songs with foreign lyrics

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songs with foreign lyrics

Post by OceanCityGirl »

What is your favorite song with a line or two in another language. Do you go to the trouble of looking up what the words mean?
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Chanson Pour Les Petit Enfants
Chanson pour toute le monde

meaning (as best to my translation)

Song for the little children
Song for the world.

:D :D
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Feliz Navidad :D
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One Particular Harbor

IA ORA TE NATURA
E MEA AROFA TEIE AO NEI
IA ORA TE NATURA
E MEA AROFA TEIE AO NEI


Nature lives (life to nature)
Have pity for the Earth
(Love the Earth)
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Post by aquaholic »

On an obscure buffett cd he sings most of Margaritaville is spanish..........not sure of the lo-cal
MIAMI NATIVE
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Its almost time to be saying "Mele Kalilimaka"....... :D :D :D :D :D
Wrinkles only go where smiles have been....
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Post by LIPH »

Not a JB song, but Lady Marmalade -
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? :lol:
what I really mean . . . I wish you were here
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Post by Jahfin »

Maybe not my absolute favorite but one of them is "Talk About The Passion" by R.E.M.:

Empty prayer, empty mouths, combien reaction
Empty prayer, empty mouths, talk about the passion
Combien, combien, combien du temps?

According to the R.E.M. FAQ "combien reaction" is French for "how much (of a) reaction" and "combien de temps?" is French for "how much time?".
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Post by DeactiveCarib »

can the whole song be in another language??

Mine would be Muelle De San Blas by Maná
or Como Te Echo De Meno or Corazon Partio by Alejandro Sanz
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Alejandro Sanz

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actually, anything by Alejandro Sanz is absolutley amazing .. . anyone else here familiar with him?
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Se promenant dans un bois de la vieille Louisianne
Les ombres s'allongent nos pas silents l'air de la Louisianne
Toi et moi ne parlant pas en sucant de la canne
Pour un instant je suis content en l'air de la Louisianne
Pour un instant je suis content en l'air de la Louisianne
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Post by RhumChum »

Just about anything . . . I love "world" music
If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before ...
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Post by tikitatas »

I speak four languages so I have a love for all music from everywhere!
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Re: songs with foreign lyrics

Post by tikitatas »

OceanCityGirl wrote:What is your favorite song with a line or two in another language. Do you go to the trouble of looking up what the words mean?
I can translate for you from most languages . . . maybe not Hindi or Swahili!
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