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Over seven bridges you must stride

Sometimes I'm walking and not looking on the track
Sometimes I wish I had my rocking horse back
Sometimes I'm restless, as I can be
Sometimes I lock all the doors behind me
 
Sometimes I'm hot and I'm sometimes cold
And I forget myself cause I'm too old
Sometimes I feel tired all morning long
And I seek some comfort in a song
 
(REF)
Over seven bridges you must stride
Seven dark long years your pain abide
Seven times in torments you must pine
But in the end your radiant light will shine
 
Sometimes the clockwork of your life goes slow
And it seems we must in circles go
Sometimes longing will drive you insane
And you'll watch that radiant sunset again
 
Sometimes we dream up a place to live
Sometimes we take, where we should give
Sometimes the stars fall like a wounded dove
And sometimes we hate what we most love
 
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Über sieben Brücken musst du geh'n

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ArrebolArrebol    Ma, 08/06/2020 - 13:43
SaintMarkSaintMark
   Ma, 08/06/2020 - 16:51

just tried out this ENG translation on my new guitar (called "ten-dollar-dolly" - she really cost me ten bucks) and the translation holds up. even tho first on the edge about it, but you must try songs out before dropping them, sometimes they only need a little fixin' in certain lines. yesterday discovered a website called "secondhandsongs.com" and saw that chris de burgh had made another english version in 2011. its just as good. his version doesn't strictly follow the meter, but sometimes in order to convey the right emotions requires dropping the meter.

ArrebolArrebol    Ma, 08/06/2020 - 17:14

Well in any case your English translation reads as if the song was originally written in English.

SaintMarkSaintMark
   Ma, 08/06/2020 - 21:26

its a good thing to not have the internet at home. you have more time to focus on more important things without getting distracted.

GeborgenheitGeborgenheit    Ma, 14/12/2020 - 06:05