Conversa Fiada

Banda Mel

превод на енглески

Албум:

Negra (1994)

Оригинални текстови

португалски

Превод

енглески

Conversa Fiada

Vamos cantar, vamos cantar, vamos mostrar

Vamos mostrar pra todos o nosso cantar

Pois a corda só quebra pro lado de cá

Não quero mais essa conversa fiada

Não quero mais ouvir essa piada

Que o brasil é o país do futuro

Essa balela é pra trouxa, o povo anda duro

Ei galera, vamos nessa

Nessa onda quero arrebentar

Não quero mais ouvir essa conversa

Papo de deixa disso, ou de deixa pra lá

Consciência anda faltando

E más notícias andam mergulhando

Pois hoje chega eu quero cantar

Que o povo que canta não me deixa calar

Claptrap

Let's sing, let's sing, let's show

Let's show our singing to them all

For the weakest always go to the wall¹

I don't want this claptrap anymore

I don't want to hear this joke anymore

That Brazil is the country of the future

This hogwash is for suckers, people are hard up

Hey guys, let's go

I wanna rock that groove

I don't wanna hear such small talk anymore

Always the same old "let it go" or "nevermind"

We're short on consciousness

And the bad news are plunging in

I'm done for today, I wanna sing

For the singing people inspire me not to shut up

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© Gabriel C. Moreira. This is an original translation. I've put time and effort into it. If you wish to share this, please remember to always give credit and link back to the source.
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GabriHylian

submitted on 14 Oct 2019 - 02:30

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Коментари аутора:

Well, now that was way harder than I thought it would be.. Incredibly challenging! Few notes:
My original choice for the title would be "Hot air" - as in "His speech was full of hot air" - that idiom matches the original, but it wouldn't fit other bits of the song, e.g: "I don't want to hear such hot air/ hot-aired talk/ anymore" - it doesn't sound natural, I don't think it is ever said like that, so I went with 'claptrap', which also conveys the original meaning of "speech full of empty promises to get applause from the public" and is understandable in everyday usage.
Additionally, it could've been simply "Bullshit", but that word brings a certain "foulness" that the original doesn't really have.

¹ When researching I found that the English idiom "a spring is only as strong as its weakest link" doesn't convey the exact same meaning as the Portuguese "a corda só quebra no lado mais fraco" (pro lado de cá) - I've never realized that before, only after reading this:

https://www.englishexperts.com.br/forum/como-dizer-a-corda-sempre-estour...

so I went with this idiom that, perhaps Britisher in nature, does match the meaning of "the weaker/poorest side are certain to get screwed when facing the mightier / richer side." - plus, the rhyme fell right into place.
I also pondered with: "Here, might is right"; and "The strongest always prevail (against us)"; or even "We're eggs against stones".

I've no idea what the songwriter meant by "mergulhando" (plunging in) - sounds like the bad news are being hidden away, or maybe it's the contrary - they're coming in a row.?