2019.02.21.
Spin
You smile and say that it's all as it's supposed to bebut alone you crack your nut of a head
You say that I am the most-most important to you
while you trample over everything that is good between us
On my lap, you prickle like a disorientated hedgehog
but it was you who decided to be here
Everything I say is
like a gust of wind for your ears
I ask myself why I'm still here
Don't spin-twirl a flaxen-haired maiden
if you have no sparks for me in your eyes1
Actually, your honesty doesn't have to be painless
Truth is not too much to ask
When you write, then you send me all the hearts in the world
in a message
You bore into my head, you let me think
that I am the best girl in the capital
But then you disappear from the horizons like a sunray
that took me from darkness to darkness
To warn you, I say this here is the final limit
when you ask yourself why I'm not here
Don't spin-twirl a flaxen-haired maiden (Let me spin some more, let me spin some more)
if you have no sparks for me in your eyes (Let me spin some more, let me spin some more)
Actually, your honesty doesn't have to be painless (Let me spin some more, let me spin some more)
Truth is not too much to ask
For the whole summer, I eyed chicks up
'Hey, tattoo my name on your ribs.'
One actually did it, she did a henna
My heart broke, then Lenna came
I said, 'Hello, sugarcube, I know you can sing
You are roughly exactly my 30th singer
and the 45th girl who is well-known in Estonia
Not including bloggers because I messed up counting
I left my glasses home because I just like to hang out
because players just like to play
Oh, sweetie, let's go eat out in Maikrahv2
and leave all the sweet talk to me
You are mine but we will split the bill
You called me an ass but names will never hurt anyone3
I have many irons in the fire because I said there were a many mes
Don't spin-twirl a flaxen-haired maiden (Let me spin some more, let me spin some more)
if you have no sparks for me in your eyes (Let me spin some more, let me spin some more)
Actually, your honesty doesn't have to be painless (Let me spin some more, let me spin some more)
Truth is not too much to ask
- 1. an echo of Raimond Valgre's 'Saaremaa valss', a very popular song, you can easily find it on this site
- 2. medieval restaurant in the old town of Tallinn, 'the count/earl of May'
- 3. actual Estonian proverb: a name doesn't harm a man
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If you want to base your translation on mine or just translate it, you are free to do it (especially on this website). Just keep in mind that I'd be glad if you mentioned me, referred to me.
You can also notify me (I would check my translation for any overlooked errors and/or I could answer your questions if you have any) but you don't have to.
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Most of my translations are works in progress. One never knows when a revelation may strike. One word: recheck.