Venez!

Mais non! Un autre? Oh la la, mais bien sûr! Un autre post en Français! Aujourd'hui j'ai une chanson en Mende, une langue de la Sierra Leone, qui s'appelle Nunga wa o, ou peut-être "Nunga wu wa o", c'est à dire "Venez, gens". Y a des sérieux problèmes avec cette chanson, parce que le texte qui m'est arrivé, et que vous pouvez retrouver ici au début, paraît être une déformation au niveau d'un pétit garçon qui essaie de chanter dans une langue dont il ne comprend un mot. En effet, il y a, pour ce que je peux comprendre, trois sortes de déformations: 1) Transcription italophone des sons, c'est à dire que l'orthographie est improvisée sur la base des règles orthographiques italiennes (par example, gn se lit /ɲ/, comme une ñ espagnole, et non pas comme une g suivie par une n), 2) Espaces mis au hasard, c'est à dire parfois justes, parfois en place où ils ne devraient pas être, et parfois me pas mis où il en faudrait un, et 3) Corruptions de sons. Je vais pas décrire précisement mon long travail de déchiffrement de cette chanson avec cette grammaire, ce dictionnaire, et Glosbe, mais vous pouvez en lire l'histoire ici, et en voire le résumé ici, où il y a aussi une liste de problèmes avec cette réconstruction. «Si vous connaissez quelqu'un de la Sierra Leone où de la Liberia, je vous prie de me mettre en contacte avec cette personne, car je voudrais vraiment savoir si le texte que j'ai réconstruit et traduit est correcte et si je l'ai bien compris», mais comme je l'ai trouvée, une personne ainsi, cette phrase est obsolète.
Bon donc, la traduction. Naturellement, c'est en Français.
Je l'ai faite le soir du 26/10/19, entre 20 heures et 20:08, exception faite pour «C'est Jésus, c'est nôtre Sauveur» qui est de 11:42 du même jour, et pour deux pétites modifications de 10:11 et 15:41 du jour suivant, le soir duquel j'ai écrit le prémier ébauche de ce post. La traduction peut-être devra être changée, car même la partition qui m'a étée envoyée paraît corrupte – especialement parce que "Venez, gens" serait "Nunga wa o" mais la partition divide le "wa" en "u-a", dont le titre alternatif "wu wa", où "wu" c'est "vous" –, et je dois encore essayer d'adapter les valeurs des notes de cette partition à mon texte réconstruit, ce qui poudrait me forcer à changer la traduction, qui est faite pour la version de la mélodie que j'ai en mémoire maintenant.
En ouvrant mon troisième blog, j'ai fait un post sur cette chansson, où j'ai révisité mon analyse et le texte. Je vous donne les deux versions. Cette révision m'a fait changer «Prenons le monde, / Posons-le dans Ses bras» è sa forme actuelle le 7/12/20 à 11h19.
Je veux aussi nôter les variantes «V’nez, implorons Dieu donc» et «V'nez donc, implorons Dieu» de la deuxième ligne.
Je veux aussi dire que la traduction a été faite un peu incorrecte par la version Italienne qui m'aidait à reconstruir l'analyse, et donc je vais y travailler encore, mais pas maintenent. C'est bien pour ça que, le 18/12/21 à 0:05 (donc la nuit entre le 17 et le 18), je vais essayer de la corriger, et je vais vous donner les deux versions, ou bien les trois versions: la "version originale", qui était ci-dessous, la "version du vidéo", et la "version corrigée". Voilà enfin la liste des changements de la version du vidéo à la corrigée:

1. «Tu l'fais toujours à un homme» est une ligne créée à 0:16, et changée ensuite en «Tu ne l'fais qu'à un homme» à 0:18;
2. «Quoi vas-tu donc dire à Dieu?», 0:19;
3. «Prenons le monde dong, / Posons-le dans Ses bras», 0:20.

Mais voyons-la donc!

Original Révisité Refrain Nūnga (wu?) wa ɔ̄, A wa, mu Ngɛ̄wɔ veli Ndunyii nyāmu gā, A wa mu wā ṅgi gɔ̄hũ Ta mīa mu Bāɔ̄mo, Njīanga t’yɛ̄ n’a ndunyii a Yesu mīa, Mu Bāɔ̄mo a ṅgiɛ̄. «Hūma bi pie nā, Le bi pie ma nū lɔ, Sɔ ndɛ̄ ma mbī gbama, Le bi pie ma nū lɔ»: Ji kūa ba hā, Jiā gbī’ay’a Ngɛ̄wɔ? Yesu mīa, Mu Bāɔ̄mo a ṅgiɛ̄. Refrain Mu geni/yɛ̄ni ti ya wɔ̄, Ti ya wɔ̄ ti ndunyii^ lɔ̄ a Mu geni ti ya wɔ̄, Ti ya wɔ̄ ti ndunyii^ lɔ̄ a Mu dunyii mbūmbu a, Mu ṅgiɛ̄ gbɛ̄ yāka hũ Yesu mīa, Mu Bāɔ̄mo a ṅgiɛ̄. Refrain Refrain Nūŋgā (wu?) wa ɔ̄, A wa, mu Ŋgēwɔ vɛli. Ndunyii nyāmu gā, A wa mu wa a ŋgi gɔ̄hũ. Ta mīa mu Bāɔ̄moi/Bāɔ̄, Njīanga t’yɛ̄ n’a ndunyii a. Yesu^ mīa, Mu Bāɔ̄moi a ŋgiɛ̄. Hūma bi piema, Bɛ bi piem'a nū lɔ. Sɔ nde a mbī gbāma, Bɛ bi piem'a nū lɔ. Ji kūna ba hā, Jiā gbī’ay’a Ngēwɔ? Yesu^ mīa, Mu Bāɔ̄moi a ŋgiɛ̄. Refrain Mu gɛni/yēni ti ya wɔ̄, Ti ya wɔ̄ ti ndunyii lɔ̄ṅga. Mu gɛni ti ya wɔ̄, Ti ya wɔ̄ ti ndunyii lɔ̄ṅga. Mu ndunyii būmbua, Mu kpēŋga yake hũ. Yesu^ mīa, Mu Bāɔ̄moi a ŋgiɛ̄. Refrain

Version originale Version du vidéo Version corrigée Refrain Venez, mes gens, V'nez et priez le Seigneur Le monde se fait mauvais: Venez, faisons-le heureux C'est nôtre Sauveur, Y aura plus de guerres: C’est Jésus, C’est nôtre Sauveur. «Si tu voles quelqu'un, Tu le fais à un homme, Si tu dis l'nom en vain, Tu le fais à un homme»: Quand tu vas mourir, Diras-tu ainsi à Dieu? C’est Jésus, C’est nôtre Sauveur. Refrain Nos pères/mères, ils/elles s’en sont allé(e)s, Ils ont laissé ce monde-ci Nos pères, ils s’en sont allés, Ils ont laissé ce monde-ci On a pris le monde, On l'a posé dans Ses bras. C’est Jésus, C’est nôtre Sauveur. Refrain Refrain Venez, les gens, Venez, priez le Seigneur Le monde se fait mauvais: Venez, faisons-Le heureux C'est nôtre Salut, Y aura plus de guerres: C’est Jésus, C’est nôtre Sauveur. «Si tu voles quelqu'un, Tu le fais à un homme, Si tu dis l'nom en vain, Tu le fais à un homme»: Quand tu vas mourir, Diras-tu ainsi à Dieu? C’est Jésus, C’est nôtre Sauveur. Refrain Nos pères, ils s’en sont allés, Ils ont laissé ce monde-ci Nos pères, ils s’en sont allés, Ils ont laissé ce monde-ci On a pris le monde, On l'a posé dans Ses bras. C’est Jésus, C’est nôtre Sauveur. Refrain Refrain Venez, les gens, Venez, priez le Seigneur Le monde se fait mauvais: Venez, faisons-Le heureux C'est nôtre Salut, Y aura plus de guerres: C’est Jésus, C’est nôtre Sauveur. «Si tu voles quelqu'un, Tu ne l'fais qu'à un homme, Si tu dis l'nom en vain, Tu ne l'fais qu'à un homme»: Quand tu vas mourir, Quoi vas-tu donc dire à Dieu? C’est Jésus, C’est nôtre Sauveur. Refrain Nos pères, ils s’en sont allés, Ils ont laissé ce monde-ci Nos pères, ils s’en sont allés, Ils ont laissé ce monde-ci Prenons le monde dong, Posons-le dans Ses bras. C’est Jésus, C’est nôtre Sauveur. Refrain

