dimecres, 3 de març del 2010

Soldiers

This is my attempt to translate a song from Spanish to English. It is called "Soldados", by Skalariak, one of my favourite groups. This one is not the song I like most, but I was trying to translate some other songs and they were too hard (this is my first translation to English), so decided to try it with this one.
I know the lyrics by heart since I was a child, because of my brother's influence. I remember so many trips in my car listening to this cassette (it was not even a CD!) and asking my brother to turn the volume down cause I didn't like it. Then, as the time went by, I started appreciating their music and nowadays I love it.

I look out of the window and I see soldiers
They walk all together at a brisk pase
Handgun on their waist, shotgun in their hands
The street is silence, I can only hear their steps
their steps

On one side, soldiers; on the other, a lady
with bags in her hands, it's time to go grocery shopping
Walking decidedly, alone in the old street
She walks towards them, without slowing down

Without slowing down, no, no!

She does not fear any of them
She doesn't change her direction, power can't intimidate her
The ironmen go through by force
War, war,
to those who want to move me!

Some items fall from her bags and are on the ground
surrounding the lady, who fell because of the blow
The soldiers left her laying face down
She raises her head, now she moves her arms
her arms

I take a deep breath when I notice her looking at me
after some seconds, she got up quickly
The whole regiment moves away slowly
Because she shouts at them to look her in the eye

In the eye, no, no!

She does not fear any of them
She doesn't change her direction, power can't intimidate her
The ironmen go through by force
War, war,
to those who want to move me!

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