Moon River, to Spanish via Almodovar, and back into English

February 6, 2005 8:20 PM

AlmodovarFilter - Can anyone provide me with the English version of the re-written Spanish lyrics of "Moon River" as sung by Pedro Jose Sanchez Martinez in Almodovar's current film, "Bad Education?" They were in English in the subtitles, but I can't find them online.
posted by stonerose to Writing & Language (5 answers total)

If one were criminally inclined, one could theoretically go to isohunt.com and look for torrents with the name of the movie. The one could simply transcribe the lyrics from the subtitles themselves. But that's illegal, so don't do it.
posted by ori at 11:24 PM on February 6, 2005

I don't have the subtitles, but I found the Spanish lyrics on IMDB and have done a quick (and pretty rough) translation:

Moon river ... I will not forget you,
I will not get carried away
By the water, muddy water
Of the river of the moon
Which sounds like happening.

River and moon, tell me where they are,
My god, right and wrong,
Tell me.

I want to know
What he hides in the dark
And will you find it,
River and moon ... good-bye.

My moon, come and light me,
I know neither where I am nor why.
I hear the rumor of muddy waters
- they take me far, very far from myself.

Moon river ... tell me where they are
My god, right and wrong,
Tell me.

I want to know
What he hides in the dark
And if will you find it,
Moon River ... Goodbye.
posted by benzo8 at 12:28 AM on February 7, 2005

benzo8, could you post the Spanish lyrics too? I looked on IMDB and could not find... Or you could tell me where on IMDB you saw the lyrics and I will look again--thanks so much! I've been humming the song all week, but much prefer the Mala Educacion version...
posted by ibeji at 6:44 AM on February 7, 2005

Here...

Moon river... no te olvidaré,
yo no me dejaré llevar
por el agua, agua turbia
del río de la luna
que suena al pasar.

Río y luna, dime dónde están,
mi dios, el bien y el mal,
decid.

Yo quiero saber
qué se esconde en la oscuridad
y tú lo encontrarás,
río y luna... adiós.

Mi luna, ven y alúmbrame,
no sé ni dónde estoy, por qué.
Oigo el rumor de aguas turbias
que me llevan lejos, muy lejos de mí.

Moon river... dime dónde están
mi dios, el bien y el mal,
decid.

Yo quiero saber
qué se esconde en la oscuridad
y tú lo encontrarás,
Moon river... adiós.
posted by benzo8 at 7:10 AM on February 7, 2005

thank you!!
posted by ibeji at 7:43 AM on February 7, 2005