Work for the Lord

Last time we had a religious song, this time we have basically a spiritual, only it's not in English, but in Lingala, a language nobody I know seems to know (certainly not any of those who put the lyrics online or in CL songbooks). How did I meet this song? Well, it's pretty well-known among members of Communion and Liberation, a Catholic movement born in Italy and spread over the whole world.
I learnt a deformed version of it as basically Gibberish (except the recognizable words from religion) in my childhood… and then one day I decided I'd try figuring out the meaning – which for a language freak like me CLEARLY didn't just mean go online and trust the first translation I found. And BOY did I find a mess of deformation and incredibly creative translations! You have no idea.
But first, the song. The title is "Salelaka Mokonzi", "Keep working for the Lord". Now, what video do I give y'all? I will certainly give you this one, which, despite being a bit slow for my taste, basically has the text completely right – just a Kristu instead of Kristo, and another difference from my text which is perfectly valid and I will comment on below.
But, that only has two verses, and my childhood featured hearing a version with three. For that, I give you this one. Oh, there's actually 6 verses to this song – SIX. That was a surprise.
OK, so now I definitely have to analyze the text I reconstructed. Indeed, there was not a single completely correct text online, so, after a first analysis with this half-translated originally-French Lingala dictionary and Glosbe's Lingala reference, and a Quora help request, and asking a Stack Exchange question about Lingala subject prefixes, I used this chat room, which I'd created to discuss the song without asking an Off-Topic question, to make a huge critical note comparing all versions and reconstructing a sensible text. Huge critical note that probably was turned into this monster of a video, with a follow-up in this baby monster.
So let's jump into the analysis. Feel free to skip the bulleted list and go straight to the dating info and the song. For the analysis, I will let the tone marks, ɛs, and ɔs slide. In the actual text, I tried to gather as much info on those as possible. Lingala is a tone language with 7 vowels, a e i o u ɛ ɔ, but the pairs e/ɛ and o/ɔ are often not differentiated in writing, and the tone marks are often omitted. The spoiler button hides/reveals the word-by-word analysis, so that those not interested can hide it and skip to the lyrics and translations.

• Verse 1:
  
  1. Line 1:
     
     • Bolingo, which everyone got right, means "love";
     • bwa is a possessive particle; I'm not entirely sure if this should take the class of the possessee (in this case bolingo, making bwa the right form) or of the possessor (Nzambe here, which would make it wa); I suspect it's the former, otherwise "Lolaka l'anjelu" would have to be "Lolaka w'anjelu", and even the most correct of online versions gives "l'anjelu" there; in any case, it means "of";
     • Nzambe means God;
     • Boleki (sometimes deformed to boneki) is the present or present perfect of koleka, to exceed, surpass, and agrees in subject prefix with bolingo;
     • Bonene is a noun for greatness.
     So "The love of God surpasses greatness" is what this line says.
  2. Line 2:
     
     • Wana means He;
     • Atindeli (sometimes tindeli, or more deformed) is the present or present perfect of kotindela, to send … for, derived from kotinda, to send, with the applicative infix -el-, and is in third person singular with a (s)he subject;
     • Biso (sometimes briso) means "us", and goes with the "for" of the applicative -el-;
     • Yesu definitely doesn't need a translation :);
     • Mobikisi (sometimes ntobikisi) is a noun for Saviour.
     So "He sent Jesus the Saviour for us".
• Chorus:
  
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     • Salelaka is sal- + -el- + -aka, sal- being the root of kosala, to work, -el- being again the applicative infix, and -aka being the recurrent present suffix; no subject prefix, so imperative;
     • Mokonzi means Lord, or chief, commander.
     So "Keep working for the Lord".
  2. Line 2:
     
     • Okoyoka is from the verb koyoka, to feel/smell/hear/understand/listen, with the subject prefix o- for second person singular, and the -ko- infix marking future tense;
     • Esengo means joy;
     • Now, between the previous two words, my childhood's version had ndel, which fit the music badly, as I noticed early on; it should actually be ndel', elided from ndele, "eternally, forever"; some versions have it, some don't, some just have nd'; I went for the last option, as a nice compromise between my childhood version and fitting the music; so we have nde, elided to nd', which means "indeed", basically just an emphatic particle that can be dropped in at will.
     So "You will indeed feel joy".
• Verse 2:
  
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     • Lolaka means voice;
     • L' is la, the possessive particle agreeing with lolaka (cfr. item for bwa in l. 1 of verse 1 for more on this);
     • Anjelu, or Anzelu, clearly means angel; "la ngelu" and similar have wrong word division, and the g is wrong because, in Lingala, g is always hard; I bet the g arose as an Italian spello and just spread; indeed, there are versions where anjelu is ourtight replaced with the Italian word anjelo… oh sorry, I mean angelo; la could be lwa, as one version reads, but I prefer avoiding that consonant cluster lw.
     • Loye is the present or present perfect of koya, to come, agreeing with lolaka;
     • Maria presumably needs no translation.
     There is a textual controversy here, so I'll postpone translating this line to the end of the verse's discussion.
  2. Line 2:
     
     • Nd' is nde again (cfr. relevant item in the chorus);
     • Oboti is the present / present perfect (henceforth PPF) of kobota, to birth, agreeing with "you" (o- prefix);
     • Emmanuele means Emmanuel, God with us, one of the names of Jesus; note that, if Glosbe's translations are to be trusted, Emmanuele is used for the name of Jesus, whereas Emmanuel, which many have in the song instead of Emmanuele, is used for names of people; also, one m only, I believe; oh, and Emmanuele being the original explains the deformations Emmanueli, Emmanuel y, and Manuele;
     • Kristo means… well, Christ, of course;
     • Mosikoli means Redeemer.
  OK, so we're at the end of the verse. What is this textual controversy? Well, looking at l. 1 as is, you'd guess it means "The voice of the angel came to Mary". And here's the problem: where is that "to"? If you look at usage examples of koya, the only destination that doesn't use a preposition is a word translating to "(t)here", so it seems Lingala uses na exactly where English would use "to", when using koya=come. So where is it? Can it be omitted? Also, what are those versions with loyali? Maybe loyeli, so the voice "came for Mary"? Doesn't sound too right… also, in l. 2, you see nd'aboti, which would refer to Mary, but also… loboti? Like, the voice birthed the Emmanuel? Are you serious? Nah, say I. Ultimately, I had the idea that Maria was actually supposed to be a vocative, and l. 2 had to begin with oboti. So "The voice of the angel came [to you], oh Mary, / Indeed you birthed the Emmanuel, Christ, the Redeemer" is what my text of this verse says. Of course, if we find out "na" can be omitted (and I'm waiting for Stack Exchange user Draconis to ask his Lingala native informant about that and write about it in the chat room), nd'aboti is perfectly valid. But, seeing the variation in versions, nd'oboti seems the best solution: it avoids assuming an omitted preposition, and explains both nd'aboti and loboti as easy corruptions.
• Verse 3: the delirium
  
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     • Mosaleli means worker;
     • wa is the same old possessive particle (see note about bwa in verse 1);
     • Nzambe means God;
     • Nandimeli (deformed in various ways) is the PPF of kondimela in first person singular, kondimela being from kondima, believe, + -el-;
     • Yo means you.
     So "Worker of God, I believe in you".
  2. Line 2 is impossible to conclusively reconstruct, since the variations are incredibly wild, and fixing the grammar goes far from each. So I give you 5 different versions, starting from the one I eventually chose, and explain why I chose it at verse end.
     
