The song '弥渡山歌 is a traditional piece, rich in cultural significance and embodies the essence of Chinese folklore. Its lyrics resonate with themes of nature and community, showcasing the beauty of the Midu region.
山对山来崖对崖
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蜜蜂采花深山里来
蜜蜂本为采花死
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梁山伯为祝英台
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咿
哪
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蜜蜂本为采花死
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梁山伯为祝英台
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山来崖对崖 (崖)
山来崖对崖
山来崖对崖 (崖)
山来崖对崖
Peak to peak
and cliff to cliff
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Bees seek flowers in mountains deep
For the sweetness bees would die
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Just like Shanbo for Yintai
Just like Shanbo for Yintai
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Peak to peak
and cliff to cliff
The river runs, a silver rift
He lifts rocks, she carries clay
Build a flower bridge, come what may
Build a flower bridge, come what may
Montaña frente a montaña
Acantilado frente a acantilado
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La abeja viene de las montañas
Para recoger flores
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Aaahh~~
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La abeja muere por la flor
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Liang Shanbo por Zhu Yingtai
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Acantilado
Frente Acantilado
Acantilado
Frente Acantilado
Acantilado
Frente Acantilado
VERSE
TRANSLATION
POETIC MEANING
ENGLISH VERSION
SPANISH VERSION
山对山来崖对崖
Mountains upon mountains, cliffs upon cliffs
Mountains and cliffs represent strength, and resilience
Peak to peak
and cliff to cliff
Adaptation - captures the original idea resilience and strength and endurance
Montaña frente a montaña
Acantilado frente a acantilado
Literal Translation
蜜蜂采花深山里来
蜜蜂本为采花死
Bees come from deep in the mountains to gather nectar.
Bees die to gather nectar.
Bees sacrifice for flowers represent devotion and selflessness in love
Bees seek flowers in mountains deep
For the sweetness bees would die
Adaptation - add more emotional depth and is more poetic
La abeja viene de las montañas
Para recoger flores
Translation
梁山伯为祝英台
Liang Shanbo for Zhu Yingtai
The legend of Liang Shanbo y Zhu Yingtai , is known as the "Chinese Romeo and Juliet"
Just like Shanbo for Yintai
Adaptation- Extension
Liang Shanbo por Zhu Yingtai
Literal Translation
咿
哪
Yī
nǎ
Folk shout
Just like Shanbo for Yintai
Omission
Aaahh~~
Adaptation
山来崖对崖 (崖)
山来崖对崖
山来崖对崖 (崖)
山来崖对崖
Mountains come, cliffs face each other (cliff)
Mountains come, cliffs face each other
Mountains come, cliffs face each other (cliff)
Mountains come, cliffs face each other
Mountains face each other, symbolizing lovers separation
Peak to peak
and cliff to cliff
The river runs, a silver rift
He lifts rocks, she carries clay
Build a flower bridge, come what may
Build a flower bridge, come what may
Adaptation- Extension
Acantilado
Frente Acantilado
Acantilado
Frente Acantilado
Acantilado
Frente Acantilado
Adaptation- Reduction
Born in Paris on June 26, 1984 Adila Sedraïa is a acclaimed French singer-songwriter and record producer known for her unique blend of French pop, R&B, and, often, Middle Eastern or Indian-influenced melodies
Ô ma douce souffrance
Pourquoi s'acharner? Tu r'commences
Je n'suis qu'un être sans importance
Sans lui, je suis un peu paro
Je déambule seule dans l'métro
Une dernière danse
Pour oublier ma peine immense
Je veux m'enfuir que tout r'commence
