Ships that pass in the night
Meanings of "Ships that pass in the ..."
A random encounter. Usually refers to a romantic encounter
Short and random meeting
A expressão ships in the night surgiu em 1874, numa metáfora poética usada por Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Confira dois versos da estrofe em questão:
Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, / Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness…
Navios que passam um pelo outro na noite, e falam-se ao passar, / Apenas um sinal exibido e uma voz distante na escuridão…
(“Ships that pass in the night” é apenas “navios que passam na noite”. Mas assim não fica claro que eles se cruzaram. Mesmo em inglês, a forma correta é “pass each other in the night”, embora seja muito pouco usada.)
A intenção é dizer que as duas pessoas dificilmente se verão de novo. O encontro delas é fortuito e rápido.
"Like ships in the night we always passed each other by without knowing it."
(Como navios na noite, nós sempre passamos um pelo outro sem saber.)
"However, similar to ships that pass at night, Jason was unable to find where this man had gone."
(No entanto, similar a navios que passam um pelo outro na noite, Jason foi incapaz de encontrar onde esse homem havia ido.)
“Ships that pass in ...” nei testi
Nightwish - Whoever Brings the Night
We seduce the dark with pain and rapture
Like two ships that pass in the night
You and I, a whore and a bashful sailor
Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring
Sure there are things I could do if I was half prepared to prove to eachother that
We are two ships that pass in the night;
You and I,
Nana Mouskouri - Ships That Pass In The Night
Let's not let love wither away with time
We're ships that pass in the night
When we are going our own ways
Bonnie Tyler - Before We Get Any Closer
Is this the casual event
Two ships that pass in the night
Could we find heaven out there just one time
The Stranglers - Ships That Pass in the Night
We're waiting for better weather on a ship
To pass in the night
Solve all of our problems for us on a ship
To pass in the night
Like those ships that pass in the night.
We're ships that pass in the night
And we smile when we say it's alright
Tim Feehan - Just Like You and Me
Two people with two points of view
Just like two ships that pass in the night
All in the name of pride, whoa, yeah
And we smile when we say it's alright
We're still here, it's just that we're out of sight
Like those ships that pass in the night...
Don't need no fake, held up to the light
Fact not fiction, true life this is
You′re not two ships that pass in the night