Dschingis Khan - Hadschi Halef Omar

Hello to everyone


Posted for corrections and suggestions. This was fun, Just like reading a book for me to see the story unfold. There is a video for this on Youtube if you're interested. I thought it was a pretty neat performance.
Here is a link if you want to listen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-aVr92R-dQ


Dschingis Khan - Hadschi Halef Omar


Sie zogen durch das wilde Kurdistan

They moved through the wild Kurdistan


zwei
die dem Tod schon oft ins Auge sah'n.
Sie ritten Seite an Seite
waren Freunde fürs Leben.
Hadschi hieß der kleine Mann

Two
Who often had stared death in the face
They rode side by side
Were friends for life
Hadschi was the little man


sein Herr war Kara Ben Nemsi.
Sein Turban
der war viel zu groß für ihn

His master was Kara Ben Nemsi
His turban
It was much too big for him


sein Pferd sah aus
als könnt' es kaum noch geh'n.
Doch wenn er kämpfte
ist allen schnell das Lachen vergangen

His horse looked
as if it could hardly walk
but when he fought
The laughter of his enemies quickly disappeared


denn er war ein Mann
ein Mann
ein Mann
ein Mann.

Because he was a man!
a Man!
a Man!
a Man!


Ha ha ha
Hadschi Halef Omar
Ha ha ha
Hadschi Halef Omar Ben
Ha ha ha
Hadschi Abul Abbas Ibn
Hadschi Dawuhd Al Gossara

Hey Hadschi Ho Hadschi
Hadschi Halef Omar
...


Und wenn ihr Kopf schon in der Schlinge hing

And when their heads had already hung in the noose


dann drehte Hadschi schnell ein tolles Ding

then Hadschi knew ways to get out of it/rescue them


und alle lagen am Boden
er stand lachend daneben.
Sein Prophet war Mohammed
und Allah hat ihm geholfen.

and everyone was on the ground
He stood laughing next to them
His Prophet Mohammed
and Allah has helped him


Er schwang den Säbel wie ein Wüstensohn

He swung the sword like a Desert Son


er ritt dem Teufel und em Wind davon.
Die Sehnsucht trieb ihn voran
der großen Freiheit entgegen.
Ja
er war ein Mann
ein Mann
ein Mann
ein Mann.

He rode faster than the devil and the wind
the yearning drove him forward
on towards great freedom
Yes!
Because he was a man!
a Man!
a Man!
a Man!


Ha ha ha
Hadschi Halef Omar
Ha ha ha
Hadschi Halef Omar Ben
Ha ha ha
Hadschi Abul Abbas Ibn
Hadschi Dawuhd Al Gossara


Durch das Tal des Todes und von Bagdad nach Stambul
im Sonnenschein
zogen sie dahin
dem Abenteuer auf der Spur
er und sein Freund
durch die kalten Sternennächte und den heißen Sand
sie waren frei
ritten sie und schon von weitem hat man ihn erkannt.
Schaut
dort kommt:
Hadschi Halef Omar Ben Hadschi Abul Abbas Ibn Hadschi Dawuhd
Al Gossarah

Through the Valley of Death and from Baghdad to Istanbul
in the sunshine
They traveled
looking for adventure on the trail
He and his friend
Through the cold starry-night and the hot sand
They were free
They rode and already from the distance someone has recognized him
Look!
There comes:

Ha ha ha
Hadschi Halef Omar
Ha ha ha
Hadschi Halef Omar Ben
Ha ha ha
Hadschi Abul Abbas Ibn
Hadschi Dawuhd Al Gossara

Hello

I'll check its video tomorrow. It sounds quite interesting and I always liked them even though it wasn't really my time (I was born in 86)

Enjoy the rest of your day, Macbard!



Dschingis Khan - Hadschi Halef Omar


Sie zogen durch das wilde Kurdistan

They moved through the wild Kurdistan


zwei
die dem Tod schon oft ins Auge sah'n.
Sie ritten Seite an Seite
waren Freunde fürs Leben.
Hadschi hieß der kleine Mann

Two
Who Death already often looked in the eyes
>> who often had stared death in the face (sounds better in my opinion)
They rode side by side
Were friends for life
Hadschi was the little man


sein Herr war Kara Ben Nemsi.
Sein Turban
der war viel zu groß für ihn

His master was Kara Ben Nemsi
His turban
It was much too big for him


sein Pferd sah aus
als könnt' es kaum noch geh'n.
Doch wenn er kämpfte
ist allen schnell das Lachen vergangen

His horse looked
as if it could hardly walk
but when he fought
the laughter quickly disappeared
The laughter of his enemies (just for clarification I'd use it)


denn er war ein Mann
ein Mann
ein Mann
ein Mann.

