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kasa · 04-13-2008, 12:32 AM

Can anyone translate the great song of Ennio Morricone in the movie of Sergio Corbucci's Italian Western Classic Vamos A Matar Companeros
No other translation I could find on net so also you most possibly will have the honor of being the first one to translate this great song
Thanks in advance

http://www.caniarrabbiati.it/recensi...b1b57c45e73628

Quote:

Vamos a matar companeros

(B. Corbucci, E. Morricone)

Levantando en aire los sombreros
Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, companeros

Pintaremos de rojosol y cielos
Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, companeros

Hay que ganar moriendo, pistoleros
Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, companeros

Hay que morir venciendo, guerrilleros
Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, companeros

Luchando con el hambre, sin dineros
Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, companeros

Estudiantes, rebeldes, bandoleros
Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, companeros

Hermanos somos, reyes y obreros
Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, companeros

Fabio Meini

exxc�ntrica · 04-13-2008, 01:57 AM

Hola Kasa, bienvenida al foro.

Frank van den Eeden · 04-13-2008, 02:17 AM

Vamos a matar compañeros
Let’s (go) kill/slaughter comrades

(B. Corbucci, E. Morricone)

Levantando en aire los sombreros
Lift your hats up in the air
Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, compañeros
Let’s go kill, let’s go kill comrades

Pintaremos de rojo sol y cielos
We’ll paint the sun and sky in red
Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, compañeros
Let’s go kill, let’s go kill comrades

Hay que ganar moriendo, pistoleros
We have to win dying, gunmen
Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, compañeros
Let’s go kill, let’s go kill comrades

Hay que morir venciendo, guerrilleros
We have to die triumphing, guerrilleros
Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, companeros
Let’s go kill, let’s go kill, comrades

Luchando con el hambre, sin dineros
Fighting with hunger, without money
Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, compañeros
Let’s go kill, let’s go kill, comrades

Estudiantes, rebeldes, bandoleros
Students, rebels, bandits
Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, compañeros
Let’s go kill, let’s go kill, comrades

Hermanos somos, reyes y obreros
We are brothers, kings or workmen
Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, compañeros
Let’s go kill, let’s go kill, comrades

Fabio Meini

exxc�ntrica · 04-13-2008, 03:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank van den Eeden

Vamos a matar companeros
Let�s (go) kill/slaughter, comrades I think the comma is important here.

(B. Corbucci, E. Morricone)

Levantando en aire los sombreros
Lifting our hats up in the air
Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, compa�eros
Let�s go kill, let�s go kill, comrades

Pintaremos de rojo sol y cielos
We�ll paint the sun and sky in red
Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, compa�eros
Let�s go kill, let�s go kill, comrades

Hay que ganar muriendo, pistoleros
We have to win dying, gunmen
Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, compa�eros
Let�s go kill, let�s go kill, comrades

Hay que morir venciendo, guerrilleros
We have to die in triumph, guerrilleros
Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, companeros
Let�s go kill, let�s go kill, comrades

Luchando con el hambre, sin dineros
Fighting with hunger, without money
Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, compa�eros
Let�s go kill, let�s go kill, comrades

Estudiantes, rebeldes, bandoleros
Students, rebels, bandits
Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, compa�eros
Let�s go kill, let�s go kill, comrades

Hermanos somos, reyes y obreros
We are brothers, kings or workmen
Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, compa�eros
Let�s go kill, let�s go kill, comrades

Fabio Meini

FRank, I have taken your translation as backup. I have made some changes. Let's wait for natives to improve...

kasa · 04-13-2008, 03:24 PM

thank you very much exxcéntrica and frank and congratulations
I dont know Spanish but
guerrillero is guerilla
and maybe for grammar
win dying win by dying
die in triumph die for triumph
might be more correct well also might not be of course
is there any possibility to translate vamos a matar as we shall going to kill or we are going to kill
also we were trying to translate this in youtube maybe helps in some way or you can listen the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d10JadNLpAg

exxc�ntrica · 04-14-2008, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by kasa

thank you very much exxc�ntrica and frank and congratulations

You're welcome.

Quote:

I don't know Spanish but
guerrillero is guerilla

No, it is not. Guerrillero is the "soldier" from the guerrilla. The latter is the "organization" itself.

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we shall going to kill or we are going to kill

Yes, that's another possibility.

Frank van den Eeden · 04-14-2008, 03:42 AM

we shall going to kill ... ???

I do not want to offend anyone, but that is NO English !

exxc�ntrica · 04-14-2008, 04:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank van den Eeden

we shall going to kill ... ???

I do not want to offend anyone, but that is NO English !

Of course: We shall kill, or we shall go and kill...