     1. Version 1: "Mpo manso maloba yo mayela ngai".
        
        • Mpo… is a problem; basically, it would seem to mean "so that" or "for" or "because"; however, it is commonly seen followed by na; but more on that at the end;
        • Manso means everything;
        • Maloba means word(s), and agrees with manso; the prefix ma- makes it plural, the singular being liloba;
        • Yo means you, but in this case it is used as a possessive adjective, i.e. with an implied possessive particle; so "your";
        • Mayela is the far past perfect or subjunctive of koyela, from koya, to come, plus applicative -el-;
        • Ngai or nga means I.
        So "So that all your words may come for me", or perhaps mpo can also be used to introduce a wish in the subjunctive, like che in Italian or que in Spanish, and then this would be "May all your words come for me", which sounds like the Angelus;
     2. Version 2: "Mpo manso maloba yo nde".
        
        • Mpo… cfr. above and below;
        • Manso cfr. above;
        • Maloba cfr. above;
        • Yo cfr. above;
        • Nde we know about.
        So "For all your words indeed". This shorter version came from speculating that the different tune had a shorter text for this part than the other verses, and then someone tried to misguidedly complete it and generated a slew of wrong completions, but then… cfr. below for why I discarded this. Spoiler: it has to do with mpo.
     3. Version 3: "Mpo manso malobi yo nd'oyeli ngai".
        
        • Mpo cfr. above and below;
        • Manso cfr. above;
        • Malobi is the PPF of koloba, to speak, agreeing with manso;
        • Yo means you;
        • Nd' is our dear nde;
        • Oyeli is the PPF of koyela, agreeing with you;
        • Ngai cfr. above;
        So "Because everything speaks (i.e. says) [that] you have indeed come for me", where "that" can be omitted as per examples found either on Glosbe or on the Dictionary.
     4. Version 4: "Mpo manso olobi oyo nd'eyeli ngai" or "Mpo manso olobi mayo mayeli ngai".
        
        • Mpo cfr. above and below;
        • Manso cfr. above;
        • Olobi is the PPF of koloba, to speak, with subject you;
        • Oyo is the relative pronoun; here I have doubt on relatives: if any antecedent can work with oyo, and oyo is always regarded as class e- in the clause, then the text I analyse works, otherwise you replace oyo with mayo(?), class prefix + -yo, or whatever the correct form is, and eyeli with mayeli or whatever the class of the relative pronoun's antecedent in the clause becomes; I guess ma- because the antecedent is manso;
        • Nd' is again our dear nde;
        • Eyeli is the PPF of koyela, which should agree with the class the relative's antecedent takes in the clause;
        • Ngai or nga cfr. above.
        So "You speak of everything that has indeed come for me".
     5. Version 5: "Mpo manso olobi oyo nd'elingi" or "Mpo manso olobi mayo malingi".
        
        • Mpo cfr. above and below;
        • Manso cfr. above;
        • Olobi cfr. above;
        • Oyo cfr. above, with the grammar uncertainty again;
        • Nd' is our dear nde;
        • Elingi is the PPF of kolinga, to love, agreeing with the class of the relative (so perhaps it should agree with manso, but again, grammar uncertainty on relatives).
        So "You speak for everything that indeed loves".
     6. Version 6: "Mpo manso maloba yo mayeli ngai".
        
        • Mpo cfr. above and below;
        • Manso cfr. above;
        • Maloba cfr. version 1;
        • Yo ditto;
        • Mayeli is the PPF of koyela, come for;
        • Ngai cfr. above.
        So "Because all your words have come for me".
     Now, from usage examples, it would seem that "mpo" actually means "so that", whereas "for, because" both are "mpo na", which is why I chose version 1, besides the resonance with the Angelus. OK, let me go a bit more in depth and upturn my previous conclusion. First of all, the examples. Note that mpo has po as an alternate form, which is used in several of these examples. The bold parts are my emphasis.
     
     1. ... po na kozonga. ... po azonga. ... po azali kozonga.
        ... to come back. ... so that he would come back. ... because he's coming back.
     2. bazui singa po babenda mutuka
        They took the rope to pull the car.
     3. tata, mama, ndeko, tofuta mpaku ya mabele, po totonga ville ya kinshasa
        papa, mama, cousin, let's pay the ground tax, so that we build the city of Kinshasa
     4. ezali te po tomelaka na nganda moko, nde tokomi baninga
        It's not because we used to drink at the same café, that we became friends
     5. bangotobobo bakima ntshik po nua eleki na bongo
        The idiots have fled school because there's too much weed [lit. because weed is exceeding] in the brain
     6. yaka po tokende kotala yaya na yo ya mwasi
        Come so we go see your big sister
     7. naye po tosolola likambo wana
        I came so that we discuss that problem
     8. tata naza na posa ya mbongo po nasomba bilamba
        Father, I need money to buy [lit. so that I buy] clothes.
     9. nazozela supu na ngai ebela po nalia
        I'm waiting for my soup to be ready for me to eat [lit. so that I eat].
     10. sukola kikalungu po eza(li) salite
         Wash that pan because it is dirty.
     11. kobela te po lobi tokobina
         Don't be sick because tomorrow we will dance.
     12. ebongi obima na mwana na yo po azua mopepe
         You should step out with your child so he can take some air.
     13. yela ngai mwa ndambo ya loso po nalia
         Bring me a small portion of rice so that I eat.
     14. sala nyonso olingi po nakuta ye awa te !
         Do everything you want so that I don't find her here.
     15. Mwana oyo libota naye basundola ye po akoma bulawayo.
         That child, her family abandoned her because she became a prostitute.
     16. Nalembi koliya bazoka oyo po epesi nga mbanga pasi I'm tired of eating this chewing gum, 'cause it makes my jaw hurt [lit. because it gives my jaw pain].
     Now, examples i-iii, vi-ix, and xii-xiv clearly show mpo + -a tense = so that, so that my original translation of the text of version 1 is definitely correct. Note that tokende is basically a variant form of tokenda, AFAICT. However, the remaining examples, namely iv-v, x-xi, and xv-xvi clearly show mpo with a variety of tenses meaning "because" – also, note how xv could be read as "abandonde her so that she became a prostitute", as if they wanted that to happen… such ambiguities…. Note that iv is not among the -a verbs because it's an -aka form, a far past perfect. Anyways, all those examples of mpo = because rehabilitate versions 3 and 6, whereas 2 and 4-5 seem to be lacking a na. Oh btw versions 4-5 were right in the second form for High Lingala, which the song is written in, according to Draconis (see chat room). Anyway, based only on linguistic and comparative considerations, since version 3 is apparently grammatically sound, can mean what I translated it to, and is closest to the many variations found online, we would conclude version 3 is the way. However, we have a comparandum: the Angelus. And also, we have several translations:
     
     1. Il servitore del Signore | The server of the Lord
        accetta tutto ciò che lui dice e lo ama | Accepts all He says and loves Him.
        IT1;
     2. Angelo di Dio, credo alle tue parola: avvenga di me secondo la tua parola.
        Angel of God, I believe your word: may it be done to me according to your word.
        IT2;
     3. Ho dato ascolto all’angelo | I gave heed to the angel
        Per questo la promessa si è realizzata | Therefore the promise has been realised
        IT3;
     4. I am the handmaid of the Lord, May it be done to me according to your word
        ET1;
     5. Angel of the Lord I believe your words,
        be done to me according your words
        ET2.
     Now IT1 is just plain BS, sorry aleteia but you're waaaay off mark. The only "accept" is possibly nandimeli, but that is first person singular, not third person singular. b and e are virtually identical, and probably both from songbooks, meaning they could have influenced each other. c is off mark, because mpo means because or so that, not therefore. Indeed, c seems like taking version 6 above and switching cause and effect. And d is probably straight-up a version of part of the Angelus. So my conclusion is that, since the Angelus is so well-known among CL people (and perhaps christians in general) and Lingala is hardly known at all (whence the BS translations), the text probably was version 3, and got corrupted in various ways, and the translation was tampered with, either consciously or not, to match the Angelus better, because "this song is the Angelus", as I was told myself. So it's time to translate version 3. I wonder if the original was perhaps "mpo manso malobi ye nd'ayeli ngai", meaning God is the one who came instead of the angel (aka worker of God) as in version 3. It's 23:32 on 4/10/19, and I will translate both of those, to then put them as tabs below. Note that the tabs in the two columns are independent, so changing the Lingala text won't change the translation and viceversa. You have to change both tabs to have matching text and translation.
• Verse 4:
  
