I have done a German translation of the songs on the Old Ideas CD.
And earlier one of the Live in London 2008 CD.
If interested please send a pm with your email address and I will mail you the pdf(s).
For free, of course – while I would not refuse a drink on the road.
Most members of this forum will be quite fluent in English. I have started the translations to bring L Cohen´s songs closer to family members and friends not (yet) addicted.
I know it´s not the only translation around, but, no way thinking mine would be better, I was not really happy with the other versions.
The idea of my translation was to give one which is maybe less beautiful and artistic but strictly close to the original lyrics with no interpretation whatsoever. When the English text sounds strange I did not want to help out smoothening it in the German version.
L Cohen´s lyrics stand for themselves as they are. I tried a puristic translation.
harald
German Translation of Songs
German Translation of Songs
1979 Kassel / 1980 Munich / 2008 Munich, Hamburg / 2009 Cologne, Antwerp, Lisbon, Budapest, Barcelona / 2010 Salzburg, Florence, Marseille, Stuttgart, Bratislava / 2012 Ghent, Berlin, Verona, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon / 2013 Paris, Mannheim, Rome, Prague, Pula, Zuerich, Amsterdam
2011 Haiger / 2014 Dublin / 2015 Hydra, Viladrau / 2016 Amsterdam / 2017 Hydra, Balaton / 2019 Yorkshire
2011 Haiger / 2014 Dublin / 2015 Hydra, Viladrau / 2016 Amsterdam / 2017 Hydra, Balaton / 2019 Yorkshire
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Re: German Translation of Songs
Auf Deine Übersetzung freut sich: martin.rupps@swr.de
Re: German Translation of Songs
The translation has arrrived.
Thank you so much, dear Harald!
Thank you so much, dear Harald!
And all I´ve said
was just instead of
Coming back to you.
was just instead of
Coming back to you.
Re: German Translation of Songs
Bitte sende auch mir deine Übersetzungen! briwim@aon.at
Re: German Translation of Songs
hi friends
I´ll be off for the Spain and Portugal concerts, please excuse delays with my translations
and I found out that the ones I did already send were word docs, not pdfs, so if the did not arrive in proper form, please tell me and I´ll send them again as pdfs after coming home from Lisbon, sorry
best
harald
I´ll be off for the Spain and Portugal concerts, please excuse delays with my translations
and I found out that the ones I did already send were word docs, not pdfs, so if the did not arrive in proper form, please tell me and I´ll send them again as pdfs after coming home from Lisbon, sorry
best
harald
1979 Kassel / 1980 Munich / 2008 Munich, Hamburg / 2009 Cologne, Antwerp, Lisbon, Budapest, Barcelona / 2010 Salzburg, Florence, Marseille, Stuttgart, Bratislava / 2012 Ghent, Berlin, Verona, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon / 2013 Paris, Mannheim, Rome, Prague, Pula, Zuerich, Amsterdam
2011 Haiger / 2014 Dublin / 2015 Hydra, Viladrau / 2016 Amsterdam / 2017 Hydra, Balaton / 2019 Yorkshire
2011 Haiger / 2014 Dublin / 2015 Hydra, Viladrau / 2016 Amsterdam / 2017 Hydra, Balaton / 2019 Yorkshire
Re: German Translation of Songs
Dear friends
To all who asked for my translations, please excuse the delay. I am suffering from an excess of time shortage.
I will send the translations these days.
I´d like to point out that I did not care for rhyming. I just tried a true and close translation.
Best
Harald
To all who asked for my translations, please excuse the delay. I am suffering from an excess of time shortage.
I will send the translations these days.
I´d like to point out that I did not care for rhyming. I just tried a true and close translation.
Best
Harald
1979 Kassel / 1980 Munich / 2008 Munich, Hamburg / 2009 Cologne, Antwerp, Lisbon, Budapest, Barcelona / 2010 Salzburg, Florence, Marseille, Stuttgart, Bratislava / 2012 Ghent, Berlin, Verona, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon / 2013 Paris, Mannheim, Rome, Prague, Pula, Zuerich, Amsterdam
2011 Haiger / 2014 Dublin / 2015 Hydra, Viladrau / 2016 Amsterdam / 2017 Hydra, Balaton / 2019 Yorkshire
2011 Haiger / 2014 Dublin / 2015 Hydra, Viladrau / 2016 Amsterdam / 2017 Hydra, Balaton / 2019 Yorkshire
Re: German Translation of Songs
Hi Harald ~
A great gift. Once they have the meaning, they can listen for the rhyme in Leonard's English versions.
~ Lizzy
A great gift. Once they have the meaning, they can listen for the rhyme in Leonard's English versions.
~ Lizzy
"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken."
~ Oscar Wilde
~ Oscar Wilde
Re: German Translation of Songs
Hallo Harald,
ich würde mich auch sehr über die Übersetzungen freuen!
Lieben Gruß,
Renate
r.sendal@web.de
ich würde mich auch sehr über die Übersetzungen freuen!
Lieben Gruß,
Renate
r.sendal@web.de
Berlin 1979
Århus 1988
New York 2012
Hamburg 2013
and soon Amsterdam 2013
Århus 1988
New York 2012
Hamburg 2013
and soon Amsterdam 2013
Re: German Translation of Songs
Dankeschön!
Berlin 1979
Århus 1988
New York 2012
Hamburg 2013
and soon Amsterdam 2013
Århus 1988
New York 2012
Hamburg 2013
and soon Amsterdam 2013
Re: German Translation of Songs
Hallo,
bin schon sehr gespannt auf deine Übersetzungen!
Vielen Dank
Marak
bin schon sehr gespannt auf deine Übersetzungen!
Vielen Dank
Marak
