Original | Versione sarda di Su Bardaneri |
LEONARD COHEN: BIRD ON THE WIRE | PUZONE IN SU ‘ILU |
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Like a bird on the wire | Comente puzone in su ‘ilu |
Like a drunk in a midnight choir | Comente inbriagu in cuncordu a mesunotte |
I have tried in my way to be free. | Apo chircau a manera mea de èssere lìberu. |
Like a worm on a hook | Comente erme in s’amu |
Like a knight from some old-fashioned book | Comente cadderi in carchi libru antigu e colau |
I have saved all my ribbons for thee. | Apo chistiu corriolos meos pro tene. |
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If I have been unkind | Si no soe istètiu zustu |
I hope that you can just let it go by | Speremus chi as a poder lassare currere |
If I have been untrue, | Si no soe istètiu sìncheru |
I hope you know it was never to you. | Speremus chi apas a ischire ca no fui nande a tue. |
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Like a baby stillborn | Comente pitzinnu nàschidu mortu |
Like a beast with his horn | Comente fera cun corru |
I have torn everyone who reached out for me. | Apo istrantzau totu sos chi mi cherian sighire. |
But I swear by this song | Ma ti lu zuro in supra ‘e custa canthone |
And by all that I have done wrong | E in supra totu si chi apo faddiu |
I will make it all up to thee. | Ca ap’a donare totu a tibe. |
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I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch, | Apo bidu unu pedidore arrumbau a unu fuste de linna |
He said to me, "You must not ask for so much." | M’at narau “no depes pedire meda”. |
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door, | E una grassiosa ‘emina incrarada in sa zenna iscura. |
She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?" | A boghes m’at narau “Poite no dimandare de prus?”. |
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Like a bird on the wire | Comente puzone in su ‘ilu |
Like a drunk in a midnight choir | Comente inbriagu in cuncordu a mesunotte |
I have tried in my way to be free. | Apo chircau a manera mea de èssere lìberu. |
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