking ‘something left, left something’…then I saw Pancho and figured Pancho & Lefty, by maybe Willie Nelson? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/145 "2002-12-09T20:18:14Z")
That’s it - recorded by Willie and Merle Haggard (among others), but written by Townes van Zandt. ---
**Author:** ![TwungTister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TwungTister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwungTister)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/146 "2002-12-14T17:11:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nils \* > 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. (I’ll post regardless whether anyone else has answered this.) 1. _Take Me Home, Country Roads_ by John Denver. 2. _Piano Man_ by Billy Joel. ---
**Author:** ![TwungTister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TwungTister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwungTister)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/147 "2002-12-14T17:46:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by digitalskeeza \* > Good Times Bad Times, Led Zeppelin > More of my “German”!: > > 1. Du darfst sagen, ich bin ein Fantast, > aber bin ich nicht der Einser, > ich hoff irgendeinmal du wirst uns vereinen… (I got the other ones but other people beat me) 1. You can say I’m a believer, but I’m not the only one… This song was translated for a classroom study. (They did the whole thing.): Sag mir, wo die Blumen sind? Was ist sie geschehen? ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/148 "2002-12-15T00:01:17Z")
(räumt sich den Hals) _Lad’ dich mit Gewehren auf_ (this line is particularly hard to translate, since I don’t know what they’re trying to say in English) _Bring’ einen Freund, Es ist schwer zu verlieren, und vorzugeben, Er ist ausgerastet und voll Selbsvertrauen, Ach, nein, ich kenn’ einen neuen Fluch!_ _Mit den Lichtern aus ist es nicht so gefährlich, Wir sind jetzt da, unterhalt’ uns, Ich fühl’ mich dumm, und ansteckend, Wir sind jetzt da, unterhalt’ uns._ If you need more help from my very generously easy translation, look in the box below. _Ein Mulatte, Ein Albino, Eine Mücke, Meine Libido._ ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/149 "2002-12-15T20:08:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by knock knock \* > \*\* > 4. Crees que la llevaras a lejos > con tu dinero y tu cocaina > sigues creyendo que cambiara de parecer > pero se’ que esta bien lo todo > > \*\* Tom Petty, Listen to Her Heart You think you’re gonna take her away With your money and your cocaine Keep thinkin’ that mind is gonna change But I know everything is okay The part about dinero y cocania is a dead giveaway 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TwungTister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TwungTister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwungTister)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/150 "2002-12-15T21:25:20Z")
Now I’m going to cheat. 1.\* Wohin sind die Blumen gegangen? Vor einem lange Zeit. Wohin sind die Blumen gegangen? Junge Maedchen haben sie alle, alle gepflueckt. Wann werden sie je lernen? 1. …Triste dia en Jerusalem, los soldados le abrian paso a` Jesus. Mas la gente ce acercaba para ver al que llevaba aquella cruz. \* And now for an eezee spoken line. 3. _Deine Waffe ist nicht in dem Hand, aber in meinem Hand._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209.md?page=7)