anyone knows what this means in English?

[Scribbleros]

Ayer conocí un cielo sin sol
Y un hombre sin suelo
Un santo en prisión
Y una canción triste sin dueño
Ya he ya he ya la he
Y conocí tus ojos negros
Ya he ya he ya la he
Y ahora sí que no
Puedo vivir sin ellos yo
Le pido al cielo sólo un deseo
Que en tus ojos yo pueda vivir
He recorrido ya el mundo entero
Y una cosa te vengo a decir
Viaje de bahrein hasta beirut
Fui desde el norte hasta el polo sur
Y no encontré ojos así
Como los que tienes tú
Rabboussamai fikarrajaii
Fi ainaiha aralhayati
Ati ilaika min haza ikaaouni
Arjouka labbi labbi nidai
Viaje de bahrein hasta beirut
Fuí desde el norte hasta el polo sur
Y no encontré ojos así
Como los que tienes tú
Ayer vi pasar una mujer
Debajo de su camello
Un río de sal un barco
Abandonado en el desierto
Ya he ya he ya la he
Y vi pasar tus ojos negros
Ya he ya he ya la he
Y ahora sí que no
Puedo vivir sin ellos yo
Le pido al cielo sólo un deseo
Que en tus ojos yo pueda vivir
He recorrido ya el mundo entero
Y una cosa te vengo a decir
Viajé de bahrein hasta beirut
Fuí desde el norte hasta el polo sur
Y no encontré ojos así
Como los que tienes tú
Le pido al cielo sólo un deseo
Que en tus ojos yo pueda vivir
He recorrido ya el mundo entero
Y una cosa te vengo a decir
Viaje de bahrein hasta beirut
Fuí desde el norte hasta el polo sur
Y no encontré ojos así
Como los que tienes tú

 

[Matthew Craig]

http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en

 

[Gringao]

Yesterday, I knew a sky without sun
And a man without soil
A saint in prison
And a sad song without pain..

The rest someone else can do...

 

[Scribbleros]

thanks gringao

 

[-phreak]

I yesterday knew a sky without sun and a man without ground santo in prison and a sad song without owner Either there am or there am or there am it and I knew your eyes black Or there am or there am or there am it and now yes that I cannot live without them I request to the sky only a desire to Him That in your eyes I can live I have crossed or the entire world and a thing I come to say Trip to you of bahrein until Beirut I was from the north to the South Pole and I did not find eyes as well as those that you have Rabboussamai fikarrajaii Fi ainaiha aralhayati Ati ilaika min haza ikaaouni Arjouka labbi labbi nidai Viaje of bahrein until Beirut Fuí from the north to the South Pole and I did not find eyes as well as those that you Yesterday have I saw pass a woman Underneath its camel a river of salt a boat Left in the desert Either there am or there am or there am it and I saw pass your eyes black Or there am or there am or there am it and now yes that I Cannot live without them I request to the sky only a desire to Him That in your eyes I can live I have crossed or the entire world and a thing I come to say to you I traveled of bahrein until Beirut Fuí from the north to the South Pole and I did not find eyes as well as those who you have you I request to Him to the sky only a desire That in your eyes I can live I have crossed the entire world already and a thing I come to say Trip to you of bahrein until Beirut Fuí from the north to the South Pole and I did not find eyes as well as those that you have

 

[Scribbleros]

pHreak -->
I got this translation from google.

I yesterday knew a sky without sun and a man without ground santo in prison and a sad song without owner Either there am or there am or there am it and I knew your eyes black Or there am or there am or there am it and now yes that I cannot live without them I request to the sky only a desire to Him That in your eyes I can live I have crossed or the entire world and a thing I come to say Trip to you of bahrein until Beirut I was from the north to the South Pole and I did not find eyes as well as those that you have Rabboussamai fikarrajaii Fi ainaiha aralhayati Ati ilaika min haza ikaaouni Arjouka labbi labbi nidai Viaje of bahrein until Beirut Fuí from the north to the South Pole and I did not find eyes as well as those that you Yesterday have I saw pass a woman Underneath its camel a river of salt a boat Left in the desert Either there am or there am or there am it and I saw pass your eyes black Or there am or there am or there am it and now yes that I Cannot live without them I request to the sky only a desire to Him That in your eyes I can live I have crossed or the entire world and a thing I come to say to you I traveled of bahrein until Beirut Fuí from the north to the South Pole and I did not find eyes as well as those who you have you I request to Him to sky only a desire That in your eyes I can live I have crossed the entire world already and a thing I come to say Trip to you of bahrein until Beirut Fuí from the north to the South Pole and I did not find eyes as well as those that you have

 

[pipercatt]

http://babelfish.altavista.com/

 

[Gringao]

Ah! <forehead slap!> Not pain...owner. Pain is dolor. Sorry about that...

 

[woody54]

Ah! <forehead slap!> Not pain...owner. Pain is dolor. Sorry about that...

Otro ejemplo fino del escurrimiento en la boca como tonto pompous idiota, con poco asimiento del geopolitics.

 

[Angel]

I think he wanted an accurate translation, not the warped translation offered by a machine.

 

[J.B.]

I've always liked Shakira.

 

[HappyMisha]

Here goes... to the best of my abilities:

Ayer conocí un cielo sin sol
I once knew a sky without sun

Y un hombre sin suelo
And a man without foundation
(I think a man without soul would be the real translation)

Un santo en prisión
A saint in jail

Y una canción triste sin dueño
And a sad song without lead
(A song without direction?)

