Wizard of oz, help with my translation

Question

I could while away the hours, conferrin' with the flowers

Consultin' with the rain.

And my head I'd be scratchin' while

my thoughts were busy hatchin'

If I only had a brain.

Podría pasar el rato, charlando con las flores

Consultando con la lluvia,

Estaría rascando mi cabeza, mientras

los ideas los estaría pensando

si tan solo tuviese un cerebro

Answer 1

Hi, dewclaw! Here my attempt:

Me pasaría el rato charlando con las flores

consultando a la lluvia,

Y me rascaría la cabeza

cuando se me ocurrieran ideas

si tuviese un cerebro

By the way, "ideas" does not need article here, but it is a femenine word. It'd be "las ideas"

it says on your profile that you are a beginner in english... are you sure? - dewclaw, Feb 25, 2011

Yes, your English is so good, sometimes I think you are learning Spanish...haha. :) - pesta, Feb 25, 2011

No way is Cogu learning Spanish lol She is good at Speaking and writing English too: - FELIZ77, Feb 25, 2011

She makes no mistakes! haha - dewclaw, Feb 25, 2011

Answer 2

Hey Dewclaw,

I love that song from the Wizard of Oz. Thanks for sharing it and for doing such a great job translating it. Here are a few suggestions:

Podría pasar el rato, charlando con las flores

Consultando con la lluvia,

Rascándome la cabeza,

mientras que estuviera maquinado

si tan solo tuviese cerebro

Answer 3

I have been doing some research over the internet to come across either the lyrics of this song in Spanish or a short video clip in u-tube in Spanish. So far I have not been able to find a video clip in Spanish of the song, but Try this link and see what you think of the lyrics:

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A second link gives you the English lyrics sung clearly with the words up on the screen in white It's a great pity it wasn't sung in Spanish with English subtitles but you can't have everything in life! lol link text