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Lyric Translation
Posted: 06 Nov 2008, 16:16
by m1kee50
These evil streets don't sleep, be careful of whom you mingle
In a city where it pays to be bilingual
Yo soy grifo, no me importa tu culo, si via a diablo
Thaankyou.
Re: Lyric Translation
Posted: 07 Nov 2008, 05:59
by Arguero
It could be:
I'm a tap * griffin, I don't care about yur ass, if it goes to the devil.
*There's a mythological creature called Grifo, half eagle half lion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin
Hope it helps.
Re: Lyric Translation
Posted: 07 Nov 2008, 06:15
by Martin Sosa Cameron
Es desconcertante, pero no sé qué hace esto de Matthews en un Foro tan específico como el de Boxeo, su texto --digno de un pésimo imitador de E. E. Cummings (o "e. e. cummings", como le gustaba al poeta)-- es una grosería; además, recuerdo en
La Divina Comedia, de Dante, que el grifo simboliza nada menos que a Jesucristo, de manera que cualquier palabrota está de más; no nos va a "sorprender" Matt pues aquí no hay, gracias a Dios, ningún tonto
Arguero: muy oportuna tu referencia, ¡gracias!

Re: Lyric Translation
Posted: 10 Nov 2008, 07:03
by m1kee50
Thanks Martin and Aguero (although I think I'll have to ask Martin to translate his reply, since Babelfish rendered it into doggerel)
The lyrics are from Pharaoh Monche's "Got you" so if anyone has a copy, could they pop it on and listen, because its entirely possible the lyrics above are mishearings of the spanish words. It may well be a Mexican or American-Spanish dialect/slang for all I know.
And I apologise for not doing any of this in Spanish.