Guldet Blev till Sand (with English captions)
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Uploaded by GoilveigL2 on Jul 11, 2008
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This song is part of the musical "Kristina från Duvemåla", based on "The Emigrents" novels about a group of Swedes who emigrate to Minnesota in the mid-1800s.
This song is sung by the character of Robert. Robert and his friend Arvid had left Minnesota bound for the California Gold Rush, but Robert has come back empty-handed and alone. Kristina, Robert's sister-in-law, finds Arvid's watch among Robert's things and asks where Arvid is.
The translation is not completely literal; while Swedish grammar is very similar to English, sometimes the literal translations would be clunky or weird. Also, sometimes I went with a slightly different translation to make it flow a bit better.
For example, I translated "Guldet Blev till Sand" into "Gold Turned into Sand" because it flows better than the more exact translation of "The Gold Became Sand".
However, I also chose not to deviate very far from the original, so the English doesn't match the rhyme scheme in most places.
And I'll disclaimer this with Swedish being my third language, so if there are translation errors beyond my stylistic choices, I'm sorry.
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kanske skulle låtit en lite bättre engelsktalande människa översätta denna :X
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en helt otroligt bra låt,
Man blir så himla rörd av den
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I would love to sing this song in spanish.
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You did a good job with translating.
I like the Niklas Andersson version better, though, for I always think of Aladdin when I hear Peter sing.
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thanks a million for the translation
2 years ago 2
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han har en jävla pipa den där =)
2 years ago 3
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I'm in love with that song!!!
2 years ago 3
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En fin sång detta!
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Thank you ever so much for the translation! Best wishes!
nadika1981 2 years ago 5
Wow! Thanks for this!
A beautiful song, with a translation that my anglophone ears needed badly.
jvd897 3 years ago 5