Because he was a man!
a Man!
a Man!
a Man!


Ha ha ha
Hadschi Halef Omar
Ha ha ha
Hadschi Halef Omar Ben
Ha ha ha
Hadschi Abul Abbas Ibn
Hadschi Dawuhd Al Gossara

Hey Hadschi Ho Hadschi
Hadschi Halef Omar
...


Und wenn ihr Kopf schon in der Schlinge hing

And if your head already hangs in the noose
>> And when their heads had already hung in the noose


dann drehte Hadschi schnell ein tolles Ding

>> then Hadschi knew ways to get out of it/rescue them (ein Ding drehen is basically what I've just written. It's a colloquial term you can't really know )


und alle lagen am Boden
er stand lachend daneben.
Sein Prophet war Mohammed
und Allah hat ihm geholfen.

and everyone was on the ground
He stood laughing next to them.
His prophet Mohammed
and Allah has helped him


Er schwang den Säbel wie ein Wüstensohn

He swung the sword like a Desert Son


er ritt dem Teufel und em Wind davon.
Die Sehnsucht trieb ihn voran
der großen Freiheit entgegen.
Ja
er war ein Mann
ein Mann
ein Mann
ein Mann.

He rode the devil and the wind from there
>> It means: He rode faster than the devil and the wind (he rode away from them..) davonreiten means that the distance between the two horses is increasing continually.
the yearning drove him forward
on towards great freedom
Yes!
Because he was a man!
a Man!
a Man!
a Man!


Ha ha ha
Hadschi Halef Omar
Ha ha ha
Hadschi Halef Omar Ben
Ha ha ha
Hadschi Abul Abbas Ibn
Hadschi Dawuhd Al Gossara


Durch das Tal des Todes und von Bagdad nach Stambul
im Sonnenschein
zogen sie dahin
dem Abenteuer auf der Spur
er und sein Freund
durch die kalten Sternennächte und den heißen Sand
sie waren frei
ritten sie und schon von weitem hat man ihn erkannt.
Schaut
dort kommt:
Hadschi Halef Omar Ben Hadschi Abul Abbas Ibn Hadschi Dawuhd
Al Gossarah

Through the Valley of Death and from Baghdad to Istanbul
in the sunshine
They traveled
to the adventure on the trail
(looking for adventures)
He and his friend
Through the cold starry-night and the hot sand
They were free
They rode and already from the distance someone has recognized him
Look!
There comes:

Ha ha ha
Hadschi Halef Omar
Ha ha ha
Hadschi Halef Omar Ben
Ha ha ha
Hadschi Abul Abbas Ibn
Hadschi Dawuhd Al Gossara

Hi Cosmonaut

Thanks for the corrections. As you can see my search for the right words sometimes needs help.



Who Death already often looked in the eyes
>> who often had stared death in the face (sounds better in my opinion)
Believe it or not I almost went with this but I got stubborn trying to stay too close to the lyrics.
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dann drehte Hadschi schnell ein tolles Ding
>> then Hadschi knew ways to get out of it/rescue them (ein Ding drehen is basically what I've just written. It's a colloquial term you can't really know)
When I looked up "drehte" it referred to rotating, turning so I started thinking spinning around real fast with his sword and everyone was on the ground. Then "whirling dervish"popped into my head even though that has nothing to do with fighting. That's why I worded it that way. Thanks for the insight.
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Und wenn ihr Kopf schon in der Schlinge hing
And if your head already hangs in the noose
>> And when their heads had already hung in the noose
I kind of felt the tense was wrong there. Thanks for the correct words.
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I was talking to my son about the correction for the His Prophet and he said I should have capitalized Prophet as well so I did.

Talk to you later, Macbard

Oh my god, I remember this song very well. One of the male singers is still a very famous song writer and producer: Leslie Mandoki.

Hi Macbard,

my prophet correction was solely because, the way you had written it, it seemed to mean "he stood laughing next to his prophet" - I just wanted to point out that he, by no means, stood next to his prophet or even laughed at him

Hello Cosmonaut & Tahira

@ Both - I like this song and Moskau & Dschinghis Khan also by them. Very colorful costumes on on the Youtube videos. The songs all have a similar style but I think they are just fun songs.


@ Cosmonaut - I knew what I meant but thank you helping me state it more clearly.
My son told me it was proper to capitalize all those word. I don't know but it doesn't hurt to do so either way.


Talk to you later, Macbard