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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA
You're welcome! I didn't realize you'd actually use my suggestion.  Since that is the case, here is another, Zaqarbal:
I recommend you write " At the Azure Coast" instead of " In the Azure Coast," because even though "Azure Coast" is a proper name it still sounds like just a coast (seashore). I would say I had a picture taken "at the coast" rather than "in the coast," so "in the Azure Coast" sounds odd to me. It's wonderful that you are providing the song translations for the general public to enjoy. |
Thanks again. I'm always grateful for suggestions and corrections because they help me to improve my English. In fact, that's one of the reasons I write amateur song-translations. Even though my first aim was to do some kind of "poetic justice", after seeing how mediocre the recent Hispanic "pop and rock exportations" were. At least compared to the 90's, when the most internationally-known band was
Héroes del Silencio (those were the days!). Sometimes I translate gems from unknown indie bands. For instance, La Señora de González. Despite that funny name (it means "
Mr. González's Wife"
), these guys are able to make compositions with a strong lyricism, like the following love song.
Pido ("
I Ask", 2008):
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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA
Oh dear. Somehow the overt, fawning, kitty-singing with the purring and the breathy "whoa whoa whoa whoa-ing" is almost humiliating to listen to.
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Yes, that's quite anti-erotic.
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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA
Hmm...so maybe there aren't any love songs written in honor of real cats? Perhaps that is a musical niche that needs filling.
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Yep. The closest thing I've heard is a song about
being jealous of a cat:
"My girlfriend's cat is smarter than me"