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Un elefant se legăna → English translation
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Original lyrics
Un elefant se legăna
Un elefant
Se legăna,
Pe o pânză de păianjen,
Și fiindcă ea
Nu se rupea,
Au mai chemat un elefant.
Doi elefanți
Se legănau
Pe o pânză de păianjen,
Și fiindcă ea
Nu se rupea,
Au mai chemat un elefant.
Trei elefanți
Se legănau
Pe o pânză de păianjen,
Și fiindcă ea
Nu se rupea,
Au mai chemat un elefant.
Patru (cinci, șase, șapte, opt, nouă) elefanți
...
Zece elefanți
Se legănau
Pe o pânză de păianjen,
Și fiindcă ea
Era prea grea,
Au cazut toți elefanții!
Buf!
Translation
An elephant was dangling
An elephant was dangling
On a spider’s web
And because it didn’t break down,
They got another elephant in.
Two elephants were dangling
On a spider’s web
And because it didn’t break down,
They got another elephant in.
Three elephants were dangling
On a spider’s web
And because it didn’t break down,
They got another elephant in.
Four( five, six, seven, eight, nine ) elephants
...
Ten elephants were dangling
On a spider’s web
And because it was too heavy,
All the elephants fell on the ground.
Bang !
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Submitted by aylin_22 on 2012-03-29
Last edited by aylin_22 on 2013-08-19
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Romanian Children's Songs: Top 3
1. | Un elefant se legăna |
2. | În pădurea cu alune |
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I think you have to say "was dangling" instead of "dangled". The sentence implies that the action the elephants were doing was a continuous one.
Au mai chemat un elefant. - THEY got another elephant in. "Called" might be somewhat too ambiguous as it has not one, but a cluster of meanings.