Y conocí tus ojos negros
And I saw (for the first time)... your dark eyes

Y ahora sí que no
And now, I cannot

Puedo vivir sin ellos yo
Live without them

Le pido al cielo sólo un deseo
I ask the heavens only one thing

Que en tus ojos yo pueda vivir
To be able to live in your eyes

He recorrido ya el mundo entero
I have travelled the entire world

Y una cosa te vengo a decir
And I need to tell you one thing

Viaje de bahrein hasta beirut
All the way from Bahrain to Beirut

Fui desde el norte hasta el polo sur
I went all the way north until the South pole

Y no encontré ojos así
I never came across eyes like these

Como los que tienes tú
Like the ones you have

Rabboussamai fikarrajaii
Fi ainaiha aralhayati
Ati ilaika min haza ikaaouni
Arjouka labbi labbi nidai

(This is Arabic. Can't help you there)

Ayer vi pasar una mujer
Yesterday, I saw a woman go by

Debajo de su camello
Underneath her camel
(I think it means walking next to her camel)

Un río de sal un barco
A sea of salt, a boat

Abandonado en el desierto
Abandoned in the desert

Phew.

 

[J.B.]

Ayer conocí un cielo sin sol
Yesterday I met a sky with no sun
Y un hombre sin suelo
a man with no soul
Un santo en prisión
a saint in prison
Y una canción triste sin dueño
and a sad song with out any dreams
Ya he ya he ya la he
(sounds)
Y conocí tus ojos negros
and I met your black eyes
Ya he ya he ya la he
(sounds)
Y ahora sí que no
and now I
Puedo vivir sin ellos yo
can't live with out them
**note "no puedo"= I can't, but since "no" & "puedo" are separate literally it would be "cannot be" which isn't what she's trying to convey.
Le pido al cielo sólo un deseo
I ask the sky for only one wish
Que en tus ojos yo pueda vivir
that in your eyes I can live
He recorrido ya el mundo entero
I've searched the whole earth
Y una cosa te vengo a decir
and I've come to tell you only one thing
Viaje de bahrein hasta beirut
I've traveled from Bahrein to Beirut
Fui desde el norte hasta el polo sur
I've gone from the north to the south pole
Y no encontré ojos así
and I haven't found eyes like
Como los que tienes tú
the ones you poses
Rabboussamai fikarrajaii
Fi ainaiha aralhayati
Ati ilaika min haza ikaaouni
Arjouka labbi labbi nidai
(no clue what she's saying here. I'm assuming it's in lebanese.)
Viaje de bahrein hasta beirut
I've traveled from Bahrein to Beirut
Fui desde el norte hasta el polo sur
I've gone from the north to the south pole
Y no encontré ojos así
and I haven't found eyes like
Como los que tienes tú
the ones you poses
Ayer vi pasar una mujer
yesterday I saw a woman pass
Debajo de su camello
beneath her camel
Un río de sal un barco
a river of salt with a boat
Abandonado en el desierto
abandoned in the desert

Y vi pasar tus ojos negros
and I saw your black/dark eyes pass
Y ahora sí que no
and now I
Puedo vivir sin ellos yo
can't live with out them
Le pido al cielo sólo un deseo
I ask the sky for only one wish
Que en tus ojos yo pueda vivir
that in your eyes I can live
He recorrido ya el mundo entero
I've searched the whole earth
Y una cosa te vengo a decir
and I've come to tell you only one thing
Viaje de bahrein hasta beirut
I've traveled from Bahrein to Beirut
Fui desde el norte hasta el polo sur
I've gone from the north to the south pole
Y no encontré ojos así
and I haven't found eyes like
Como los que tienes tú
the ones you poses

 

[NastasyA]

Looks like Spanish and im sorryed to report that of the languages i know?
Spanish is not one

Now if you want to write in Russian/Croatii/English/French/German/

perhaps i can help

 

[J.B.]

Here goes... to the best of my abilities:

<snip>
Phew.

damn beat me to it.

 

[HappyMisha]

damn beat me to it.

Doesn't matter... You did a good job too and in translation, you can always have different interpretations...

 

[J.B.]

Ayer vi pasar una mujer
Yesterday, I saw a woman go by

Debajo de su camello
Underneath her camel
(I think it means walking next to her camel)

nope beneath. she's trying to explain that she's seen many things in her travels but still nothing compares to the look in her love’s eyes.

Doesn't matter... You did a good job too and in translation, you can always have different interpretations...

true.

 

[NastasyA]

nope beneath. she's trying to explain that she's seen many things in her travels but still nothing compares to the look in her love’s eyes.


true.

*sigh*

And that's the truth

 

[HappyMisha]

nope beneath. she's trying to explain that she's seen many things in her travels but still nothing compares to the look in her love’s eyes.

Sounds right. Hadn't seen it that way. See... interpretation!

 

[J.B.]

*sigh*

And that's the truth

which is why I love that song. I love all her stuff, but it translates so poorly to English that she's not as well received in the US.

 

[J.B.]

Sounds right. Hadn't seen it that way. See... interpretation!

helps that I've spoken spanish 5 years longer than I have English.

 

[NastasyA]

which is why I love that song. I love all her stuff, but it translates so poorly to English that she's not as well received in the US.

Ogo i know. . .

I tried first when i was here to translate direct (grammaraiticly) heh sp?
in to English and it was only awkward, it was only after i gained more skill that i could here express myself, and more properly what i was thinking

:fuckingangelsmiley:

Heh

 

[HappyMisha]

helps that I've spoken spanish 5 years longer than I have English.

Really? Where did you learn it?

 

[scrymettet]

which is why I love that song. I love all her stuff, but it translates so poorly to English that she's not as well received in the US.

ps. Who is she ?

 

[HappyMisha]

ps. Who is she ?

Shakira. Remember ''Whenever, Wherever?''

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e219/HappyMisha/shakira-06.jpg