17:27 Mar 20, 2007 |
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English to Spanish translations [PRO] Poetry & Literature / agradecería si me ayudaran con esta frase, porque no me gusta como suena literlamente | |||||
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that i've let all these years go by, wasted que desperdiciadamente he dejado pasar los años Explanation: In a pinch. |
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that i've let all these years go by, wasted que he dejado pasar los años en balde Explanation: another option :)) |
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that i've let all these years go by, wasted que he malgastado tantos años Explanation: y encontrarme con que he malgastado tantos años... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 mins (2007-03-20 17:36:10 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Perdón, ahora que veo las estrofas, podría ser: tantos años que han pasado para nada... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 20 mins (2007-03-20 17:47:54 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- esperando despertar(me) un día para encontrar que dejé pasar todos estos años, (que han pasado todos estos años) en vano. |
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that i've let all these years go by, wasted que he dejado pasar/perdido todos estos años, emborrachada/borracha/borrada Explanation: Hi guys, I just wanted to contribute to this song's translation. I think, given the context of Carrie Underwood's song, I'm pretty sure she's talking about "being wasted", that means, being totally drunk (or under the influence of drugs). My interpretation is that she doesn't want to continue this kind of life, to miss out on life itself. She doesn't want to wake up one day and realize she's left all of those years go by, while she was WASTED, both ways (desperdiciándolos y estando borracha). And ergo, the comma Asker very wisely pointed out. These are the lyrics. Wasted Standing at the back door she tried to make it fast One tear hit the hardwood, it fell like broken glass She said sometimes love slips away And you just can’t get it back lets face it For one split second she almost turned around But that would be like pouring raindrops back into a cloud So she took another step and said I see the way out and I’m gonna take it I don’t wanna spend my life jaded, waiting To wake up one day and find That I let all of these years go by wasted Another glass of whiskey, but it still don’t kill the pain He stumbles to the sink and pours it down the drain He said it’s time to be a man and stop living for yesterday Gotta face it I don’t wanna spend my life jaded, waiting To wake up one day and find That I let all of these years go by wasted I don’t wanna keep on wishing, missing The still of the morning, the color of the night I ain’t spending no more time wasted She kept driving along ‘til the moon and the sun Were floating side by side He looked in the mirror and his eyes were clear For the first time in a while I don’t wanna spend my life jaded, waiting To wake up one day and find That I let all of these years go by wasted I don’t wanna keep on wishing, missing The still of the morning, the color of the night I ain’t spending no more time wasted. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 hrs (2007-03-21 06:32:30 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ---------------- HEY LOOK! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasted_(Carrie_Underwood_song) |
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