Lost in Translation Vol. 6

The "name that tune" series with a twist. Can you reconstruct the original lyric after translation through half a dozen languages and identify the song?

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Lost in Translation is a weekly “name that tune” series with a twist. Every Monday I’ll present a song lyric which has been run through half a dozen languages before back translation into English. The translation process transmogrifies the lyric into something quite unlike the original and the challenge is for you, Dear Reader, to attempt to decipher the lyric and name the tune. Every Friday I’ll publish a new post with the translated lyric along with the original and a YouTube video timestamped to the start of the lyric.

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It’s Monday, which can only mean one thing—it’s time for another installment of Lost in Translation! Last week’s song was “Blue Monday” by New Order, a 1983 non-album single that eventually appeared on their 1987 compilation album, Substance. And, for the first time since this series began, we had a winner!!

We’re heading back to the 1960s for this week’s installment, featuring a song by a prolific male singer with dozens of studio albums under his belt. If we’ve not had a correct answer later in the week, I’ll post a Note or two to help point people in the right direction.

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Translated Lyric

Here’s the lyric for this week’s Lost in Translation:

Being loved by someone is an amazing thing

It's not uncommon to spend quality time with someone.

But when I see you going with someone

No wonder I cry

oh i want to die

I’ll be back on Notes later this week and on Friday with the solution.

Have at it folks!!

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Please head to the comments and let me know whether you’ve figured out this week’s song!!

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