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    Hi VN experts, there's a song sung by Bang Kieu that I really like but I'm struggling with translating it. My VN understanding is ok but I'm not doing a very good job with translating it using my dictionary because I'm sure I'm translating it too literally. I don't want to miss the subtleties of the song, esp. since I like it so much. Thanks for the help! Here are the lyrics:

    Chỉ còn gần em một giây phút thôi
    Một giây nữa thôi là xa nhau rồi
    Nguời theo cánh chim về vui với đời
    Để lại thuơng nhớ cho kiếp đơn côi

    Núi đồi lồng lộng chiều mưa nhớ ai
    Biển xanh vẫn xanh nguời đi sao đành
    Để trong giấc mơ hồn anh thẩn thờ
    Em ơi bao giờ mới đuợc gần nhau

    Biết chỉ một đêm, tha thiết chỉ một đêm
    Rồi xa nhau nghìn trùng
    Lệ này cho em hay lệ này cho anh,
    Khi mộng uớc không thành

    Ngày buồn còn bao lâu
    Hay muôn đời nuối tiếc đêm cuối cùng bên nhau
    Chắc em sẽ buồn vì thuyền anh không rời bến
    Chắc em sẽ buồn vì mình chẳng có ngày mai

    Nếu ngày nào tình ta đã phai
    Ngày vui của em cùng ai trên đời
    Là hôm tiễn anh về nơi cuối trời
    Em ơi bao giờ nhớ thuơng này nguôi.
    Last edited by Spyglass25; 04-11-2009 at 11:14 AM.

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    I realize that this is a fairly long song and might be too much to ask for translation of the complete song, but if anyone can translate even random segments of it, I would much appreciate it. I was planning to ask my Vietnamese professor from undergrad but I won't be able to meet with him for a few weeks. Until then, I'd like to know exactly what the words mean to the song I'm listening to over and over.

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    I love this song too. But my EL is not good enough to hold the soul of this song in English. Maybe I need some help from everyone or my teacher to completed. I will try my best to translate soon. My mail is: thuybot@gmail.com. We can chat sometime and discuss about romantic Viet Nam song.

    Phut cuoi = "Last minutes."

    "Last minutes." It's just the time before you must to leave your love. And you know that You never meet her again.
    Last edited by Tophits; 03-28-2009 at 05:21 AM.
    Email: thuybot@gmail.com
    Yahoo: thuynfibd5@yahoo.com
    I just want to brush and improve my English.
    Let's contact if you want to ask to translate VN - EL.
    Exchange languages is an great idea.

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    Well, let me start it off...I like to think that I'm pretty proficient in English considering that I write a lot but my Vietnamese is lacking (although I did take a few courses as an undergrad). Here's my take on the first 2 lines, the most straightforward ones

    I'm only near you for just another moment
    In but another moment we'll be far apart

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    Of course, I translate it in Vietnamese thinking. Please, corrected it in your way(in english). Very exciting work, right?

    Người theo cánh chim về vui với đời.
    Để lại thuơng nhớ cho kiếp đơn côi

    You follow the wings of bird to new happy life.
    To keep me fell the miss of you in my mind.
    Last edited by Tophits; 03-28-2009 at 07:02 AM.
    Email: thuybot@gmail.com
    Yahoo: thuynfibd5@yahoo.com
    I just want to brush and improve my English.
    Let's contact if you want to ask to translate VN - EL.
    Exchange languages is an great idea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spyglass25 View Post
    Hi VN experts, there's a song sung by Bang Kieu that I really like but I'm struggling with translating it. My VN understanding is ok but I'm not doing a very good job with translating it using my dictionary because I'm sure I'm translating it too literally. I don't want to miss the subtleties of the song, esp. since I like it so much. Thanks for the help! Here are the lyrics:

    Chỉ còn gần em một giây phút thôi
    Một giây nữa thôi là xa nhau rồi
    Nguời theo cánh chim về vui với đời
    Để lại thuơng nhớ cho kiếp đơn côi


    Núi đồi lồng lộng chiều mưa nhớ ai
    Biển xanh vẫn xanh nguời đi sao đành
    Để trong giấc mơ hồn anh thẩn thờ
    Em ơi bao giờ mới đuợc gần nhau

    Biết chỉ một đêm, tha thiết chỉ một đêm
    Rồi xa nhau nghìn trùng
    Lệ này cho em hay lệ này cho anh,
    Khi mộng uớc không thành

    Ngày buồn còn bao lâu
    Hay muôn đời nuối tiếc đêm cuối cùng bên nhau
    Chắc em sẽ buồn vì thuyền anh không rời bến
    Chắc em sẽ buồn vì mình chẳng có ngày mai

    Nếu ngày nào tình ta đã phai
    Ngày vui của em cùng ai trên đời
    Là hôm tiễn anh về nơi cuối trời
    Em ơi bao giờ nhớ thuơng này nguôi.
    I like this song as well, but Im not an expert translator. I will wait for this song to be translated.
    Nhất tự vi sư , bán tự vi sư
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    1st Version:
    Anyone who teaches me one word - even half a word - is still my teacher.
    2nd Version:
    Even he who teaches me the smallest bit can still be called my teacher

    Please correct my grammar as you see fit. Much appreciated!

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    The wording sound nice. Where can I find the original sound?

    Hope some expert here will translate it later.

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    Email: thuybot@gmail.com
    Yahoo: thuynfibd5@yahoo.com
    I just want to brush and improve my English.
    Let's contact if you want to ask to translate VN - EL.
    Exchange languages is an great idea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tophits View Post
    Downloaded. Thanks.

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    Biết chỉ một đêm, tha thiết chỉ một đêm
    Rồi xa nhau nghìn trùng
    Lệ này cho em hay lệ này cho anh,
    Khi mộng uớc không thành

    We knew just one night, sincerely one night
    And then separated for a thousand _______
    Is this tear for you or is this tear for me,
    When hopes and dreams don't materialize.


    I was not sure what "trùng" means in the second line. I know it can mean coincidental but I wasn't sure if it fit into the context of that sentence.
    Last edited by Spyglass25; 04-03-2009 at 12:30 AM.

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