Do Spanish speakers think blue is sad, I don't think so
I am translating Love is Blue, and I finished with Usarenzo's help. Great old song, but I found someone translated it with completely different lyrics than what it says, and he used "blue" not as something sad.
To me, the world is blue = the world is sad.
Love is blue = love is sad. That is because love is the thing can make you the most happy and the most sad. You open yourself up and get really destroyed, so the whole world is now blue. Sad.
El amor es azul
Tú, tú, y solo tú, me haces pensar que todo es azul, tú, tú, me das amor, Vivo por tí no siento temor. Gris, gris, el cielo es gris, Cuando tú te vas se pone tan gris, Gris, gris, el cielo es gris. Se pone azul cuando llegas tú.
So he thinks grey is sad and blue is happy? It sounds like it. I don't get it. Blue is sad. Grey is just middling and empty. Gracias.
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No. El azul se relaciona con el cielo, el mar, la tranquilidad, serenidad. Nunca con la tristeza como en inglés.
El gris se usa más para describir la tristeza, la soledad.
En otro foro discutieron tu canción. Te paso el enlace
To Jeezzle:
I looked up your song in French (which I also speak) and found no reference between the color blue and sadness:
Bleu, bleu, l'amour est bleu
Berce mon cœur, mon cœur amoureux
Bleu, bleu, l'amour est bleu
Bleu comme le ciel qui joue dans tes yeux
Blue, blue, love is blue
Cradle my heart, my loving heart
Blue, blue, love is blue
Blue like the sky which play in your eyes
Bleu, bleu, l'amour est bleu
Le ciel est bleu lorsque tu reviens
Bleu, bleu, l'amour est bleu
L'amour est bleu quand tu prends ma main
Blue, blue, love is blue
The sky is blue when you return
Blue, blue, love is blue
Love is blue when you take my hand
If you need to use a colour, use grey.
Es un día gris para mí.
Esto puede significar desde que es aburrido a que es triste.
I had a similiar question: estar-triste-azul , might help you. I think the consensus was that in spanish unlike english, the color blue didn't mean anything with regards to feelings (of sad, happy)...
Creo que estoy en acuerdo con jeezle. En inglés, azul puede se decir verdedero. My love is true blue. One can feel "blue" like the American "blues" music. But it can also mean clear skies, which means happiness. It's speaks to the genius of the music that it can mean different things to different people.
To me, it means what jeezzle had said: Blue is "clearly" good, while grey is sad. Like for so many, the song strikes directly to my heart. The mixed joy and angst (pain) of loving and yearning. I remember when the song came out around 1968. It is as pertinent to me now as it was then.
OK, this song was originally translated from French, I wonder if they think blue is sad, if not then the English translation must be the one that is wrong. Love is blue. Love is tranquility. NOT love is sad. How about that?
