Kolla Kolla

General CommentCan anyone translate this to English please??

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General CommentRough translation:

Nationalteatern (The National Theater) - Kolla kolla (Lookie lookie)

If you're born amongst prolataerinas and deal
with narcotics and if you've already been
punished once then it's easy to get caught
now and then

I want to feel Free, free, free
It's my philosophy, phy, phy (NOTE: This rhymes in swedish <.<)
Lookie, lookie, can't
you see I'm a nice guy
Even if I'm in jail today
you'll have to agree that
that's not where I wanted to go.
NO!

I'll get a job, first chance I get.
Leather armchair and my own phone.
When I get out of here,
silly me, was
thinking that I was strong,
but I ended up in a park
and made my living from selling ... (NOTE: Here you're supposed to realise that they mean "selling drugs" because it rhymes in swedish (park, knark))

(NOTE: Most of the chorus is gibberish and doesn't mean anything)
Hadelätten da da
umpapa
one musn't do (that)
not good
hadelätten da da
umpapa
That's what I said
that wasn't good
umpapa

What an idiocy, cy, cy
to sell a load, load, load
Lookie, lookie
I have myself to blame
even if i don't like the locale that much
you'll have to agree that
it serves a purpose
The warden makes an exampel
breaks a guy
put a label on him.
So when I get out of here
my heart aches
like a dagger thrusting into it
when you meet some people
and fiddle about with a real ......... (NOTE: I have no idea what they mean here)

Hadelätten da da ...

But if you're honest instead
and keep working in the thief's society
and if you're miserly enough
you'll become a millionare in due time
provided that ...

You get out of here at all
Just take a loan from the bank
Move to Skanör,
make your living as a factory director
and live until you ... (NOTE: Here they mean "leva tills man dör", which means "live until you die")

Okay, okay, kay, kay
Take a look at me, me, me
Lookie, lookie,
I'm already labeled for the rest of my life
Even if I might be set free someday
you'll have to agree that
it's not overreacting.
Easy to be dilligent, hard-working and decent
I might as well drive straight into the creek
So when I get out of here
in a stolen Amazon (NOTE: a type of Volvo car)
I'll spend the first day
barging into the city
and let loose like ... (NOTE: Let loose like hell)

Hadelättan da da ...

*END*

There ya go.
Basically it's a song about getting in jail and then being marked for life even after you did you time. You get out in society again but for all people care you're still a criminal.

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General CommentGood translation

Mecka sig en redig means = to roll a fat joint.

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TranslationImproved translation into English: (less literal, Swedish rhymes spelled out, localized ("south-parkalized") nonsense chorus)

When you're born into the working class
And you do a couple of drug deals
And you already have a previous conviction
Of course you'll get caught
Now and then

I want to feel free, free, free
That's my philosophy, phy, phy
Check it out, I'm a decent guy
Even though I might be in prison today
You'll have to agree that
That's not what I intended

No, I'll take the first job I can get
With a leather recliner and a phone line of my own
As soon as I get out of here
Or so I thought, I'm such an idiot
I thought I was strong ("stark")
But I ended up in a park ("park")
Getting by by selling..... [drugs] ("knark")

Derp de derp de diddly
Oompa pa
It's not allowed!
No good!
Derp de derp de diddly
Oompa pa
That's what I said
It's no good!

How idiotic, tic, tic
Selling some product
Check it out,
I've got myself to blame
Even though I might not like these facilities
You'll have to agree
It's filling a function
The criminal justice system makes an example of you,
Breaks you and labels you
So when I get out of here
My heart aches, it stings like a knife ("dolk")
When you meet up with some folks ("folk")
And roll yourself a big fat..... [spliff] ("holk")

Derp de derp de diddly
Oompa pa
...

But if you choose the straight and narrow
And work hard in this society of criminals
As long as you're cheap and thrifty
Some day you'll be a millionaire
To the extent
You ever get out of here
Take a loan at the bank
Move to Skanör
Struggle to operate a factory ("fabrikör")
And live until you.... [die] ("dör")

Okay, kay, kay
Take a look at me, me me
Check it out,
I'm already marked for life
Even if I ever get out
You'll have to agree
It's not too easy being diligent, hard-working and decent
I might as well drive straight into the river
So when I get out of here
In a stolen Amazon
I'll spend that first day ("dan")
Barging into town ("stan")
And party hard as.... [fuck] ("fan")

Derp de derp de diddly
Oompa pa
...