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     • O means oh;
     • Lisumu means sin;
     • Lya (sometimes deformed into nonexistent iya) is the possessive particle for lisumu;
     • Eva needs no translation;
     • Liwa means death;
     • Liye is the PPF of koya agreeing with liwa;
     • Ee means indeed or oh.
     So "Oh the sin of Eve! Death indeed has come". The reason for the ee is that it fits the tune better (or rather excuses a weird drawing out of the e of liye over a certain group of notes). It's entirely optional, which is why some of the three versions I found of this verse don't have it. I originally had amended this to "Mpo lisumu", "Because of the sin", but after seeing the usage example (cfr. discussion at the end of verse 3) I reverted to the "O" of online versions (which sometimes stick it to lisumu).
  2. Line 2:
     
     • Boyambi isn't reported by the dictionary, but translations at Glosbe suggest it means "faith"; the only way to avoid the assumptions those translations are reliable is to fix this to "Moyambi wa Maria mozwi libiki", "The believer of Mary gets salvation", as I had originally done (see below for original translations); however, all versions have "boyambi", changing tozwi to bozwi (as this fix entails) or to mozwi (as the moyambi fix would) is a change anyway, and the moyambi fix would imply "wa", which is different from all versions, which have "bwa" as we will need;
     • bwa is the possessive particle agreeing with boyambi;
     • Maria needs no translation;
     • Mozwi is the PPF of kozwa, to get, to obtain, agreeing with moyambi;
     • Libiki means salvation; the libikisi of one version doesn't seem to exist.
     So "The faith of Mary has obtained (our) salvation".
     UPDATE: Like "O lisumu", we could take "Boyambi" to be a vocative or an exclamation, and then "tozwi" would be OK as a first person plural. «O the faith of Mary! We have obtained salvation». Man these exclamations are outright weird though…
• Verse 5:
  
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     • Paradízu needs no translation;
     • ya is the possessive particle for Paradizu;
     • Adamu needs no translation;
     • Nzel' is nzela, road, as we will find again in this verse's end;
     • ezipamí is the PPF of kozipama, passive of kozipa, block off, agreeing with nzela.
     So "Oh Paradise of Adam, the road [to you] is blocked off". "ezipani", the form found in online versions, while existing, would mean "block each other off", so it would have no business being here or having a singular subject. I suspect it should be "ezipama", the far past perfect, with Christ today countering the blocking, but that is not strictly necessary so I leave it as a PPF, since a PPF is what is found online.
  2. Line 2:
     
     • Lelo means today;
     • Kristo needs no translation;
     • bomɔi means life;
     • Apese is the the PPF of kopesa, to give, to provide;
     • nzela means way, road, as seen above.
     So "Today Christ, the life, gives the way".
• Verse 6:
  
  1. Line 1:
     
     • Mutu means person;
     • nyoso means each, agreeing with mutu;
     • sepela is the imperative of kosepela, to rejoice, which does not have an applicative -el-;
     • Kumisa is the imperative of kokumisa, to sanctify;
     • Nzámbe means God.
     So "Oh every person, rejoice, sanctify God".
  2. Line 2:
     
     • Yembela is the imperative of koyembela, from koyemba, sing, plus applicative -el-;
     • nde we know;
     • ye means He;
     • Mpé means and;
     • tonda is the imperative of kotonda, thank;
     • ye see above.
     So "Sing indeed for Him, and thank Him".
  Honestly, I'd like all those imperatives to be subjunctives, but a) I don't know for sure that this subjunctive can be used to express wishes ("May every person rejoice, [etc]"), and b) Both online versions have imperatives. I gotta say though, the subjunctives would fit the tune better in line 2, though they'd have one syllable too many in l. 1.

Oh by the way, I instinctively used the versions' linebreaking, but the text and translation below split every line from above into two lines.

1. [ENGLISH] I started the translation on 26/9/19, doing two verses and the chorus. Then I translated version 5 of verse 3 as «Oh you worker of the Lord, I believe in you: / You speak for everything which truly doth love» around midnight on 29/9, together with verse 4. Then came the "nd'oboti" version of verse 2, which meant that, at 19:10 on 30/9, verse 2 was changed from «The voice of the Angel to Mary did come, / She birthed the Emmanuel, redeemer Jesus Christ». The next day, at 17:50, I fixed verse 3 as well. Finally, at 17:54 I did verse 6, and at 17:55 I had verse 5 as well, completing the translation.
   But wait: there's more. For the moment, we just have the change from "But he who believes in Mary | His salvation gets» to the present version, 1:18 8/10/19, cfr. the boyambi vs. moyambi debate in verse 4, and the same change in the Italian, from "Ma chi crede in Maria | La salvezza ha», same day same time.
2. [ITALIAN] Did I mention I translated it to Italian? Well, I did. I started on 7/10/19 at 19:14 and had it done by 19:19, modulo the fix I just mentioned. I also want another translation as a column-filler, probably French, but we'll see. Oh, the Italian only translates the default version of verse 3. It gives two versions of the chorus, the first one for "Okoyoka nd'esengo", the second one for "Okoyoka esengo".
3. [FRENCH] Welp, 8/10/19 15:02-15:10, the whole French was done, with just a rue->route at the end of verse 5 and a discarding of "En sanctifiant Dieu" before even writing it in verse 6.
4. [MULTILINGUAL UPDATE 1] Preparing for the analysis video, I figured out that:
   
   • «Mpo manso maloba yo nd'oyeli ngai» could be «So that everything may say you indeed have come for me», and adopted it since one version is essentially this text; this means an extra tab for Lingala and English, and that the Italian «Tutto mi dice che / Sei venuto per me» and the French «Car tout me dit que tu / Es venu pour moi» need fixing. New English version 30/10/19 23:56. New Italian version same day 23:57. New French version same day 23:58.
   • The "musumuki" could be "mosumuki", "sinner", which I prefer to "mutu nyoso" because the translation is less clunky :), which means that «Rejoice oh people all», «Che gioisca ogni uomo», and «Que chaque homme se réjouisse» need fixing. English 30/10/19 0:01, Italian (includes fixing all verbs) 0:02, French (includes fixing «Et le remercie» at the end) 0:02.
   Also, at 0:05 I finally do away with the problem of "today" stressed by the music on the o in verse 5's «But today Christ the life»[, presumably by moving "today" to the end of the line].
5. [MULTILINGUAL UPDATE 2] Update of 31/5/20, day of recording the English, and perhaps also the other, translations:
   
   • Why the heck do I have mutu nyoso in verse 6 when I opted for mosumuki? Fix! Also, «Yembela nde Ye» is missing an ɛ́ɛ́.
   • Between today and last sunday (24/5), probably no sooner than thursday (28/5), new options came up for the Italian chorus, «Gioia certo tu ne avrai» and «Gioia vera/invero tu ne avra», but I still opted for the one below, getting rid of «Certo gioia sentirai».
   • What in the world possessed me to translate verse 2 as «The voice of the angel, Mary, came to you», which fits the tune as much a swarm of flies at a bar mitzvah? (Thanks Lemony Snicket for that simile :).) Thought up the fix below around 12:55:30 as I recorded the bottom voice for the English version.
   • The below follows the bottom voice (I refrain from transcribing the lyrics of every voice, the captions in the video will do that), putting the non-parallel voice of the chorus and the bottom voice's "pseudo-chorus" that's after each of verses 3-6 in braces. However, even the bottom voice has changed quite a bit as, between 16/4 and 17/4, I fit the words to the tune. More specifically, the changed parts were:
     
