The Treasure Lyrics thread!

[roger]

tinmeigut said:

Yea and if I recall correctly, the Japanese version actually called the song 'Le Note Del Silenzio', changing the title to something like 'the note/ music of silence'.

Hi tinmeigut,

In that case, the Japanese version is more correct than any other. Here is a quote from 'In Her Own Voice', page 143:

Another of the songs that I co-wrote on Treasure has a slightly more accidental origin to its name. 'Le Notte del Silenzio' is Italian for 'The Night of Silence'. However, the song was always intended to be called 'Le Note del Silenzio', which translates as 'The Note of Silence'. But somewhere along the way there was a spelling mistake and the new name stuck.

Roger, ably assisted by Hayley!

[Tin]

Well actually the songs in the Japanese version doesn't really have 'English names' as all the song titles have been translated into Japanese. The name of our Le Notte Del Silenzio has been translated into:

' ’¾–ق̐ù—¥ featuring ƒn?ƒt?[Eƒo[ƒj['

Although I can't read the Japanese, the four Chinese characters actually mean 'Silence's melody', which resembles 'Le Note Del Silenzio'.

[martindn]

tinmeigut said:

Although I can't read the Japanese, the four Chinese characters actually mean 'Silence's melody', which resembles 'Le Note Del Silenzio'.

Or "The Sound of Silence". I remember my kids studying the Lyric of that song at school. But I don't think Hayley ripped it off from Paul Simon somehow!

It's a nice song (Hayley's I mean), and I'm interested to know the meaning of the full lyric. Actually, I've just thought of someone I know who speaks Italian. Perhaps I'll ask him to have a go!

Martin

[martindn]

OK, I now have a translation of the Italian part of "Notte" thanks to my Italian speaking brother.

The note of silence
for you I will now sing.
Memories of a lost love
that I recall.
Eventually to find you
will be magical.
Time will stand still.
It is sweet to think of you
And in the Silence, the Magic.

Martin

[the28sky]

martindn said:

OK, I now have a translation of the Italian part of "Notte" thanks to my Italian speaking brother.

The note of silence
for you I will now sing.
Memories of a lost love
that I recall.
Eventually to find you
will be magical.
Time will stand still.
It is sweet to think of you
And in the Silence, the Magic.

Martin

Hi Martin,

Sorry if I may correct you but you've translated the lyric "fino a trovare te" with "eventually to find you". I think is more correct "until I found you".
And the last lyric "e nel silenzio, un canto", translated in "and in the silence, the magic" is more correctly "and in the silence, a song".

Emil

[martindn]

the28sky said:

Hi Martin,

Sorry if I may correct you but you've translated the lyric "fino a trovare te" with "eventually to find you". I think is more correct "until I found you".
And the last lyric "e nel silenzio, un canto", translated in "and in the silence, the magic" is more correctly "and in the silence, a song".

Emil

Thanks for that Emil.

Well, my brother is of course English, although he speaks some Italian and visits Italy regularly. He was simply the best Italian speaker I had available to translate the lyric. So I will, of course defer to your superior knowledge.

Martin

[the28sky]

martindn said:

the28sky said:

Hi Martin,

Sorry if I may correct you but you've translated the lyric "fino a trovare te" with "eventually to find you". I think is more correct "until I found you".
And the last lyric "e nel silenzio, un canto", translated in "and in the silence, the magic" is more correctly "and in the silence, a song".

Emil

Thanks for that Emil.

Well, my brother is of course English, although he speaks some Italian and visits Italy regularly. He was simply the best Italian speaker I had available to translate the lyric. So I will, of course defer to your superior knowledge.

Martin

Hi Martin,

Please don't misunderstand me, your brother has done an excellent work. There were only two small imperfections. For sure his italian is better than my english

Emil

[Paddy]

Hi, Emil,

Thanks for the pizza info.

I'm 'hot and cold' about it!


About 'La Notte ...', I'm curious about the meaning in English (rather than the translation) of these lines:

Fino a trovare te
Sara un incanto.

Is this ok?

'Until I find you,
It will be a curse.'

Meaning something like:

'Until I find you (again), I'll be under a (bad) spell.'

or

'It'll be really awful (for me) until I have found you (again).


Forgive the curiosity!

Grazie!

Paddy

[the28sky]

Hi Paddy,

I think is more correct your second interpretation.

"Memories of a lost love
that I recall
Until I find you
it will be magical"

Incanto means something magical in these lyrics, like a spell, more than a curse.
The girl lives in her memories, and she will continue until she found him, in my opinion intended until she finds a new love.

You're welcome for anything ^^

Emil

[Paddy]

the28sky said:

Hi Paddy,

I think is more correct your second interpretation.

"Memories of a lost love
that I recall
Until I found you
it will be magical"

Incanto means something magical in these lyrics, like a spell, more than a curse.
The girl lives in her memories, and she will continue until she found him, in my opinion intended until she finds a new love.

You're welcome for anything ^^

Emil

Thanks, Emil!

I see what you mean.

Could we change 'found' to 'find' - so that the tenses match?

i.e. Future Tense?

Ciao!

Paddy

[the28sky]

Oh yes.. you're right, my mistake.

I wanted to write "find"

Emil

[Dori]

Hello Roger,

The lyrics weren't included in my Japenese verion! Which JP version do you mean?

Dori

[roger]

Hi Dori,

My Japanese version is UCCL-1111 / 475 8483. It includes a separate 24-page booklet inside the usual insert. It is very plain in appearance (text only) and is mainly in Japanese but it includes all the lyrics (in English and Japanese).

Roger