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Salooma
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since 2000-01-28
Posts 781


0 posted 2000-08-16 12:11 PM


I'm giving this a try...
Translation isn't my greatest thing! I'm skipping the repeation...remember the fortune teller is speaking throughout the whole thing.

She sat...
She sat with fear enclosing her eyes.
Looking at my upturned coffee cup.

She said my son don't you fear.
For love upon us all is inscribed.
My son,
Love is written for us all.

My son, you will die a martyr.
You will die a martyr.

Many have died for their love,
For love is worth this death.

My son, my son.

I've read and interpreted many cups.
But I never have read,
A cup resembling yours.

I've read and interpreted many cups.
But I never have seen.
Sorrow resembling yours.

You're doomed to never settle
In the ocean of love, constantly changing paths.
And your life, all your life.
Will be a story of endless tears.  

You're doomed to be imprisoned
Between water and fire. (Ex. good and bad, etc)

Despite all that burns you.
And despite all that saddens you.

And despite the grief that lives within you
Day and night

And despite the wind.
And despite the rainy and stormy weather.

Love will live on my son.
Love will live on my son.

The greatest of things,
My son.

(Music Interlude 2)

In you life, my son, is a woman.
Her eyes are beyond belief.

Her face is of beauty's painting,
Her laugh is that of songs and flowers.

And her hair, wild and crazy,
Travels the world.

One day, this woman, my son,
A woman your heart will desire,
Will become your whole world.

But your skies are rainy and torn,
And you path is blocked.

For the love of your life my son,
Is sleeping in a gated castle. (Like Sleeping Beauty)

Who will enter her room?
Who will ask for her hand? (marry her)
Who will climb the gates into her garden? (her garden/her heart)

Who will free her of her chains?

My son, will cause her to vanish.
Vanish.
Vanish.
Vanish!

My son, my son.

(Music Interlude 3)

You will search for her my son,
Everywhere.
You will ask the waves of the ocean.
And you'll ask heart of the beach.

You will travel ocean after ocean.
And your tears will last as rivers.

And your sorrow will grow,
Grow to reach the trees.

(Music Interlude 4)

You will search for her my son,
Everywhere.
You will ask the waves of the ocean.
And you'll ask heart of the beach.

You will travel ocean after ocean.
And your tears will last as rivers.

And your sorrow will grow,
Grow to reach the trees.

(Music Interlude 5)

You will search for her my son,
Everywhere.
You will ask the waves of the ocean.
And you'll ask heart of the beach.

You will travel ocean after ocean.
And your tears will last as rivers.

And your sorrow will grow,
Grow to reach the trees.

(Music Interlude 6)

And you'll return one day, my son.
Deafeated, broken, and hurt.

And you'll realize after your life is lost,
That you were only chasing a line of invisable smoke.

For the love of your heart,
Has no home.
Or nation, or even address.

What's harder than loving a women?
But a woman who has no home?

She has no home.
She has no home.

My son,
My son!

Translated By: Salooma

Well what it's mainly saying is, this guy will love this beautiful woman who he'll be searching for his whole entire life, but then he'll realize that he was just searching after a dream cause this woman doesn't exsit (that's what they mean by home and address and nation)....so mainly the fortune teller is telling him his whole life and how it will be wasted and even after that he will go out and chase after the love he will never find. Kinda interesting.

Salooma

[This message has been edited by Ron (06-25-2011 10:10 AM).]

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pegasus111
Member Elite
since 2000-07-27
Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa
1 posted 2000-08-16 12:30 PM


very interesting..   so that's what I've been doing all this time..

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

Wobbly Head Bob
Member
since 2000-05-15
Posts 299
Virginia, USA
2 posted 2000-08-16 01:30 PM


Great story of sorts, however, I don't know if the commentary was necessary, half the fun is figuring out things on your own right?  But the fortune teller is, in fact, very wise, so young in my own years and I think my sorrow may have surpassed the trees and venture only now to the stars..Awesome story thanks a whole lot for sharing it!!!
dgvarner
Member Elite
since 2000-05-13
Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida
3 posted 2000-08-20 12:48 PM


ok...now i'm with ya!     true what wob sd about the commentary (but did he read the first one?? LOL)  yes, had you posted it in this fashion the first time around, i might have followed you    thanks for the kindness of a translated repost--i very much enjoyed!  

dg

"Half of what i say is meaningless; but i say it so that the other half may reach you."
-Kahlil Gibran


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