LolTheForce: snyggt, fast du behöver komma ut mer om du inte uppfattade holk-rimmet ^_~

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TranslationWell, here's my translaton I feel a bit cleaner. Not trying to nail the rhymes but rather the english meaning as close to as it was conveyed in Swedish.

Om man är född bland proletärer och gör narkotikaaffärer
Om man är redan en gång straffad så är det lätt att man blir haffad...
...Till och från.
==
If one is born among the proletariat (sub working class)
And engage in narcotic affairs..
If one is once already a convict
then it's granted one gets nicked (arrested)
to and fro (every now and then)
=
Jag vill känna mej fri fri fri
Det är min filosofi fi fi
Kolla kolla att - jag är en reko kille
Även om jag kanske sitter på kåken idag
Får ni hålla med om att - det var inte dit jag ville
=
I want to feel free, free, free
That's my philosophy, phee, phee
Look look see (that,) I'm a decent fella
Even though I may be sitting in the joint today
(surely) You'll have to agree that, it's not where I wanted to (be)go.
=
Nej, jag tar ett jobb på första bästa ställe
Läderfotölj och egen telefon
När jag kommer härifrån - tänkte jag mitt dumma fån
Och trodde jag var stark - men jag hamna i en park
Och levde på att sälja.....
=
No, I'll take a job at the first and best emplacement.
Leather recliner and my own telephone (personal phone line.. )
When I (finally) get out of here - that's what I thought the stupid prick that I am
and thought that I was strong (stark) - but I ended up in a park (park)
and made my living on selling............ (drugs)
=
Hadelatten da da - umpapa omp
Får man inte göra - inte bra
Hadelatten da da - umpapa omp
Det var det jag sa - det var inte bra
Umpapa!
=
Hadelatten da da - umpapa omp (just made up words)
Not allowed to do - not good (very naughty)
That's what I said - tar was not good (that was naughty)
=
Vilken idioti ti ti
Att sälja av ett parti ti ti
Kolla kolla att - jag har mej själv att skylla
Även om jag inte gillar lokalen så bra
Får ni hålla med om att - den har en funktion att fylla
=
What idiocy-cy-cy
Selling(dealing) a package/brick/part (parti-ti-ti
Look look see that - I've only myself to blame
Even if I don't fancy the facility (prison) much
You've to agree that it's got a function to fill
=
Fångvården statuerar ett exempel
Knäcker en kille - sätter stämpel på
Så när jag kommer härifrån - värker det i hjärtevrån
Sticker som en dolk - när man träffar lite folk
Och meckar sig en redig...
=
The prison system exemplifies a purpose
Breaks down a fella - puts a stamp on (your record- and standing in in lowr class society)
So when I get out of here - it aches in the heart compartment (compartment of my heart)
Stabs like a dagger ("DOLK") - when you meet a few (familiar) folk ("folk")
and roll yourself a royal.... - silence for assumption (spliff/ "holk")

=

Hadelatten da da - umpapa omp
....etc
==
Men är man hederlig i stället och jobbar på i tjyvsamhället
Och bara är tillräckligt gniden så blir man miljonär med tiden...
...I den mån.
===
(on the contrary) if you live honestly instead, and work hard in this crooked society.
And just remain hardy enough, you'll be a millionaire with time (gone by)...
... Within that vein.
====
Man överhuvudtaget kommer härifrån
Bara ta ett sparbankslån
Flytta till Skanör
Slå sig fram som fabrikör
=====
(if) one ever gets out of this place
Just take a bank loan, move to Skanör (idyllic place in souther sweden)
Break through as a factory owner ("fabrikör, roughly factory driving")
====
Och leva tills man
=====
and live until you..... (silence implicating until you die)
====

Okej okej kej kej
Ta å titta på mej mej mej
Kolla kolla att - jag är redan märkt för livet
Även om jag kanske kommer i frihet en dag
Får ni hålla med om att - det är inte överdrivet
Lätt att va flitig, arbetsam och präktig
Lika så bra jag kör direkt i ån
När jag kommer härifrån - i en stulen Amazon
Tar jag första dan - till att dundra in till stan
Och släppa loss av bara...
=====
Okay okay, kay kay
Have a look at me me me
Look see - I'm already marked for life
Even if perhaps one day I enter into freedom.
You've to agree on - that this was not exaggerated.
Easy to be diligent, hard-working and commendable.
Might as well just drive striaght into (the+a) river
When I get out of here (the joint) - in a stolen Amazon (old Volvo car)
I'll grab that first day ("DAN") to powerdrive into town...
and let loose like ... (silence, implicating, let loose and party like fucking hell!)

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