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[superslayer18.livejournal.com]

Translation help!

I'm trying to translate a song, and having some major problems. I understand what they are trying to say in Russian, but I can't bring it in English exactly, just kinda generally. Can someone help me translate the lines better?

Provided are the lyrics in the original Russian, followed by my (pitiful) attempt to translate them accurately. Any help is definitely welcome! Thank you!


Лети


Там, где город высотой в пол неба
Там, мне крылья за спиной расправил ветер
Он,позвал меня с собой туда где свет.
Где город даст ответ,на все вопросы,
А ветер мне скажет
Лети
За мной.

Дождь,раскрасил все дома серым.
Я,сведу его с ума,наверно первым.
Он , позвал меня с собой туда где свет
Где город даст ответ,на все вопросы,
А ветер мне скажет
Лети
За мной.


There, where the city reaches the sky
There, my wings straightened behind my back to the wind
It, it called me with it there where there is light
Where the city will give an answer to all questions
And the wind calls to me
Fly…
After me.

Rain, painted all the houses gray
I, ____________, probably first.
He, he called with him to where there is light (alternative translation of the same line from before)
Where the city will give an answer to all questions,
And the will calls to me
Fly
After me.

Comments

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

There, where the city is half the sky high (go guess what it means -- I can't! :))
There, where the wind spread my wings [behind my back]
He called me with him to where the light is
Where the city will answer all my questions
And the wind calls to me
Fly
After me

Rain painted all the houses gray
I'm going to drive him crazy first, probably (which probably means that the singer and "he" try to drive each other crazy, but "he" is less resistant to that craziness than the singer is, I don't know what they mean anyway) :))))
He called me with him to where the light is
Where the city will answer all my questions
And the wind calls to me
Fly
After me

just another beautifully-sounded nonsense to my ear, but don't listen to that old square) :)))))

[superslayer18.livejournal.com]

So what exactly does "svedu" mean then?

I think the "drive him crazy first" thing is refering to the wind, but I'm really not too sure. Also, I was thinking of translating it as "half the sky", but my translator said it was floor. I was kinda confused cuz I was SURE that it meant half, but then I figured I was wrong. Serves me write for doubting myself lol.

Thank you every much! I guess I wasn't TOO far off lol.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

In fact, you were almost there :))

сведу is part of the set expression сведу с ума, which meas "will drive [somebody] crazy." The infinitive form is свести с ума (perf.) / сводить с ума (imperf.)
Literally, "lead somebody out of mind."

[apollotiger.livejournal.com]

So, сходить с ума is kind of like сводить с ума, except it's "I've gone mad" versus "I'm driving someone else mad?"
(I'm trying to establish the link in the с ума. Are there any other phrases like that that incorporate с ума?)

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Сойти/сходить с ума means "to go mad."
"А я сошла с ума! А я сошла с ума! Какая досада!" ("I've gone mad! I've gone mad! What a pity." - old Russian cartoon about Carlsson Who Lived On The Roof)
The more-than-usual thing to say when someone is behaving strange is--
"Ты что, с ума сошёл?" (Are you crazy?)

Сводить/свести [кого-либо] с ума means "to drive [someone] mad."

And no, there is no further expressions involving "с ума", or not that I know them :))

[wolfie-18.livejournal.com]

*smiles* ... Tatu :p

Not an expression, but that how I first learned from сойти с ума meant. I was young. I was crazy.

[wolfie-18.livejournal.com]

*learned what

[dair-spb.livejournal.com]

imho, I'm not perfect in English :-) :

Там мне крылья за спиной расправил ветер
There the wind straightened me wings behind my back

Я сведу его с ума наверно первым.

I'll make it crazy probably first.

Он позвал меня с собой туда где свет
He called me there where light is

А ветер мне скажет: "Лети за мной"
And the wind will tell me: "Fly after me"

excuses in advance but...

[ex-nobodyel.livejournal.com]

well, now when you have some variants due to amiable wolk_off :))) you outta know: this song is a kinda shit, and its lyrics are a pattern of typical graphorrhea. there's no means, there's poetry, there's no anything. it ain't worth attempting of yours to translate it. oh, imho for sure :)))

Re: excuses in advance but...

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

I just left this part "outside the parentheses." :))

Normally I would throw up right on when I would hear any hint to Russian pop music, but this exact piece of Mu I didn't know, so I just tightened my teeth and decided to regard this as just another example of Russian rhymed lines... the fact that it wasn't a worthy example could not diminish the greatness of my sacrifice :)))))))))))))))))))))

[dair-spb.livejournal.com]

Maybe should we suggest something then? :-)

I agree, no anything.

[superslayer18.livejournal.com]

I have that one too lol ^_^ Personally, I like the Russian one better because it just sounds a lot nicer, and i like the lyrics more. Do you listen to them a lot?