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igenlodeI was amused (and full of admiration) to find this; a fully-rhymed -- and apparently sung by the translator in person -- English translation of the 'Soviet Musketeers theme song'.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kljt9opsd7s
It's not literally accurate. There is at least one other version in circulation that goes, for example, "Be happy, happy, happy -- sing glory to the Lord/With a woman of rare beauty and a skilful lucky sword. And swaying, swaying, swaying with the feathers on the hat/ We'll whisper to Good Fortune: 'A nice chit-chat!'" Which is a much closer translation -- at least up until you get to the forced final words for the rhymes -- but not nearly so convincing as a rendition of the actual spirit of the song.
And also, the sung performance is really pretty good :-)
Edit: YouTube has just linked me to a French version :-D
https://youtu.be/vPFDmxyrq-8?si=zgB-u4gBBZInwSuc
I love the translation of "рыцарь" as "preux", as in the nickname of Roland le preux...
Edit 2: YouTube also decided I might be interested in a completely unrelated song by the group Король и Шут ('The King and the Jester'), and actually, as it turned out, I was ;-)
https://youtu.be/LVJ6KkECgo8?si=4_obCqPo9qGEZGBU
And the lyrics are so very much more straightforward on this one, i.e. less allusive and poetical, that I can basically back-translate what I'm hearing just by looking at the English version!
https://lyricstranslate.com/ru/pesnya-mushketerov-musketeers-song.html
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kljt9opsd7s
It's time, my fine young gentlemen
in cloaks of royal blue,
To relish fights and binges, and night-time rendezvous!
Don't stay your blade to tempt your fate --
my friends, let's take our hats off
And thank our lucky stars: merci beaucoup!
It's not literally accurate. There is at least one other version in circulation that goes, for example, "Be happy, happy, happy -- sing glory to the Lord/With a woman of rare beauty and a skilful lucky sword. And swaying, swaying, swaying with the feathers on the hat/ We'll whisper to Good Fortune: 'A nice chit-chat!'" Which is a much closer translation -- at least up until you get to the forced final words for the rhymes -- but not nearly so convincing as a rendition of the actual spirit of the song.
And also, the sung performance is really pretty good :-)
Edit: YouTube has just linked me to a French version :-D
https://youtu.be/vPFDmxyrq-8?si=zgB-u4gBBZInwSuc
I love the translation of "рыцарь" as "preux", as in the nickname of Roland le preux...
Paris veut de l'argent, mais c'est la vie!
Surtout, il veut des preux de fière allure.
Mais qu'est-ce qu'un preux sans une belle amie?
Et qu'est-ce qu'un preux sans la vie d'aventure?
Edit 2: YouTube also decided I might be interested in a completely unrelated song by the group Король и Шут ('The King and the Jester'), and actually, as it turned out, I was ;-)
https://youtu.be/LVJ6KkECgo8?si=4_obCqPo9qGEZGBU
And the lyrics are so very much more straightforward on this one, i.e. less allusive and poetical, that I can basically back-translate what I'm hearing just by looking at the English version!
https://lyricstranslate.com/ru/pesnya-mushketerov-musketeers-song.html
- А где Гасконец?
- Вот он я!