Ô ma douce souffrance
J'remue le ciel, le jour, la nuit
Je danse avec le vent, la pluie
Un peu d'amour, un brin de miel
Et je danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse
Et dans le bruit, je cours et j'ai peur
Est-ce mon tour ? Revient la douleur
Dans tout Paris, je m’abandonne
Et je m'envole, vole, vole, vole, vole, vole, vole
Que d’espérance
Sur ce chemin en ton absence
J'ai beau trimer, sans toi ma vie n'est qu'un décor qui brille, vide de sens
J'remue le ciel, le jour, la nuit
Je danse avec le vent, la pluie
Un peu d'amour, un brin de miel
Et je danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse
Et dans le bruit, je cours et j'ai peur
Est-ce mon tour ? Revient la douleur
Dans tout Paris, je m’abandonne
Et je m'envole, vole, vole, vole, vole, vole, vole
Dans cette douce souffrance
Dont j'ai payé toutes les offenses
Écoute comme mon cœur est immense
Je suis une enfant du monde
J'remue le ciel, le jour, la nuit
Je danse avec le vent, la pluie
Un peu d'amour, un brin de miel
Et je danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse
Et dans le bruit, je cours et j'ai peur
Est-ce mon tour ? Revient la douleur
Dans tout Paris, je m’abandonne
Et je m'envole, vole, vole, vole, vole, vole, vole
Oh my sweetened sufference
Why are you bothering me again
I'm just someone with no importance
Without it I'm losing my way I walk alone in the subway
This is the last dance
Just to forget my looming sadness
I want to run to another chance
Oh my sweetened sufferance
Move the sky the day the night
I dance with wind and rain in time
A little love and honeyed prance and I
Dance dance dance dance dance dance dance
And in the noise I run in fear
Is it my turn the pain draws near
When in Paris I leave my mind and now I fly fly fly fly fly fly fly
I've only hope left
When on this path when in your abscence
Try as I might
Without you my life is a fake a display so meaningless
Move the sky the day the night
I dance with wind and rain in time
A little love and honeyed prance and I
Dance dance dance dance dance dance dance
And in the noise I run in fear
Is it my turn the pain draws near
When in Paris I leave my mind and now I fly fly fly fly fly fly fly
In my sweetened sufference
I always pay for my offences
Listen my heart is getting immense
I am a child of the world's mess
Move the sky the day the night
I dance with wind and rain in time
A little love and honeyed prance and I
Dance dance dance dance dance dance dance
And in the noise I run in fear
Is it my turn the pain draws near
When in Paris I leave my mind and now I fly fly fly fly fly fly fly
Dulce nostalgia
El sufrimiento ya comienza
Soy solo un ser sin importancia
La paranoya me atrapó justo en el tren cuando marchó
Una última danza
Y olvidar la pena inmensa
Quisiera huir en dónde empieza
Mi dulce nostalgia
Llora el cielo y es por ti
Hoy bailaré al viento y
Con un amor bañado en miel
Yo bailo, bailo, bailo
Un ruido oí
Corrí a él
Será mi turno de llorar?
No sé
Sigo en París
Aunque hay dolor
Enprendo el vuelo, vuelo, vuelo
Desesperanza
Todo anda mal desde tu ausencia
Me esforcé y ahora mi vida
Brilla sin algún sentido
En Francia
Llora el cielo y es por ti
Hoy bailaré al viento y
Con un amor bañado en miel
Yo bailo, bailo, bailo
Un ruido oí
Corrí a él
Será mi turno de llorar?
No sé
Sigo en París
Aunque hay dolor
Enprendo el vuelo, vuelo, vuelo
Uhhhh ohhh
No sé, tu que piensas?
Si ya pague por mis ofensas
Mi corazón va retirarse
Ya para él no hay romance
Llora el cielo y es por ti
Hoy bailaré al viento y
Con un amor bañado en miel
Yo bailo, bailo, bailo
Un ruido oí
Corrí a él
Será mi turno de llorar?
