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#1 Sevdalinke na engleskom?

Posted: 15/03/2007 22:04
by HomeArt
Ima li ko prijevod neke od poznatijih sevdalinki na engleski jezik, recimo eminu ili sl :?

#2 Re: Sevdalinke na engleskom?

Posted: 22/03/2007 02:02
by loonja
Aleksa Šantić
EMINA


Last night, returning from the warm hamam,
I passed by the garden of the old imam,
And lo, in the garden, in the shade of a jasmine,
There with a pitcher in her hand stood Emina.

What beauty! By my Muslim faith I could swear,
She wouldn’t be ashamed if she were at the sultan’s!
And the way she walks and her shoulders move . . .
--Not even a hodja’s amulet could help me!

I offered her salaam, but by my faith,
Beautiful Emina wouldn’t even hear it.
Instead, scooping water in her silver pitcher,
Around the garden she went to water the roses.

A wind blew from the branches down her lovely shoulders
Unraveling those thick braids of hers.
Her hair gave off a scent of blue hyacinths,
Making me giddy and confused!

I nearly stumbled, I swear by my faith,
But beautiful Emina didn’t come to me.
She only gave me a frowning look,
Not caring, the naughty one, that I’m crazy for her!

#3

Posted: 22/03/2007 02:23
by Op3r4t0r
Kako smjesno zvuci :)

#4

Posted: 22/03/2007 02:36
by loonja
pa da :) i naravno, char pjesme je sasvim "lost in translation"...
btw, prevod nije moj :wink:

#5

Posted: 04/04/2008 00:40
by Richard Peti
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