The Vamos A Matar Companeros Lyrics

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

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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

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Hola Kasa, bienvenida al foro.

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

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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, 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 muriendo, 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 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, 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

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

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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Originally Posted by kasa

thank you very much exxcéntrica and frank and congratulations

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You're welcome.

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I don't know Spanish but
guerrillero is guerilla

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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

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Yes, that's another possibility.

we shall going to kill ... ???

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

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Originally Posted by Frank van den Eeden

we shall going to kill ... ???:eek:

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

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

Well observed, Frank.;)

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

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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

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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

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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".

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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

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Interesting, but wrong.:(

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guerrillero, ra.


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

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

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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 común no muy numerosa, que al mando de un jefe particular y con poca o ninguna dependencia de los del Ejército, acosa y molesta al enemigo.

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

exx is absolutely RIGHT!

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Guerrilla is NOT a person, but a group of persons.
Can be the person or the adjective, but not the "organization", neither the other way round.

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Originally Posted by SandraT

exx is absolutely RIGHT!

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Thanks, Sandra!:)

well absolutely right and wrong then
it is that way in Spanish as far as I understand
but if Merriam-Webster says something it is true in English
even though it is misinterpreted in English it is used that way also in some other languages
I looked up in Longman too the definition same as Merriam-Webster
Bartleby is also another solid reference in English which supports you more and the s after the guerilla is not the plural in English

http://www.bartleby.com/81/7720.html

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.

Gueril’la,

improperly Guerilla wars, means a petty war, a partisan conflict; and the parties are called Guerillas or Guerilla chiefs. Spanish, guer’ra, war. The word is applied to the armed bands of peasants who carry on irregular war on their own account, especially at such time as their Government is contending with invading armies.

“The town was wholly without defenders, and the guerillas murdered people and destroyed property without hindrance.”—Lessing: United States, chap. xviii. p. 676.

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Originally Posted by kasa

but if Merriam-Webster says something it is true in English
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:eek: :eek:

That's really taking a mouth full!:eek:

I don't know how a word can be "true" in English if the word is Spanish and the definition of the word is quite clear and leaves no doubt in Spanish.

Surprising.

Did you look at the definition of the Spanish word I included in Post 10? It is completely clear and there is simply no way "Guerrilla" is a man, neither is there ANY way at all to interpret" guerrillero" as the organization .

In any case, if you wish to follow Miriam Webster's interpretation of the words, suit yourself.;)

well you already proved what it means in Spanish and I agree with you
all I was trying to say is sometimes some words may be misinterpreted by other languages as the orginal word differentiates in meaning somehow
Longman and Merriam Webster is two of the best English dictinories that you can find so if they put a definition like that across the word even it is misinterpreted than it can be used like that in English

...which reminds me , I actually wanted to write to the dictionary. I also think that Miriam Webster is really good. Let's see if I get an answer.