Zemrën e lamë peng

English translation: left our hearts behind

00:45 Dec 28, 2007

Albanian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Other

Albanian term or phrase: Zemrën e lamë peng

I'm having great difficulty trying to find a good English equivalent for this. It's the title of a song.

Nate pas nate ne
Rrahje pas rrahje
Ne të larguar
Por jo nuk mundëm
Se zemrën të dy e lamë peng

frederik

English translation:left our hearts behind

Explanation:
Night after night
beat after beat
we left,
but no we couldn't
b'cause the hearts behind we left

Përkthimi i vargjeve është për të dhënë "një shpjegim" për sugjerimin e titullit.

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Elvana Moore
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Local time: 12:03

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left our hearts behind

Elvana Moore

We pledged the heart

Nick Beqo

4 +1

We pawned our heart away/ Our heart we pawned away

Ledja

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We pledged the heart

Explanation:
pledged - To make a solemn binding promise

Nick Beqo
Local time: 04:03
Native speaker of:

Albanian

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left our hearts behind

Elvana Moore
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:03
Native speaker of:

Albanian

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We pawned our heart away/ Our heart we pawned away

Explanation:
At the risk of being too literal in translation, I still stand by this version. You'll find that there are many google hits for this phrase, most aiming (and succeding) to have a literary/poetic sound to them. Check the link below - that's where the sentence examples came from.
Also, there's apparently a song titled: Don't pawn my heart away
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q="pawn my heart away"&...

Example sentence(s):

Having spent myself the greatest and the best part of my life in the Dutch colonial service and having pawned my heart to the welfare of the Dutch East ...
... turn it into one of those canned, readymade moulds into which we thrust our heads, and to which we pawn our hearts in search of comfort and security. ...

Reference: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBS_en___GB218&...

Ledja
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:03
Native speaker of: Albanian

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