Du E för Fin för Mig

"You are too fine for me"

i translated this rough for a friend's messageboard (thevanlife.ca), so i thought why not post it. i don't know what that part about the spider is supposed to mean, but i'm no swede so whatever...

Say something nice och win back the love you lost in drunkenness You are beautiful, quench my thirst with rose lips, pipe or pilsner Wake up one monday in april on a normal day Play with fire ''ay ay buff'', take a cigarette breakfast

you are too good for me but i want to have you anyway I don't fit in like I should but I want to know how to

you are too good for me but they say that life goes on sometimes i start to think so too then things get ugly anyways

They want to know if I'm serious when i call you my girlfriend Nowadays one can't love any other but your spider (WTF???) But it's so clumsy, ''ay ay buff'' if it rains in Wake up one monday in april on a normal day, with your backside bare

you are too good for me but i want to have you anyway I don't fit in like I should but I want to know how you are too good for me but they say that that's life sometimes i start to think so too then things get ugly anyways

you are too good for me but i want to have you anyways i just don't fit in like i should but i want to know how to

that should say 'say something nice AND win back...' pardon my svenglish

http://www.konstochvanligasaker.se/dungen/

Dude, I love this song and was wondering what it meant, so thanks for the translation!

See the other entry for this song for a more accurate translation. . . :)

azkm EDIT: translations go in the comments and you should never make a duplicate lyric page. here is oranges' translation:

<b>ENGLISH: (This translation is not word-for-word literal, it adapts the many Swedish colloquialisms in the song into their English counterparts...as closely as I could, anyway!)</b>

Say something kind and win back the love you lost in drunkeness You are beautiful; quench my thirst with those rose lips, pipe, or pilsner I wake up on a Monday in April, on a normal day You're playing with the lighter, oh oh, a buffet, taking a cigarette breakfast

You are too good for me, but I still want you I don't look after you, and I realise I must but I want to know how You are too good for me, they say that's how it goes Sometimes I think so, too, so it's my fault

They will know I'm serious when I say you're my girlfriend Nowadays I can't love anyone but you, spider Your web is so sticky, oh oh, a buffet, and then it gets rained on I wake up on a Monday in April, on a normal day Your backside is bare

You are too good for me, but I still want you I don't look after you, and I realise I must but I want to know how You are too good for me, they say that's how it goes Sometimes I think so, too, so it's my fault

"aj aj buff" comes from "o aj aj aj aj buff" from "Trollmors Vaggvisa", a goodnight song for children. Check e.g. 0:44 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mwApd29wsI

From there it is not that hard to draw a parallell to "Itsy Bitsy Spider", about the spider and the rain.

And the Swedish rhyme "den som inga byxor har, han får gå med rumpan bar" = "the one who does not have pants, will have to go with his back bare".