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New Afrospanish Collective - translation - help needed

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And... one more song by Concha Buika - I love its rhythm! The song is mixed - Spanish and English, so I've cut out most of the English parts. If you want to read the whole lyrics, you'll find the link below.

Can you please look at my translation and help me with the part in bold, as well as revise the rest and suggest some corrections? Thank you smile

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Concha Buika "New Afrospanish Collective"

the whole lyrics

the song - youtube

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Me da la gana de sentirme acompañada para el resto de mi vida

Ay que a mi me da la gana de quemarme ay un poquito el corazon,

pero solo el corazon.

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La soledad viene sin patria, donde te pilla te mata, mi hermano

dame la mano

Tanta patria y tanta convicción vas a acabar sin corazon,

yo no porque yo libre soy

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No soy americana,

no llevo en la sangre,

ni raza gitana

ni paya* llevo por dentro.

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I´m not from america

this is my contry

I am from the barrio

Madrid sin cese.

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Me da la gana de sentir la madre patria en el centro de mi tierra

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Ay porque yo ya he tenido mucha guerra me alegro se me murio que bien

ay que yo libre soy

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No soy americana,

no llevo en la sangre,

ni raza gitana

ni paya llevo por dentro.

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I´m not from america

where are my brothers

I am from the barrio

Madrid sin cese.

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Nací spanish generation

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Y siento ansia de rendirme a tantas cosas que ya no siento tormento

Tu que eres un ... pa mis venas, barrera pa quien las quiera y dios

porque yo libre soy

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I´m from america

I´m from marroquian

Spanishs saharawis**

Sudamerispanos

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*) paya - improvised tune or folksong; also a non-gipsy, when referred to by a person of a Gipsy origin

**) Saharawis - Sahara's native people, mostly refugees. Western Sahara has been occupied by Morocco since 1975. Despite a cease-fire between Morocco and the people of Western Sahara since 1991, this has not prevented the people of Western Sahara, called the Saharawis, from being tortured and killed by Moroccan soldiers.*

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Concha Buika "New Afrospanish Collective"

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I want to feel accompanied for the rest of my life

Oh, I feel like getting my heart burnt a little bit,

but only my heart.

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The loneliness doesn't have a homeland, where it caches you it kills you, my brother

give me your hand

Such a homeland and such a conviction you're going to end up without a heart,

Not me because I am free

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I'm not American

I don't carry in my blood

any Gipsy race

any Spanish girl on the inside.

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I'm not from America

this is my country

I am from the neighbourhood

Madrid incessantly

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I want to feel my mother country in the middle of my land

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Oh why have I had much warfare my death makes me happy (???), it's so good

Oh, how free I am

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I'm not American

I don't carry in my blood

any Gipsy race

any Spanish girl on the inside.

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I´m not from america

where are my brothers

I am from the neighbourhood

Madrid incessantly.

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Spanish generation was born

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And I yearn to give myself up to so many things that no longer feel like torture

You who are... through my veins, a barrier against anyone who wants them and God (???)

Because I am free

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I'm from America

I´m from marroquian

Spanish saharawis

Southamerispanics

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updated Feb 18, 2010
posted by Issabela

4 Answers

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My best guess is:

I want to feel like someone will be with me for the rest of my life

I want to feel my heart burn a little bit but just my heart

Loneliness comes without a homeland, where they catch you they kill you

My brother, give me your hand.

So many countries and so much conviction is going to end badly

But I’m not because I’m free

I’m not American

I don’t have that in my blood

I’m not a gypsy

And I don’t have a gypsy song in me.

I´m not from America

This is my country

I'm from the district

Forever Madrid

I want to feel my mother country in the center of the earth

because I have already been in much war I'm happy. I died.

How good that I’m free

I was born into a spanish generation

I’m anxious to surrender so many things now that I don’t feel tortured anymore

You who’s a...for my pain (I hear para mi pena, but I don’t understand the word before it),

barriers for those who want them and for God

Because I’m free

updated Feb 19, 2010
posted by alba3
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I was listening the song and the original lyrics are a bit wrong i guess, cause it didnt make the correct sense hehe...

"Ay porque yo ya he tenido mucha guerra mi alegro se me murio que bien"

"Oh, because i already have had so much war my happyness died, how good"

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"Tu que eres un (corte) para mis venas, barreras para quien las quiera y dios"

"You, who are a cut for my veins, walls for who wants them and God"

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This one was pretty hard, I can't even recognize if she says corte or inorte? its too messy in that part xD cause she mixes the N from "un" with the next word and there isn't any site with good lyrics raspberry I think that's a close translation.

updated Feb 19, 2010
posted by Zizoun
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Hmm I didn't notice, gave for granted she was talking about happiness. I thought its because in that part alegro works as a conjuged verb in 1st person, "yo me alegro". But for that we should ask the artist raspberry

Alegría is happiness also.

updated Feb 18, 2010
posted by Zizoun
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Thanks for your response smile

"Ay porque yo ya he tenido mucha guerra mi alegro se me murio que bien"

But happiness is felicidad, isn't it? Alegro is a music term.

updated Feb 18, 2010
posted by Issabela