Well observed, Frank.

kasa · 04-14-2008, 08:45 AM

no offend at all neither I know Spanish nor I am a native English speaker
I try to accomplish a reliable and if possible a good translation which can be sing with the song with your great and kind helps
we are working together

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guerrilla

Quote:

Function: noun

Etymology: Spanish guerrilla, from diminutive of guerra war, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German werra strife

Date:
1809

a person who engages in irregular warfare especially as a member of an independent unit carrying out harassment and sabotage

it seemed guerilla may be used both for organisation and fighter but if not it might be guerilla fighter as in youtube translation

you are most possibly right about my grammar
maybe we shall be killing is another possibility

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/tenses.html
http://www.tamiu.edu/writingcenter/p...0Forms%202.doc

here is also the youtube translation from a non Spanish fan of the movie maybe some way it helps too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d10JadNLpAg

Quote:

Raising in the air the sombreros
[refrain] let's go and(1) kill, let's go and(1) kill, companions(2)
we'll paint red(3) the sun an' the sky
[ref.]
you(4) must gain(5) while dying, gunmen
[ref.]
you(4) must die while winning(6), guerrilla fighters
[ref.]
fighting with the hunger, moneylesses
[ref.]
students, rebels, bandits
[ref.]
brothers we are, kings and workers
[ref.]

Notes

(1) and: literally should be "to", but I used to know that in correct English one must use instead "go and {verb}" or "go {verb}ing", in this case I prefer the first.

(2) companions: I used this 'vox media' instead of "comrades" because the guerrilleros aren't communists or fascists and in Italian while "camerata" means "companion-in-arms" and is the fascist-specific term of address, "compagno" isn't communist-specific, is a common word (it's used even between children and between the partisans of Radical Party, the libertarian one); I supposed in Spanish it's the same, so the uncoloured term.

(3) red: as in "blood", no correletion with "paint the town red". (note: "rojo[space]sol y cielo" more probable without "s")

(4) you: impersonal, to be clearer I could have used "one", but I prefer "you".

(5) gain: the Spanish "ganar" actually means "gain, earn", I think it's used as "gain (even a little) victory for the final victory".

(6) winning: this is my worry because there's no sense in wishing death during victory, I think it's used as "winning against an enemy" therefore "doing the best".

exxc�ntrica · 04-14-2008, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by kasa

a person who engages in irregular warfare especially as a member of an independent unit carrying out harassment and sabotage

Interesting, but wrong.

Quote:

guerrillero, ra.

1. adj. Perteneciente o relativo a la guerrilla.
2. m. y f. Paisano que combate en la guerrilla.

Can be the person or the adjective, but not the "organization", neither the other way round.

Quote:

guerrilla.
(Del dim. de guerra).

2. f. Partida de tropa ligera, que hace las descubiertas y rompe las primeras escaramuzas.
3. f. Partida de paisanos, por lo com�n no muy numerosa, que al mando de un jefe particular y con poca o ninguna dependencia de los del Ej�rcito, acosa y molesta al enemigo.

Guerrilla is NOT a person, but a group of persons.

04-13-2008, 01:57 AM	#2
exxc�ntrica Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 879 Rep Power: 578	Hola Kasa, bienvenida al foro. __________________ �Aunque la conducta del marido sea censurable, aunque este se d� a otros amores, la mujer virtuosa debe reverenciarlo como a un dios. Durante la infancia, una mujer debe depender de su padre, al casarse de su marido, si este muere, de sus hijos y si no los tuviera, de su soberano. Una mujer nunca debe gobernarse a s� misma." *Leyes de Manu (Libro Sagrado de la India*

04-13-2008, 02:17 AM	#3
Frank van den Eeden Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Antwerp/Belgium Age: 62 Posts: 246 Rep Power: 382	some bloodthirsty song ! Vamos a matar compañeros Let’s (go) kill/slaughter comrades (B. Corbucci, E. Morricone) Levantando en aire los sombreros Lift your hats up in the air Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, compañeros Let’s go kill, let’s go kill comrades Pintaremos de rojo sol y cielos We’ll paint the sun and sky in red Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, compañeros Let’s go kill, let’s go kill comrades Hay que ganar moriendo, pistoleros We have to win dying, gunmen Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, compañeros Let’s go kill, let’s go kill comrades Hay que morir venciendo, guerrilleros We have to die triumphing, guerrilleros Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, companeros Let’s go kill, let’s go kill, comrades Luchando con el hambre, sin dineros Fighting with hunger, without money Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, compañeros Let’s go kill, let’s go kill, comrades Estudiantes, rebeldes, bandoleros Students, rebels, bandits Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, compañeros Let’s go kill, let’s go kill, comrades Hermanos somos, reyes y obreros We are brothers, kings or workmen Vamos a matar, vamos a matar, compañeros Let’s go kill, let’s go kill, comrades Fabio Meini __________________ beste groeten - sinc�res salutations - kindest regards - atentamente - mit freundlichen Gr��en Last edited by Frank van den Eeden : 04-13-2008 at 06:46 AM.

04-14-2008, 03:42 AM	#7
Frank van den Eeden Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Antwerp/Belgium Age: 62 Posts: 246 Rep Power: 382	we shall going to kill ... ??? I do not want to offend anyone, but that is NO English ! __________________ beste groeten - sinc�res salutations - kindest regards - atentamente - mit freundlichen Gr��en

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04-13-2008, 03:24 PM	#5
kasa New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 8	thank you very much exxcéntrica and frank and congratulations I dont know Spanish but guerrillero is guerilla and maybe for grammar win dying win by dying die in triumph die for triumph might be more correct well also might not be of course is there any possibility to translate vamos a matar as we shall going to kill or we are going to kill also we were trying to translate this in youtube maybe helps in some way or you can listen the song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d10JadNLpAg

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