     • «Oh Paradise of Adam, / Your road has been blocked, / But Christ, the life, today / Opens up the way», aka verse 5 in English;
     • «Come, sanctify God» in the English verse 6;
     • «Il peccato original / La morte portò» in Italian verse 4;
     • «Dio santifica» in Italian verse 6;
     • «Ainsi qu'tout me dise que tu» in French verse 3;
     • «O le péché de Ève! / La mort est venue. / Mais la foi de Marie / Nous a sauvés» aka French verse 4;
     • Adding «maintenant» in l. 2 of French verse 5.
   • Around 13:02 today, right after recording the English bottom voice, I thought up the English non-parallel voice. I'm not sure I remember that now, but it's time to add a version to all languages, starting 14:02:30, finishing 14:05:30.
6. [FRENCH UPDATE] For the French video, recorded on 14/6/20 (first 4 voices) and 21/6/20 (non-parallel one), I made a couple of changes to the text, which concerned the following lines, below in their original form:
   1. Il nous a mandé son Fils;
   2. Travaille: tu s'ras heureux, which oscillated between séras and sėras;
   3. Ta route est férmée maintenant.
7. [CHINESE] But that is not the end, because at 10:30-10:41 on 31/1/21 I translate two verses and the chorus into Chinese, with a tweak at 17:31.
   Then this sits incomplete on my computer until, on 24/4/21, I take it back up and do verse 3 in 1/4h before 22, and verse 4 in the 1/4h right after midnight. Then I finally get around to the other two verses on 9/5/21, 18:07-18:28. Then, after a chorus tweak at 18:30, I add it in here at last.
   At some point I debated whether 快乐 or 幸福 is best here. I'm still not sure, I'll have to ask a native, perhaps the Chinese priest I have among my contacts. Will do at some point.
   In the meantime though…
   
   1. Original chorus: «请为了天主工作 / 你会感到真快乐»;
   2. On 12/4/22 between 16 and 16:30, I change the chorus from the original to «你就感到真快乐»…
   3. …then «你就感到大快乐»;
   4. Then on 18/10/22 I think back to this and consider «你就变得真快乐»…
   5. …and «你一定就变快乐»…
   6. …and «你就一定变快乐»…
   7. …to finally land on «就变得真地快乐» at 16:15 on 22/10, still with the doubt as to whether to use 快乐 or 幸福; leaving the former for now, and off I go to replace the current «你就感到大快乐»;
   8. And on 22/11/22 at 13:47 I think of taking that version back to having zhēn instead of dà [so 你就感到真快乐], and honestly, I will not implement this 22/11 version;
   9. 19/2/23 9:04 Turkish time I think of 你就觉得真快乐, but mentioning it here I think the current… 就变得真地快乐? Wasn't it supposed to be 你就感到真快乐? I guess it's even better than what I thought was current then, and it uses the juede of the new version;
   10. Then on 10/6/23 at 18:47 I think back to the multiplicity of choruses in Chinese and I establish a more literal version to be adopted as final and replace the current one (which I just found out to be 就变得真地快乐): 就拥有真的幸福;
   11. And as I type this at 23:51 on 13/6/23, I think of using 真正 in there, which eventually ends up turning 你就感到真的快乐 to 你就拥有真正的幸福;
   12. Ant then at 19:06:5x on 3/2/25 I think up the umpteenth version, 你一定来变愉快; will eventually make a choice :).

Let's jump into it, shall we?

Bolingo bwa Nzámbe Bolekí bonɛ́ne Wan'atindelí bísó Yésu Mobíkisi Chorus Sáleláká Mokonzi Okoyoka nd'esengo {Sálelá Mokonzi, iya ee Sálelá Mokonzi, iya ee Mokó Mokonzi, Mokó Mokonzi, Mokó Mokonzi, Mokó Mokonzi, Sálelá Mokonzi, iya ee Sálelá Mokonzi, iya ee} Lolaka l'anjelu Loye, Maria, Nd'obotí Emanuele Krísto Mosikoli Chorus 1 3 3b 4 Mosáleli wa Nzámbe Nandimelí yɔ̌ Mpó manso maloba yɔ̌ Mayelá ngai {Sálelá Mokonzi, Okoyoka nd'esengo!} Mosáleli wa Nzámbe Nandimelí yɔ̌ Mpó manso malobí Yɔ̌ nd'oyelí ngai {Sálelá Mokonzi, Okoyoka nd'esengo!} Mosáleli wa Nzámbe Nandimelí yɔ̌ Mpó manso malobí Ye nd'ayelí ngai {Sálelá Mokonzi, Okoyoka nd'esengo!} Mosáleli wa Nzámbe Nandimelí yɔ̌ Mpó manso maloba Yɔ̌ nd'oyelí ngai {Sálelá Mokonzi, Okoyoka nd'esengo!} Chorus O lisúmu lya Eva, Liwá liye ɛ́ɛ́, Boyambi bwa Maria Tozwí libiki. {Sálelá Mokonzi, Okoyoka nd'esengo!} Chorus Paradízu ya Adamu, Nzel'ezipamí, Lɛlɔ Kristo bomɔi Apɛ́sé nzelá. {Sálelá Mokonzi, Okoyoka nd'esengo!} Chorus Mosumuki sepelá Kumisá Nzámbe, Yembelá nde Ye ɛ́ɛ́, Mpé tɔ́ndá Ye {Sálelá Mokonzi, Okoyoka nd'esengo!} Chorus L'amor di Dio per noi Supera ogni misura: Per noi Lui mandato ha Gesù il Salvator. Rit. Lavora per il Signor, Felice ti sentirai {Sì, lavorā per il Signor! Sì, lavorā per il Signor! Un solo Signor, Un solo Signor, Un solo Signor, Un solo Signor, Sì, lavorā per il Signor! Sì, lavorā per il Signor!} La voce dell'angelo Giunse a te, o Maria, E nacque l'Emmanuele Cristo Redentor Rit. Servitore del Signor, Ïo credo in te: Perché tutto dica che Sei venuto per me {Lavora per il Signor, Sarai felīce!} Rit. Fu la colpa di Eva che La morte ci portò, Per la fede di Maria La salvezza abbiam {Lavora per il Signor, Sarai felīce!} Rit. Paradiso di Adamo, Chiusa è la via per te; Oggi Cristo, vita nostra, Apre a noi la via. {Lavora per il Signor, Sarai felīce!} Rit. Peccator, rallegrati, Santifica il Signor: Canta inni a Lui E ringrazialo. {Lavora per il Signor, Sarai felīce!} Rit. 天主的那段爱 意想不到地大 他曾经把救世主 耶稣送给我们 合唱： 请为了天主工作 就拥有真的幸福 【请继续为天主来工作 请继续为天主来工作 有一位天主 只一位天主 有一位天主 只一位啊 请继续为天主来工作 请继续为天主来工作】 天使的声音来 玛利亚的耳朵 她生了厄玛奴耳 基督那赎当者 合唱 哦天主的仆人啊， 我相信于你 为了万物说 你为我而来 （请位天主工作 你就拥有真正的幸福） 合唱 为了夏娃的原罪 死亡就有来 玛丽亚的信仰 将我们拯救 （请位天主工作 你就拥有真正的幸福） 合唱 亚当的天堂啊 道路阻塞了 基督就是生活 他也开道路 （请位天主工作 你就拥有真正的幸福） 合唱 啊罪人情开心 请将天主圣化 给他唱赞歌 给他感谢 （请位天主工作 你就拥有真正的幸福） 合唱