No sé
Sigo en París
Aunque hay dolor
Enprendo el vuelo, vuelo, vuelo
VERSE
TRANSLATION
POETIC MEANING
ENGLISH VERSION
SPANISH VERSION
Ô ma douce souffrance
Oh, my sweet suffering
the suffering is personified as a beloved presence
Oh my sweetened sufference
Adaptation- Funtional Equivalence
Dulce nostalgia
Adaptation
Pourquoi s'acharner? Tu r'commences
Why persist? You're starting again
highlights a repeating emotional pain that is impossible to escape
Why are you bothering me again
Adaptation- grammar shift
El sufrimiento ya comienza
Adaptation
Je n'suis qu'un être sans importance
I'm just an insignificant being
the narrator feels insignificant without the loved one
I'm just someone with no importance
Adaptation- Expansion
Soy solo un ser sin importancia
Literal Translation
Sans lui, je suis un peu paro Je déambule seule dans l'métro
Without him, I'm a little paranoid
I wander alone in the subway
conveys a sense of emptiness in the absence of love
Without it I'm losing my way I walk alone in the subway
Adaptation- Funtional Equivalence
La paranoya me atrapó justo en el tren cuando marchó
Adaptation
Une dernière danse
One last dance
a fleeting attempt to feel joy
This is the last dance
Adaptation- Expansion
Una última danza
Literal Translation
Pour oublier ma peine immense
To forget my immense pain
a deep longing to let go of the pain
Just to forget my looming sadness
Adaptation- Funtional Equivalence
Y olvidar la pena inmensa
Literal Translation
Je veux m'enfuir que tout r'commence
I want to run away, for it all to begin again
wishing everything could start anew
I want to run to another chance
Adaptation- Reduction
Quisiera huir en dónde empieza
Adaptation- Reduction
Ô ma douce souffrance
Oh, my sweet suffering
the suffering is personified as a beloved presence
Oh my sweetened sufferance
Adaptation- Funtional Equivalence
Mi dulce nostalgia
Adaptation
J'remue le ciel, le jour, la nuit
I move the heavens, day and night
someone trying to influence the universe
Move the sky the day the night
Adaptation- Reduction
Llora el cielo y es por ti
Adaptation
Je danse avec le vent, la pluie
I dance with the wind, the rain
embracing chaos
I dance with wind and rain in time
Adaptation- Reduction
Hoy bailaré al viento y
Adaptation- Omission
Un peu d'amour, un brin de miel
A little love, a touch of honey
small moments of love to find joy
A little love and honeyed prance
Adaptation- Funtional Equivalence
Con un amor bañado en miel
Adaptation- Reduction
Et je danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse
And I dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance
obsessive attempt to feel joy
and I Dance dance dance dance dance dance dance
Literal Translation
Yo bailo, bailo, bailo
Adaptation- Omission
Et dans le bruit, je cours et j'ai peur
And in the noise, I run and I'm afraid
trying to escape inner fears
And in the noise I run in fear
Adaptation- Reduction
Un ruido oí
Corrí a él
Adaptation
Est-ce mon tour ? Revient la douleur
Is it my turn? The pain returns
emphasizing vulnerability and dread
Is it my turn the pain draws near
Adaptation- grammar shift
Será mi turno de llorar?
No sé
Adaptation- grammar shift
Dans tout Paris, je m’abandonne
Throughout Paris, I surrender myself
Surrendering to the city’s vastness
When in Paris I leave my mind
Adaptation- Funtional Equivalence
Sigo en París, Aunque hay dolor
Adaptation
Et je m'envole, vole, vole, vole, vole, vole, vole
And I fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly
desire for liberation
Now I fly fly fly fly fly fly fly
Literal Translation
Enprendo el vuelo, vuelo, vuelo
Adaptation
Que d’espérance
So much hope
Despite the pain there is hope
I've only hope left
Adaptation- Expansion
Desesperanza
Adaptation- Reduction
Sur ce chemin en ton absence
On this path in your absence
moving forward in-spite of the pain
When on this path when in your abscence
Adaptation- Expansion
Todo anda mal desde tu ausencia
Adaptation
J'ai beau trimer, sans toi ma vie n'est qu'un décor qui brille, vide de sens
No matter how hard I work, without you my life is just a glittering facade, devoid of meaning
life without the presence of a loved one feels hollow
Try as I might
Without you my life is a fake a display so meaningless
Adaptation- Reduction
Me esforcé y ahora mi vida
Brilla sin algún sentido
En Francia
Adaptation- Reduction