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Re: [lojban] Let it Go - In Lojban



Nice work! I could see a few syntax issues, but I think Wuzzy's addressed all of them.

As it happens, I'm also a huge fan of learning languages through translating song lyrics (trying to force a translation to fit the poetic constraints of a song is definitely a good way to develop flexibility in a new language), and I did my own Lojban translation of this song a few weeks ago at the height of its YouTube fame. I've posted my translation below, if you're interested in comparing notes — it's not necessarily better or worse, just very different (we managed not to have a single line in common!) I was a bit less picky about exactly matching the syllable count of the original (I noticed that in some of the official translations, the singers are packing in almost half as many syllables again as in the English version), but I did try quite hard to preserve the rhyme pattern of the original. Let me know what you think :)

lo snime vi lo cmana ca             The snow on the mountain
lovi nicte cu carmi                 tonight is intense.
.i ni'aku lo sepli gugde            Below, an isolated land
cu se turni .a'onai mi              is governed by [sigh] me.

.i le brife cu savru setai          The wind is a senseless clamour, like
lo se cinmo be mi                   the emotions that I feel.
.i mi na'epu'i vasru                I could not contain.
.i le lizycro ca bartu              Now the pain is out.

.i ko sezymipri .i ko se'itro       Hide yourself. Control yourself.
.i ko fanta lonu roda djuno         Prevent everyone from knowing.
.i ko nalfli .i mi flimulno         Do not fail. I've failed completely.
.i roda djuno                       Everyone knows.

.i ri'e mi zifre                    No holding back, I am free!
.i .e'ibu'onai na ba mipri          No more constraints, no more hiding!
.i ri'e mi zifre                    No holding back, I am free!
.i mi ze'eba na badri               I will never again be sad.

.i mi na selra'u                    I'm not bothered
makau poi se cusku                  by what is said.
.i .au vilti'a                      I want a storm!
.i mi ze'eca nelci loli'i lenku     I've always liked being cold.

.i mi se zdile lodu'u               I am amused by the fact
lo darno cu cmamlu                  that distant things seem small.
.ije lo se terpa poi vlipa          And the powerful fears
cu no'e vlipa caku                  aren't powerful now.

.i mi ca te cipra loka              I am now tested to see
ce'u makau kakne .e'inai.ua         what I can do. Whoa, what a challenge!
.i losi'o toldra .e losi'o drani    Wrong and right
na srana mi                         are not relevant to me.

.i ri'e mi zifre                    No holding back, I am free!
.i canaka'e sisti tu'a mi           It's impossible to stop me now.
.i ri'e mi zifre                    No holding back, I am free!
.i mi toltinbe loi javni            I defy the rules.

.i mi vi sanli                      I stand here.
.i mi vi stali                      I stay here.
.i .au vilti'a                      I want a storm!

.i mi dirce lomi makfa              I radiate my magic
tebe'i lo dujvanbi                  into the frozen environment.
.i lomi pruxi cu majbi'o            My soul takes form in
lo xrula bisli fraktali             in flowering ice fractals.
.i pa sidbo co'a menfau             One idea begins to form,
ja'e lo croru'i                     it pains the soul.
.i mi ze'eba na'e xrukla            I will never return.
.i na jurpei lo purci               No dwelling on the past.

.i ri'e mi zifre                    No holding back, I am free!
.i mi carmi setai lo tarci          I blaze like a star.
.i ri'e mi zifre                    No holding back, I am free!
.i co'u noltru co prane             The end of a perfect princess.

.i mi vi sanli                      I stand here
va'o lo cergu'i                     in the morning light.
.i .au vilti'a                      I want a storm!
.i mi ze'eca nelci loli'i lenku     I've always liked being cold.

mu'o mi'e .djeikon.

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