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Gale
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0 posted 2013-11-04 03:41 PM


Hello!
I don't know if it's interesting to anybody here,
if not - just skip it )
I've found recently this song by Diana Arbenina and "Night Snipers" and liked so much,
that couldn't help trying to translate it.
____________________________________________


The Actress


verse:

I will be waiting for you everywhere on the road
To the sound of torrents and the cries of proud birds
A mess of foreign tongues
A strange profile and face
I’ll find you anywhere
The time of year doesn’t really matter

I will be calling you
Without fuss and names
Without a former “love”
In which I feel so good
To the sound of torrents
In a mess of foreign tongues
I’ll find you anywhere
Don’t need to be the first
It doesn’t matter


chorus:

Running upon the waves, you’re closing your eyes
And I will kiss you as then at the cinema
Completely breathless with joy
That you’re with me
My dear actress


verse:

And I will sing for you
Without fail, aloud
With pigeons in the loft
By accident all night
And on the final curves
In Moscow and Geneva
I will chant for you

And I will live as you
So honestly for sure
No strangers in my bed
In spite of cold and ice
I think that one of us
Who’s fated to survive
Will breathe somehow for both
Don’t need to be the first
It doesn’t matter


chorus:

Running upon the waves, you’re closing your eyes
And I will kiss you as then at the cinema
Completely breathless with joy
That you’re with me
My dear actress
My actress


03/11/2013

And here is the original clip of "Night Snipers" with my subs.
I just want to acquaint you with its melody.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti0MJhoo_-4

© Copyright 2013 Galina Italyanskaya - All Rights Reserved
paderewski
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since 2011-02-04
Posts 287
Louisiana, USA
1 posted 2013-11-04 05:18 PM


I read the poem first, and I absolutely loved it. Then I watched the video and I absolutely loved it. Combining the written word with the video with your subtitles has made my day. Very impressive and the words were sad, the last verse was like a crescendo of doom.

~*~ Who remembers Pete Best? He was the drummer before Ringo Starr ~*~

Gale
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since 2013-06-10
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2 posted 2013-11-04 06:21 PM


Thank you, Jerry!
I'm so glad that you love it too!
It's not a new song, but I've heard it just two days ago, and it touched me so deeply.

OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07
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Durban, South Africa
3 posted 2013-11-05 05:09 AM


Very beautiful and poignant, Galina, the translation, the song, the video!

Owl

Gale
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4 posted 2013-11-05 05:32 AM


Thank you for reading, Owl, and for listening!
And for your reply  
It has made the same impression on me )
I mean the song.

Gunslinger
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since 1999-10-09
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TX, USA
5 posted 2013-11-05 12:57 PM


Beautiful. The words evoke a lot of images, many of them hitherto unthought of. I know it isn't a word, but it seems apropos.
Gale
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6 posted 2013-11-07 03:52 PM


Thank you, Gunslinger, for reading and your reply!

Michael
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7 posted 2013-11-09 12:17 PM


You write so powerfully, Gale.  You could surely draw emotion in its purest form from translating a bland court document.  It's always a pleasure reading your work, this was no exception.

Michael

Gale
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since 2013-06-10
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8 posted 2013-11-09 07:19 PM


Thank you, Michael!
I appreciate your compliment very much )
although in this case it's not "a bland court document", but a very emotional song. It's really a compliment if I can convey both
its sense and emotions.

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16
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Kapolei, Hawaii, USA
9 posted 2013-11-12 09:12 PM


enjoyed...James
2islander2
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by the sea
10 posted 2013-11-13 03:14 PM


absolutly delicious, every stanza brings emotion and music to the heart,


yann

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