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Question

Cual sería la mejor traducción de "be still my soul"? Cuatro sílabas no más.

Quizas, "Ten paz mi ser", "tranquilidad" o "tranquílate"?

Muchas gracias.

Answer 1

This is the type of expression which invites transliteration. Better to try to capture the essence of the phrase and then seek a suitable method of conveyance in Spanish. If you were to say, for example, "estáte quieta, mi alma", or something of the sort, yes, it would be a translation but may not elicit the desired feeling in the listener. So, the question is what does it mean in English? For that we need context. Are you trying to tell your hear to control itself, not fall in love too quickly, for example? This is generally the intent with this phrase. If that is the case then you probably know of a lovely way to say this in Spanish instead of translating the English word for word.