The love of God for us Is exceedingly great, So great that he sent his son, Our Saviour, Jesus Christ Chorus: Keep on working for the Lord: You certainly will feel joy {Oh keep on with your work for the Lord! Oh keep on with your work for the Lord! The one only Lord, The one only Lord, The one only Lord, The only Lord, Oh keep on with your work for the Lord! Oh keep on with your work for the Lord!} The angel of the Lord, Mary, spoke to you, You birthed the Emmanuel, Redeemer Jesus Christ. Chorus 1 3 3b 4 Oh you worker of the Lord I believe in you: May all the words you say Happen for me {Oh work thou for the Lord, You will indeed feel joy!} Oh you worker of the Lord I believe in you: For ev'rything doth say You have come for me {Oh work thou for the Lord, You will indeed feel joy!} Oh you worker of the Lord I believe in you: For ev'rything doth say He has come for me {Oh work thou for the Lord, You will indeed feel joy!} Oh you worker of the Lord I believe in you: So ev'rything may say You have come for me {Oh work thou for the Lord, You will indeed feel joy!} Chorus Because of the sin of Eve, Death has come for us. It was the faith of Mary That saved us all {Oh work thou for the Lord, You will indeed feel joy!} Chorus Paradise of Adam's time, Blocked is the road to you, But Christ, the life, today He leads the way. {Oh work thou for the Lord, You will indeed feel joy!} Chorus Oh sinner, you rejoice, Sanctify God, Sing songs of praise for Him And thank Him {Oh work thou for the Lord, You will indeed feel joy!} Chorus L'amour de Dieu pour nous Est vraiment infini: Il nous a envoyé son Fils, Jésus, nôtre Sauveur. Ref. Travaille pour le Seigneur, Tu séras vraiment heureux. {Oui, travaille donc pour le Seigneur! Oui, travaille donc pour le Seigneur! Y a seul un Seigneur, Y a seul un Seigneur, Y a seul un Seigneur, Y a seul un Seigneur, Oui, travaille donc pour le Seigneur! Oui, travaille donc pour le Seigneur!} La voix de l'ange de Dieu Vint à toi, ô Marie, T'as enfanté l'Emmanuel, le Christ, le Rédempteur. Ref. Ô serviteur du Seigneur, Moi je crois en toi, Ainsi que tout dise que tu Es venu pour moi. {Travaille pour le Seigneur, Travaille: tu s'ras heureux!} Ref. Il fut le péché de Ève Qui nous porta la mort, Mais la foi de Marie Nous a tous sauvés. {Travaille pour le Seigneur, Travaille: tu séras heureux!} Ref. Ô Paradis d'Adam, Ta route est férmée! Aujourd'hui Christ, la vie, Nous ouvre la route. {Travaille pour le Seigneur, Travaille: tu séras heureux!} Ref. O! Réjouis-toi donc, pécheur, Et sanctifie Dieu, Chante des hymnes pour Lui Et remercie-Le. {Travaille pour le Seigneur, Travaille: tu séras heureux!} Ref. Tiānzhǔ de nà duàn ài Yìxiǎngbùdào de dà Tā céngjīng bǎ Jiùshìzhǔ Yēsū sòng gěi wǒmen Héchàng: Qǐng wèile Tiānzhǔ gōngzuò Jiù yǒngyǒu zhēn de xìngfú [Qǐng jìxù wéi Tiānzhǔ lái gōngzuò Qǐng jìxù wéi Tiānzhǔ lái gōngzuò Yǒu yī wèi Tiānzhǔ Zhǐ yī wèi Tiānzhǔ Yǒu yī wèi Tiānzhǔ Zhǐ yī wèi a Qǐng jìxù wéi Tiānzhǔ lái gōngzuò Qǐng jìxù wéi Tiānzhǔ lái gōngzuò] Tiānshǐ de shēngyīn lái Mǎlìyǎ de ěrduǒ Tā shēngle Èmănúěr Jīdū nà Shúdàngzhě Héchàng Ó Tiānzhǔ de púrén a, Wǒ xiāngxìn yú nǐ Wèile wànwù shuō Nǐ wèi wǒ ér lái (Qǐng wèi Tiānzhǔ gōngzuò Nǐ jiù yǒngyǒu zhēnzhèng de xìngfú) Héchàng Wèile Xiàwá de yuánzuì Sǐwáng jiù yǒu lái Mǎlìyà de xìnyǎng Jiāng wǒmen zhěngjiù (Qǐng wèi Tiānzhǔ gōngzuò Nǐ jiù yǒngyǒu zhēnzhèng de xìngfú) Héchàng Yàdāng de tiāntáng a Dàolù zǔsèle Jīdū jiùshì shēnghuó Tā yě kāi dàolù (Qǐng wèi Tiānzhǔ gōngzuò Nǐ jiù yǒngyǒu zhēnzhèng de xìngfú) Héchàng A zuìrén qíng kāixīn Qǐng jiāng Tiānzhǔ shènghuà Gěi tā chàng zàngē Gěi tā gǎnxiè (Qǐng wèi Tiānzhǔ gōngzuò Nǐ jiù yǒngyǒu zhēnzhèng de xìngfú) Héchàng

Hoy arriesgaré

En el último post hemos visto a una canción en Chino en que se hablaba de tenir coraje y afrontar todo, sin jamás darse vuelta. Hoy vemos una otra canción de coraje, para así decir, que se llama Hoy arriesgaré, como ese post. La he traducida al Chino entre el 12 y el 13/6/19. ¡Vémola!

El drama de la existencia
Busca encontrar su verdad,
Quiere ocultar su Presencia
Su Encarnación olvidar.
Mi voluntad luchará
Por mantener su justicia
Mi vida es su pertenencia,
Nada me lo impedirá.

Estribillo:
Hoy cantaré,
Cantaré mi vida o mi muerte.
Hoy arriesgaré,
Arriesgaré toda mi suerte.
Hoy cantaré,
Cantaré mi vida o mi muerte.
Hoy annunciaré,
Annunciaré que El sigue presente.

He conocido la fuente
Que salva al hombre del mal,
En mi carne es grito fuerte
Y en mi sangre tempestad.
Mi nueva ley es la historia,
Que me ha tocato seguir,
Grande es su misericordia
Aunque non lo merecí.

Estribillo

生存的那喜剧性事 想找到自己的真理 想要隐藏牠的出席 道成肉身想忘记 我的意志将斗争 为了保持祂的正义 我生活是祂的资产 阻碍我无事可能 合唱： 今天就来唱 就来唱我生活，我死亡 今天就来冒险 就来冒险我所有的命运 今天就来唱 就来唱我生活，我死亡 今天就来宣布 就来宣布祂继续出席啊 我已认识那个喷泉， 从万恶救人的源头， 我的肉里有大叫喊， 我血里风暴雨骤。 我新的法律，它就是 已得跟随的故事， 祂的怜悯很伟大了， 虽然我没有等值。1 合唱 1或者“虽大于我的正直”。

Shēngcún de nà xǐjùxìng shì Xiǎng zhǎodào zìjǐ de zhēnlǐ Xiǎngyào yǐncáng tā de chūxí Dàochéng Ròushēn xiǎng wàngjì Wǒ de yìzhì jiāng dòuzhēng Wèile bǎochí tā de zhèngyì Wǒ shēnghuó shì tā de zīchǎn Zǔ'ài wǒ wú shì kěnéng Héchàng: Jīntiān jiù lái chàng Jiù lái chàng wǒ shēnghuó, wǒ sǐwáng Jīntiān jiù lái màoxiǎn Jiù lái màoxiǎn wǒ suǒyǒu de mìngyùn Jīntiān jiù lái chàng Jiù lái chàng wǒ shēnghuó, wǒ sǐwáng Jīntiān jiù lái xuānbù Jiù lái xuānbù tā jìxù chūxí a Wǒ yǐ rènshì nà gè pēnquán, Cóng wàn'è jiù rén de yuántóu, Wǒ de ròu li yǒu dà jiàohǎn, Wǒ xuè lǐ fēng bào yǔ zhòu. Wǒ xīn de fǎlǜ, tā jiù shì Yǐ děi gēnsuí de gùshì, Tā de liánmǐn hěn wěidàle, Suīrán wǒ méiyǒu děngzhí.1 Héchàng 1Huòzhě “suī dà yú wǒ de zhèngzhí”.

Never turning back

Speaking of fighting and enduring, which has been the theme for a couple posts, we have today a Mandarin song called 永远不回头 | Yǒngyuǎn bù huítóu, "I will never turn back". I had contemplated the idea of translating it for some time when, in the evening of 14/11/18, I finally translated 1/4 of the first part into Italian. The next evening, I translated the second part and the last line of the first part, and the next morning, I finished it. Then, between 00:00 and 1:00 of 17/11, perhaps to fill the column next to Italian, I translated the whole thing into English. Though «'Sta vita ha da averli entrambi» doesn't agree with me that much, let's see if I can improve it while drafting this on 17/12/18 at 17:02… Done before 17:02 even arrived :). And around 17:03 I was done with changing «Se il buio mi prova / Se il fuoco mi brucia» to their present form. The change from «And maybe change my promise» to the present form was made 17/11/18 11:49, but somehow got lost on its way to the blog. Let's see the results!

