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    Could somebody translate this?

    Last year I heard such an incredible russian song (I've heard it long long before but had forgotten about it). The translated lyrics are somewhat incomprehensive (grammatically wrong), at least in this very video.

    Is there any chance that any of you guys here could do a better job?

    I got it translated some time ago personally by a russian speaking guy I know, but that's not the same thing.

    It's not just for my own satisfaction, I'f I'll get a good translation I'll record this song with the local quire group in my city (they already agreed to it and they are damn good). This song is so beautiful and powerful. For me the most touching lyrics I've ever heard. Especially if you've read the history of the man who originally wrote it.
    Thanks in advance!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=639A...HsfXIUiQT8e92g

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    Well they are mostly correct, although the sentence structure isn't always the best. I corrected it a bit, but even though I know both Russian and English well, I'm not a good translator - especially for songs



    I think, sometimes, the soldiers,
    unreturned from the bloody battlefields,
    weren't buried in our soil,
    But turned into white cranes...

    To this day, since long ago,
    They fly, and call to us,
    Maybe that's why we so often grievously,
    and silently, look into the sky.

    The tired flock keeps flying through the sky,
    They fly in the fog of twilight,
    And in this flock there's a small gap,
    Perhaps, that gap's for me!

    And a day will come when with the crane flock,
    I'll fly in the same blue haze,
    And from the sky, in a bird-like screech,
    I'll call all the ones I left on the ground.

    I think, sometimes, the soldiers,
    unreturned from the bloody battlefields,
    weren't buried in our soil,
    But turned into white cranes.




    I hope this is good enough, although I'm sure some of the sentences could be shortened a lot and made to sound more natural. In the second couplet, I shortened the translation of the last 2 lines so it's more like a song and not a poem LOL, but here's the more literal translation: "Isn't this the reason, that so often and with a sad feeling, we go quiet (while) looking at the sky?" This is the one I had most trouble with, I think.
    Last edited by Barktooth; 17.08.2014 at 00:34.

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    sounds nice




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    Thanks for taking the time to help. Nice effort in making it more song-like than poetic-like, that's the idea.
    This will shortly come in handy.

 

 

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