Could you help me to translate the one of my favorite songs
Mark Knopfler. A place where we used to live. Предложения, которые я пометил, не могу перевести. Спасибо огромное!
This empty kitchen's where
I'd while away the hours *
Just next to my old chair
You'd usually have some flowers
The shelves of books
Even the picture hooks
Everything is gone
But my heart is hanging on *
If this old neighbourhood
Survived us both alright *
Don't know that it withstood *
All the things that took our light
You on the stair
I can see you there
Everything is gone
But my heart is hanging on
Once there was a little girl
Used to wonder what she would be *
Went out into the big wide world *
Now she's just a memory
There used to be a little school here
Where I learned to write my name
But time has been a little cruel here *
Time has no shame *
It's just a place where
We used to live
It's just a place where
We used to live
Now in another town
You lead another life
And now upstairs and down
You're someone else's wife
Here in the dust *
There's not a trace of us *
Everything is gone
But my heart is hanging on
It's just a place where
We used to live
It's just a place where
We used to live
Re: Could you help me to translate the one of my favorite so
I am not knowlegeable enough in Russian to translate this song.
It is rather difficult to understand even for a native English speaker.
But I can try to clarify the parts you are having difficulty with.
If my interpretation is not exact, maybe somebody else can explain better.
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I'd while away the hours *
This is poetic for "I would spend many hours"
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But my heart is hanging on *
But my heart is still beating.
I am still alive despite all the difficult times.
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If this old neighbourhood
Survived us both alright *
If we both survived in this old neighbourhood
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Don't know that it withstood *
All the things that took our light
Hmm. Not sure. Maybe
I do not know how we survived everything that happened to us.
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Used to wonder what she would be *
Went out into the big wide world *
I wonder what she is doing now
She left the town and went out on her own
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But time has been a little cruel here *
Time has no shame *
Hmm, this is straightforward
Time is cruel
Time is heartless
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Here in the dust *
There's not a trace of us *
Now that everything is done
There is no sign that we were ever together
