("I tighten the strings of this old lyre," went the translated lyrics of "Preludio," "which gets tuned, goes out of tune; nothing is played except chords of anguish").
Murray has recalled that the translated lyrics did not provide Callander with much money, while Murray himself was "a young songwriter who was suddenly having trouble coming up with lyrics.
Written by Han A-reum (book and lyrics) and Oh Sang-joon (music), they're catchy enough but they don't stick with you; and the translated lyrics mostly run along the lines of, "Our cries awaken this dark world" and "Destiny's moment cannot be missed".
But looking at these displays forces the user to turn their head away from the action - for example looking at the scoreboard at a baseball game, or translated lyrics at the side of the stage at an opera.
Often, Lina would ask me to translate lyrics.
Here are the translated lyrics to "Cajita de Barro" (Little Clay Box).
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Vietnam also requires a list of tracks and translated lyrics, which can be pretty hard with techno's brief and manipulated vocal samples.
When I was younger they used to make me translate lyrics to all the songs for them, so I ended up knowing all the words to stuff like "Spanish Train".
According to Prefix Magazine, the publisher brought in 15 of China's most esteemed poets and musicians to translate "Bob Dylan: The Lyrics (1961 2012)." The translated lyrics were divided into eight individual pocket-sized books that come inexplicably packaged in their own unique chip bag.
