Лингвоквест “O children” и дары словарей, или Откуда у текста ноги растут

Geraldine Galevich, 2023

Обожаю, когда люди вникают в смысл иностранных песен и случаи, когда, узнав их перевод, хочется сразу же его забыть. А ещё бывало ли у тебя такое, когда читаешь перевод песни на каком-нибудь сайте и всё равно ничего не понимаешь? В этом гайде не будет построчного перевода песни "О чилдрэн". Смысл текста, даже иностранного, ты самостоятельно сможешь прочитать между строк с помощью одного магического метода, раскрытого здесь. Заодно немного подтянем твой инглиш и определимся, почему Гарри Поттер и Гермиона танцуют медлячок именно под эту песню. Любовь?

Текст песни.

Pass me that lovely little gun

My dear, my darling one

The cleaners are coming one by one

You don't even want to let them start

They are knocking now upon your door

They measure the room, they know the score

They're mopping up the butcher's floor

Of your broken little hearts

Oh-Oh-O Children

Forgive us now for what we've done

It started out as a bit of fun

Here, take these before we run away

The keys to the gulag

O Children

Lift up your voice, lift up your voice

Children

Rejoice, rejoice

Come on, come on, come on, come on

Here comes Frank and poor old Jim

They're gathering round with all my friends

We're older now, the light is dim

And you are only just beginning

Oh-Oh-O Children

We have the answer to all your fears

It's short, it's simple, it's crystal clear

It's round about and it's somewhere here

Lost amongst our winnings

O Children

Lift up your voice, lift up your voice

Children

Rejoice, rejoice

The cleaners have done their job on you

They're hip to it, man, they're in the groove

They've hosed you down, you're good as new

And they're lining up to inspect you

Oh-Oh-O Children

Poor old Jim's white as a ghost

He's found the answer that we lost

We're all weeping now, weeping because

There ain't nothing we can do to protect you

O children

Lift up your voice, lift up your voice

Children

Rejoice, rejoice

Hey, little train, we are all jumping on

The train that goes to the Kingdom

We're happy, Ma, we're having fun

And the train ain't even left the station

Hey, little train, wait for me!

I once was blind, but now I see

Have you left a seat for me?

Is that such a stretch of the imagination?

Hey little train, wait for me!

I was held in chains, but now I'm free

I'm hanging in there, don't you see?

In this process of elimination

Hey little train, we are all jumping on

The train that goes to the Kingdom

We're happy, Ma, we're having fun

It's beyond my wildest expectation

Hey little train, we are all jumping on

The train that goes to the Kingdom

We're happy, Ma, we're having fun

And the train ain't even left the station