在天色破晓之前 我想要爬上山巅 仰望星辰 向时间祈求永远 当月光送走今夜 我想要跃入海面 找寻起点 看誓言可会改变 年轻的泪水不会白流 痛苦和骄傲 这一生都要拥有 年轻的心灵还会颤抖 再大的风雨 我和你也要向前冲 永远不回头 不管天有多高 忧伤和寂寞 感动和快乐 都在我心中 永远不回头 不管路有多长 黑暗试探我 烈火燃烧我 都要去接受 永远不回头 Prima che sorga l'alba Voglio salire in vetta E guardar le stelle Chieder l’eterno al tempo Quando finirà la notte Voglio tuffarmi in mare E cercare un inizio Forse cambiar promesse Non sprecherò le mie giovani lacrime Orgoglio e dolor Or li devo vivere entrambi Il mio cuor giovane a volte trema Pure in forte tempesta Io e te insieme avanti andrem! Mai mi volterò! Pur se il cielo è in alto Solitudine, tristezza, Gioia, emozione: Le ho tutte nel cuor! Mai mi volterò! Pur su lunga strada: Mi provi il buio, Mi bruci il fuoco: Lo sopporterò! Mai mi volterò!

Zài tiānsè pòxiǎo zhī qián Wǒ xiǎngyào pá shàng shāndiān Yǎngwàng xīngchén Xiàng shíjiān qíqiú yǒngyuǎn Dàng yuèguāng sòng zǒu jīnyè Wǒ xiǎngyào yuè rù hǎimiàn Zhǎoxún qǐdiǎn Kàn shìyán kě huì gǎibiàn Niánqīng de lèishuǐ bù huì báiliú Tòngkǔ hé jiāo'ào Zhè yīshēng dōu yào yǒngyǒu Niánqīng de xīnlíng hái huì chàndǒu Zài dà de fēngyǔ Wǒ hé nǐ yě yào xiàng qián chōng Yǒngyuǎn bù huítóu Bù guǎn tiān yǒu duō gāo Yōushāng hé jìmò Gǎndòng hé kuàilè Dōu zài wǒ xīn zhōng Yǒngyuǎn bù huítóu Bù guǎn lù yǒu duō cháng Hēi'àn shìtàn wǒ Lièhuǒ ránshāo wǒ Dōu yào qù jiēshòu Yǒngyuǎn bù huítóu Before the break of dawn comes, I want to climb the mountain, Gaze at bright stars, Ask for a whole forever. When moonlight sends off this night, I want to dive into the sea, Seek a start point, Maybe my promise I'll change… I will not waste my tears of young age Both grievance and pride I must have both in this life Though my young heart sometimes still trembles Though great storms come up You and I'll still keep walkin' on! Never turning back! Let the sky be so highest, Sadness and loneliness, Movedness and joy, They’re all in my heart! Never turning back! Let the road be so longest, Let darkness test me, Let fire burn me: I'll stand all of that! Never turning back!

Roar up to the sun

Speaking of fighting and enduring as in the previous song, we have a Mandarin song called 向太阳怒吼 | Xiàng tàiyáng nǔhòu, "Roar to the sun". I had been contemplating the idea of translating this for quite some time when, on 31/10/18, I finally translated it into English in the evening. Here it goes!

跑过昨天的我 跑过心中的山与河 击败所有的错 击败命运这个对手 当我对自己许下承诺 狂风和暴雨都在笑我 超越每一座山峰 我不让眼泪流 我要向太阳怒吼 人间有没有英雄 把所有的梦打破 把黑暗丢开 让阳光照进来 我要向太阳怒吼 征服每一片天空 如果我可以选择 我想要创造新的地球

Pǎo guò zuótiān de wǒ Pǎo guò xīn zhōng de shān yǔ hé Jíbài suǒyǒu de cuò Jíbài mìngyùn zhè ge duìshǒu Dāng wǒ duì zìjǐ xǔxià chéngnuò Kuángfēng hé bàoyǔ dōu zài xiào wǒ Chāoyuè měi yī zuò shānfēng Wǒ bù ràng yǎnlèi liú Wǒ yào xiàng tàiyáng nùhǒu Rénjiān yǒu méiyǒu yīngxióng Bǎ suǒyǒu de mèng dǎpò Bǎ hēi'àn diūkāi Ràng yángguāng zhào jìnlái Wǒ yào xiàng tàiyáng nùhǒu Zhēngfú měi yī piàn tiānkōng Rúguǒ wǒ kěyǐ xuǎnzé Wǒ xiǎngyào chuàngzào xīn de dìqiú

I've run past yesterday
Run past mounts and rivers in my heart
I've defied all my wrong
Defied this enemy destiny
And whenever I made a promise
Though with violent storms laughing at me
I went over ev'ry peak
And never once did cry

I want to roar up to the sun
"Are there heroes in this world?"
I want to shatter ev'ry dream
Break open the darkness,
Let the sun shine in
I want to roar up to the sun
Conquer ev'ry corner of sky
Yea, if I can make a choice
I want to create a brand new earth!

Placido

Per forte contrasto, dalle canzoni energiche di persone che si sforzano, lottano, faticano tanto, oggi abbiamo Placido, che ci racconta la storia di "un buono a nulla che santo diventò". La traduzione in Cinese mi è stata suggerita la sera del 16/1/19, e subito ho tradotto le strofe 1 e 8, e i ritornelli più tardi. Il giorno seguente, intorno a mezzanotte, ho tradotto le strofe 2 e 3. Dopo la mezzanotte del 19/1/19, infine, ho completato la traduzione che vedete sotto. Vediamola!

Dentro nel convento
Non sapea che far;
Era un buono a nulla,
Volea solo cantar.

Placido si chiamava,
Altro io non so;
Era un buono a nulla
Che santo diventò.
Che santo diventò.

Il priore francescano
Faceva disperar
Allora fu inviato
Nel mondo a mendicar.

Placido mendicava
Altro io non so;
Era un buono a nulla
Che santo diventò.
Che santo diventò.

Spunta all'alba il sole
Coi suoi bei raggi d'or;
Non ci son parole
Per chi si desta allor.

Placido si destava
Altro io non so;
Era un buono a nulla
Che santo diventò.
Che santo diventò.

In grave ritardo,
Di corsa deve andar,
Vede una gardenia
E si ferma a giocar.

Placido giocava
Altro io non so;
Era un buono a nulla
Che santo diventò.
Che santo diventò.

Giunge nel villaggio,
Il sole è a mezzo dì;
Batte con coraggio
Agli usci qui e lì.

Placido bussava
Altro io non so;
Era un buono a nulla
Che santo diventò.
Che santo diventò.

Scende già la sera
E il sole se ne va;
Lui sta cantando,
Di soldi non ne ha.

Placido cantava,
Altro io non so;
Era un buono a nulla
Che santo diventò.
Che santo diventò.

Dentro nel convento
Quel dì si udì gridar.
Infine fu mandato
In cella a digiunar.

Placido digiunava,
Altro io non so;
Era un buono a nulla
Che santo diventò.
Che santo diventò.

Ma Iddio che vede tutto
E sa ricompensar
Di notte il fraticello
Venne a visitar.

Placido dormiva,
Altro io non so;
Era un buono a nulla
Che santo diventò.
Che santo diventò.

All'alba nella cella
Non lo trovaron più;
In cielo era salito
Dal suo buon Gesù.

Placido si chiamava,
Altro io non so;
Era un buono a nulla
Che santo diventò.
Che santo diventò.
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
Era un buono a nulla
Ma santo diventò.

