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The Mountain

Slowly, slowly, slowly the snow is falling down.
You see time -- I see the light.
A stranger is creeping up from behind on his tiptoes.
A strange generation. For all thirty years...
 
You're lying. You keep lying.
And the mountain says: No!
You're lying. You keep lying.
And the mountain says: No!
 
Slowly, slowly, slowly I am falling down.
You see the tears -- I see the bottom.
I've been told that the sorrow is walking around the city.
Spreading questions. Looking into the window.
 
You're lying. You keep lying.
And the mountain says: No!
You're lying. You keep lying.
And the mountain says: No!
 
No. No.
 
Impossible. Impossible.
Impossible. Impossible.
 
The mountain says No.
The mountain says No.
The mountain says No.
 
Our hair have been growing out.
Our feelings have been growing out.
Gorged with the voice,
We have grown sad.
And the day rolled, cast away.
The life rolled away, tossed aside.
We're madly tired.
Somewhat equally.
 
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Гора

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Comments
rafalesprafalesp    Sat, 28/01/2017 - 23:52

Thanks for the translation of this wonderful song.

"You keep lying" are you sure about that? The French translation uses "tous" as in "You're all lying" There's a big difference.

Note my Russian is useless, I want to put into Spanish using your English as Master.

Cheers!
Thanks again

Viento13Viento13
   Sun, 12/02/2017 - 15:06

Thanks for the comment! So, the phrase in Russian is "Вы всё врете". ''Вы" in it is plural, so it is "ustedes" or "vosotros" (I don't speak French, unfortunately). "Всё", in its turn, does not mean "all" but something like "still" meaning they continue to lie. Let me know if it was helpful at all :)

sandringsandring    Sun, 12/02/2017 - 15:45

I'll try to help you with the word for word meaning. Врёте- Estáis mintiendo. Вы всё врете - Todo lo que estáis diciendo es mentira. (всё significa "todo", все - todos ) Indicativo Presente es posible también but this wording is used as an immediate defiance so the option above is closer to the original meaning. As a native speaker you'll find the best way to put it all in words in your native language. :)

Richard ThorpeRichard Thorpe    Mon, 04/09/2017 - 16:19

I'm not sure I would use either "still" or "keep" here, as to my mind they both suggest something has happened that should have caused the other to stop lying and yet they have persisted in lying. I think всё врете here has more the meaning "constantly" - you constantly lie, you do nothing but lie, you just lie, you lie all the time, etc.