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cuando el sol para ti ya no salga...

English translation: when the sun no longer shines for you

06:50 Jul 4, 2022
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Music / Music. (Romanticism)
Spanish term or phrase: cuando el sol para ti ya no salga...
I would like to know the best translation of this phrase from European Spanish into American English.

Colleagues from Latin America, feel free to send me your suggestions as well. This is from the Spanish Song "Recuérdame" from Camilo Sesto.

Is okay to translate it as remember me as when the sun doesn't come out for you any longer?

Here is the full paragraph for your review:

Recuérdame
cuando el sol para ti ya no salga
cuando el amor te haya dado la espalda
cuando no tengas a quien confiarte
ni a nadie a los pies de tu falda.

Recuérdame
por haber sido la leña en tu fuego
porque yo fui el perdedor en tu juego
Recuérdame
cuando el sol para ti ya no salga
cuando el amor te haya dado la espalda
cuando no tengas a quien confiarte
ni a nadie a los pies de tu falda.

Recuérdame
por haber sido la leña en tu fuego
porque yo fui el perdedor en tu juego
yugoslavia
United States
Local time: 16:50
English translation:when the sun no longer shines for you
Explanation:
An option

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Note added at 51 mins (2022-07-04 07:41:51 GMT)
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Yugoslavia, yes, less wordy is preferable, and DEP Camilo.

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Note added at 1 hr (2022-07-04 08:05:43 GMT)
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Well you mentioned he had quite recently passed away, descansa en paz...
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Marie Wilson
Spain
Local time: 22:50
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5when the sun no longer shines for you
Marie Wilson
4when the sun no longer brightens your day
Barbara Cochran, MFA
3When the sun stops rising for you anymore
Andrew Bramhall


Discussion entries: 1





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
When the sun stops rising for you anymore


Explanation:
When the sun stops rising for you
when love has turned its back
when there's no one there to turn to
when there's no one tugging at you skirt hems;

Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your help Andrew.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Stephanie Ament: A less wordy version that keeps the sense of "ya no salga" might be "when the sun ceases to rise for you." It's formalized language, but that can work really lovely in song lyrics.
1 day 5 hrs
  -> Yep, thanks;
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
when the sun no longer shines for you


Explanation:
An option

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Note added at 51 mins (2022-07-04 07:41:51 GMT)
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Yugoslavia, yes, less wordy is preferable, and DEP Camilo.

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Note added at 1 hr (2022-07-04 08:05:43 GMT)
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Well you mentioned he had quite recently passed away, descansa en paz...

Marie Wilson
Spain
Local time: 22:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Miss Wilson. The English suggestion when the sun no longer shines for you is better than when the sun doesn't come out for you any longer? Please let me know. The singer of this song is from Spain as well.

Asker: The name of the singer is Camilo Sesto. He passed away in the year 2019.

Asker: Thanks again for your help. What do you mean with DEP Camilo?

Asker: I got it Miss Wilson, yes he passed away in September 2019. He sang in The UK before and he recorded some of his songs there. Thanks for your help. Yes, he is resting in peace.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  liz askew
34 mins
  -> Thanks, Liz :-)
agree  neilmac: Way better IMHO...
1 hr
  -> Cheers Neil!
agree  Bryce Benavides
8 hrs
  -> Thanks Bryce!
agree  Thomas Walker
10 hrs
  -> Thanks Tom!
agree  Taña Dalglish: Way better than the wordier version.
14 hrs
  -> Thank you very much, Taña!
neutral  Stephanie Ament: I agree that this is very idiomatic, and close enough to the sense to convey the feeling. The author restricted the question but see my comment to Andrew. Just another possible option. :)
1 day 6 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
when the sun no longer brightens your day


Explanation:
In times when you feel gloomy or sad.

"When Sun shines, it not only brightens our day; it enlightens us, our soul, cleansing it of the gloominess that the night's darkness had brought in."

Tista Ray

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 16:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 14
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your help Miss Cochran.

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