他在修道院里 不知做什么 真的一无是处 他只想要唱歌 Placido就是名字 我别无所知道 真的一无是处 却变得圣人啦 却变得圣人啦 修道院副院长 他就叫失望 他就被送去了 在世界里气逃 Placido正气讨 我别无所知道 真的一无是处 却变得圣人啦 却变得圣人啦 天色破晓时太阳 发出金色的光 当时觉醒的人 没有一句可讲 Placido正觉醒 我别无所知道 真的一无是处 却变得圣人啦 却变得圣人啦 因为很迟来啊 就不可去得慢 看到一个栀子 就停留玩一玩 Placido正玩儿啊 我别无所知道 真的一无是处 却变得圣人啦 却变得圣人啦 他达到村庄里 而已经是正午 他勇敢地敲门 那儿有很多家屋 Placido正敲门 我别无所知道 真的一无是处 却变得圣人啦 却变得圣人啦 晚上已在下来 太阳已在去远 他正在唱歌 没有小一点钱 Placido正唱歌 我别无所知道 真的一无是处 却变得圣人啦 却变得圣人啦 那天在修道院里 是人叫喊的日 他到底被送去了 在个室里禁食 Placido正禁食 我别无所知道 真的一无是处 却变得圣人啦 却变得圣人啦 但全都看的上帝 他知怎么报答： 夜间下地来访问 那男修道士啊 Placido正睡觉 我别无所知道 真的一无是处 却变得圣人啦 却变得圣人啦 天色破晓的时候 个室里再没他 他夜间已有上到 慈爱基督的那 Placido就是名字 我别无所知道 真的一无是处 却变得圣人啦 却变得圣人啦 哦哦哦哦…… 真的一无是处 却变得圣人啦

Tā zài xiūdàoyuàn lǐ Bù zhī zuò shénme Zhēnde yīwúshìchù Tā zhǐ xiǎngyào chànggē Placido jiù shì míngzì Wǒ bié wú suǒ zhīdào Zhēnde yīwúshìchù Què biànde shèngrén la Què biànde shèngrén la Xiūdàoyuàn fùyuànzhǎng Tā jiù jiào shīwàng Tā jiù bèi sòngqùle Zài shìjiè lǐ qìtáo Placido zhèng qìtǎo Wǒ bié wú suǒ zhīdào Zhēnde yīwúshìchù Què biànde shèngrén la Què biànde shèngrén la Tiānsè pòxiǎo shí tàiyáng Fāchū jīnsè de guāng Dāngshí juéxǐng de rén Méi yǒu yī jù kě jiǎng Placido zhèng juéxǐng Wǒ bié wú suǒ zhīdào Zhēnde yīwúshìchù Què biànde shèngrén la Què biànde shèngrén la Yīnwèi hěn chílái a Jiù bù kě qù dé màn Kàn dào yī gè zhīzi Jiù tíngliú wán yī wán Placido zhèng wánr a Wǒ bié wú suǒ zhīdào Zhēnde yīwúshìchù Què biànde shèngrén la Què biànde shèngrén la Tā dádào cūnzhuāng lǐ Ér yǐjīng shì zhèngwǔ Tā yǒnggǎn de qiāomén Nàr yǒu hěn duō jiāwū Placido zhèng qiāomén Wǒ bié wú suǒ zhīdào Zhēnde yīwúshìchù Què biànde shèngrén la Què biànde shèngrén la Wǎnshàng yǐ zài xiàlái Tàiyáng yǐ zài qù yuǎn Tā zhèngzài chànggē Méi yǒu xiǎo yī diǎn qián Placido zhèng chànggē Wǒ bié wú suǒ zhīdào Zhēnde yīwúshìchù Què biànde shèngrén la Què biànde shèngrén la Nèitiān zài xiūdàoyuàn lǐ Shì rén jiàohǎn de rì Tā dàodǐ bèi sòngqùle Zài gèshì lǐ jìnshí Placido zhèng jìnshí Wǒ bié wú suǒ zhīdào Zhēnde yīwúshìchù Què biànde shèngrén la Què biànde shèngrén la Dàn quán dōu kàn de Shàngdì Tā zhī zěnme bàodá: Yèjiān xiàdì lái fǎngwèn Nà nánxiūdàoshi a Placido zhèng shuìjiào Wǒ bié wú suǒ zhīdào Zhēnde yīwúshìchù Què biànde shèngrén la Què biànde shèngrén la Tiānsè pòxiǎo de shíhòu Gèshì lǐ zài méi tā Tā yèjiān yǐ yǒu shàng dào Cí'ài Jīdū de nà Placido jiù shì míngzì Wǒ bié wú suǒ zhīdào Zhēnde yīwúshìchù Què biànde shèngrén la Què biànde shèngrén la Ó ó ó ó…… Zhēnde yīwúshìchù Què biànde shèngrén la

Not brave enough

After all this "fighting for oneself", this "do not grumble", "no pain no gain", for stark contrast, we have first "not brave enough", then "Placido" in the next post. Today, 不够勇敢 | Bù gòu yǒnggǎn gives the post its title. It was translated to English in the late evening of 25/3/19 and in the night after that. Let's see!

一路上转多少弯 才能看得见大海 我们都在 还上辈子的债 忙打转 忙着计算 也算不到未来 纯粹去爱 是那么难 一路上布满尘埃 风雨过后谁还在 我们都在 寂寞里取暖 对现实 习惯无奈 却对感情为难 剩多少人 能挣脱牵绊 * 我们都太孤单 不够勇敢 爱得茫然 爱得遗憾 让幸福走散 还庆幸自己很强悍 我们都怕承担 不够勇敢 能不能肆无忌惮 爱不过一次 地狱天堂 一路上跌跌撞撞 有人来有人离开 我们都在 狂欢里落单 越爱过 越受伤过 就越裹足不前 要为了谁 留一张底牌 * 哎哎 不够勇敢 哎哎哎哎 我们都太孤单 不够勇敢 爱得茫然 爱得遗憾 让幸福走散 还庆幸自己很强悍 哎哎 我们都怕承担 不够勇敢 能不能肆无忌惮 爱不过一次 地狱天堂

Yī lù shàng zhuǎn duōshǎo wān Cái néng kàn dé jiàn dàhǎi Wǒmen dōu zài Huán shàngbèizi de zhài Máng dǎzhuàn mángzhe jìsuàn Yě suàn bù dào wèilái Chúncuì qù ài Shì nàme nán Yī lùshàng bù mǎn chén'āi Fēngyǔ guòhòu shéi hái zài Wǒmen dōu zài Jìmò lǐ qǔnuǎn Duì xiànshí xíguàn wúnài Què duì gǎnqíng wéinán Shèng duōshǎo rén Néng zhēngtuō qiān bàn * Wǒmen dōu tài gūdān Bù gòu yǒnggǎn Ài dé mángrán Ài dé yíhàn Ràng xìngfú zǒu sàn Hái qìngxìng zìjǐ hěn qiánghàn Wǒmen dōu pà chéngdān Bù gòu yǒnggǎn Néng bù néng sìwújìdàn Ài bùguò yī cì Dìyù tiāntáng Yī lù shàng diédiézhuàngzhuàng Yǒu rén lái yǒu rén líkāi Wǒmen dōu zài Kuánghuān lǐ luò dān Yuè àiguò yuè shòushāngguò Jiù yuè guǒzúbùqián Yào wèile shéi Liú yī zhāng dǐpái * Āi āi Bù gòu yǒnggǎn Āi āi āi āi Wǒmen dōu tài gūdān Bù gòu yǒnggǎn Ài dé mángrán Ài dé yíhàn Ràng xìngfú zǒu sàn Hái qìngxìng zìjǐ hěn qiánghàn Āi āi Wǒmen dōu pà chéngdān Bù gòu yǒnggǎn Néng bù néng sìwújìdàn Ài bùguò yī cì Dìyù tiāntáng

On this road how many turns
Before we can see the sea?
The debts of old
All paying still are we
Busy spinning
Busy planning,
The future we can't see
Why must pure love
Oh so hard be?

On this road dust flutters free
After hardship who'll still here be?
We all now try
To warm ourselves, lonely
We're resigned to reality
But to feelings we can't be
How many can
Still from their chain break free?

* We're all too lōnely
Lack bravery
Love cluelessly
Regretfully
Let joy scattered be
Are glad for how strong we can be
We fear responsibility
Lack bravery
Can we unscrupulous be?
Love can't a one-off
Heav'n or hell be

On this road we stagger on
People come and people go
We're left alone
In our crazy joy
Loving more
We get hurt more
And we're more stopped in our tracks
Our hidden trump
To whom shall we now show?



Ay ay
Lack bravery
Ay ay ay ay

We're all too lōnely
Lack bravery
Love cluelessly
Regretfully
Let joy scattered be
Are glad for how strong we can be
Ay ay
We fear responsibility
Lack bravery
Can we unscrupulous be?
Love can't a one-off
Heav'n or hell be