Paroles et traduction Helena Vondráčková, Josef Vobruba, Jezinky & Taneční orchestr Čs.rozhlasu (TOČR) - Kam zmizel ten starý song (What Have They Done To My Song Ma)

Kam zmizel ten starý song (What Have They Done To My Song Ma)

Kam zmizel můj dobrý přítel?
Kam zmizel ten starý song?
Nehrál se hodně let, vy přece znáte svět,
A tak možná někdo víte,
Kam zmizel ten starý song.

Louis Armstrong jej kdysi hrál i jiní
Kam zmizel ten starý song?
Novou píseň hleď, tu zpívám teď
A ač ji ráda mám, stejně při ní
Slyším ten starý song

Pan Kainar text k němu psával
Kam zmizel ten starý song? jé
Ten text nebyl škvár, ne nezestárl a tak
Věděla bych ráda
Kam zmizel ten starý song?

To snad už je osud písní
Zmizet jak míček na ping-pong
Když jim došel dech, tak v archívech
V šuplíku se tísní
Tak končí snad každý song

Hmm...
Kam zmizel můj dobrý přítel?
Nevíte, kam zmizel ten starý song?
Máte vlastní svět
Je vám šestnáct let
A dnes už neslyšíte
Jak tenkrát zněl starý song

La la la lá, la la lá lá.
La la la lá, la la lá á.

Byl kdysi swing a jazz,
Ale dnes je dnes
Voda pryč co vzala, to vzala
S ní zmizel ten starý song...

Tak zpívej
Ať slunce dál pořád sálá
Ten pevný bod, zlatý gong, ou jé.
Až jednou budeš chtít
Slyšet svou dnešný píseň znít
řeknu: lalalala, voda vzala,
Tak jako ten starý song.

Where Did That Old Song Go (What Have They Done To My Song Ma)

Where has my good friend gone?
Where has that old song gone?
It hasn't been played in many a year, you know the world,
So maybe someone knows,
Where has that old song gone.

Louis Armstrong once played it and so did others
Where has that old song gone?
I sing a new song now, you see
And though I love it, I still
Hear that old song

Mr. Kainar wrote the lyrics
Where has that old song gone? Gee
The lyrics were no trash, no, they haven't aged, and so
I would like to know
Where has that old song gone?

Maybe that's just the fate of songs
To disappear like a ping-pong ball
When they run out of breath, they crowd
In a drawer in the archives
That's how every song ends

Hmm...
Where has my good friend gone?
Don't you know where that old song has gone?
You have your own world
You're sixteen years old
And today you no longer hear
How that old song sounded back then

La la la lá, la la lá lá.
La la la lá, la la lá á.

Once there was swing and jazz,
But today is today
What the waters took, they took
With them went that old song...

So sing
May the sun continue to shine
That fixed point, that golden gong, oh yeah.
When one day you want
To hear your own song of today
I'll say: The waters took it,
Just like that old song.