Share your favourite non-English songs!

[Soandso]

Miriam Makeba sings WOZA which means "come" so the general theme of the lyrics in English is "Come love, let us live happily. … We have tried this, and we have tried that. … I am happy when, I am with you ."

 

[Soandso]

An African child choir rendition of MAGWALANDINI which means "You cowards" with lyrics translated into English such as : "… Time passes by, you cowards!…Why do you sleep, you cowards?"

 

[Soandso]

JIKELA EMAWENI is about Xosha boys' simulated fight training. The lyrical impulse in English goes along these lines "The boys' sticks will come to life at the river. … When sticks knock against one another, men are afraid of going to the river. …"

 

[Balle Clorin]

 

[LTig]

Spliff Deja vue from the album 85555:

 

[Scrutable]

From the old sod by the late great Sinead:

 

[Soandso]

UYADELA is in English about "You are arrogant … They say the rock rabbit has no tail, Because it likes others to do things for it. …"

 

[Soandso]

UMHOME is another Xosha song with the basic English meaning "I praise my fathers … I am speaking for all my loved ones. Let him alone to perform his dance.…"

 

[Ibofobi]

 

[Soandso]

BAJABULA BONKE is a song "I became ill" partially translated into English goes: "… Hey, they rejoiced over my illness…My dearest one prepared a poisonous dish for me...I lay on my bed. Oh! I was confined to bed."

 

[Soandso]

KHULUMA in English means "speak" and the song's lyrics translation encompass: "Say, man, say. The sun has set…The household sleeps. Make no entrance… Here you may not dare!"

 

[Soandso]

 

[jmead]

I like this song (at least how it sounds, the English translations of the lyrics are "poetic" to the point of opacity). The video is creepy in light of bandleader Bertrand Cantat being found guilty of manslaughter of his girlfriend, and his possible spousal abuse leading to his wife's suicide.

 

[escape2]

Una Palabra

 

[escape2]

Tra te e il mare

 

[Audionaut]

France Gall was a French pop and chanson singer. After a successful start to her career in France, she won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1965 for Luxembourg with the song “Poupée de cire, poupée de son.” In 1988, she had a number-one hit in several countries with “Ella, elle l’a.”

Oomph! is a German rock band from Braunschweig that was founded in Wolfsburg in 1989—before Rammstein, whom they consider one of their influences. The band is associated with the so-called Neue Deutsche Härte movement and is regarded as one of the best-known representatives of this genre.

 

[Audionaut]

Crêuza de mä is a studio album recorded in 1984 by the Italian singer-songwriter Fabrizio De André. All the songs are sung in the Ligurian dialect of De André’s hometown, Genoa.

 

[Audionaut]

"Tout l’univers" (French for "The Whole Universe") is a French-language pop song performed by the Swiss singer Gjon’s Tears. He represented Switzerland with this song at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam.

 

[Audionaut]

Peter Fox
Schwarz zu Blau

 

[krabapple]

This is delightful.

Aguas de Marco (Waters of March)