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Ivanhr Posted 12 years ago
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song lyrics

I was asked to traslate a song into English. The song is replete with metaphors and such and I'm not sure at all I properly understood it . Anyway, the song (as I understood it) is about an addict who has lost friends and family members to drugs.
Now, I'd be interested to hear your opinion about the translation / song. Is it just too vague and difficult ?

I suppose that some ambiguity in a song is welcome so I'm asking if this translation could actually reach the average Brit/American (or any native speaker for that matter)?

Skinny dog (the song)

I'm a skinny dog
forsaken by Master
I know every one of you
My memories are painful and old

Every day she stops by
To guide me through sleep,
And then I start to shiver with a fever
And a new curse is born.

I was tied with the chain of pain
Licking wounds every day
And then she appears ugly and nude
And all the pain is instantly gone

Don't want to talk about me anymore,
Nobody understands me anyway,
Beware of this beast,
This beast called life

Do not look for me
Though I want you to find me
Do not rescue me
Though I want you to rescue me

Thanks
  

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Ivanhr ugly and nudeAnd all the pain is instantly gone That sounds strange indeed!

  • Ivanhr ugly and nudeAnd all the pain is instantly gone That sounds strange indeed!
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Ivanhr ugly and nudeAnd all the pain is instantly gone
That sounds strange indeed!

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