There are so many beautiful songs in languages other than English.
This lovely community is international, so I’m sure we can compile a long list of good songs. The only rule is that these songs may not have English lyrics.
The Warning are great I still remember who Iistened to their whole back catalogue when you wrote about them here approx. one year ago.
Apart from The Warning, there is so much good rock, punk etc. with Spanish lyrics. In fact I really thought, what would Darrell think when I heard this song for the first time…
I lived in the Netherlands for 9 years up to 2011 and this was one of the bands I used to listen to a lot.
Always loved this song from van dik hout- Stil in mij
More or less translated (from lyrics I found online):
Come sit down with me, put your arm around me and hold me tight
All those faces, known but polite, as if I’m a stranger
And tonight life shows it’s true face
Come lie down with me, put your body around me, I have been cold
We have to win, the pretence is mean en is expected from us
And tonight love shows it’s true face
And it’s so quiet inside of me
I don’t have words for anything
It’s so quiet inside of me
And the world just keeps turning
It’s so quiet inside of me
I don’t have words for anything
It’s so quiet inside of me
Come sit down with me, put your arm around me and hold me tight
All those face and only you like you were yesterday
And tonight you showed your true face
Come lie down with me, put your body around me, I have been cold
You don’t have to say anything anymore, the truth already speaks through our eye contact
And tonight we show our true face
And it’s so quiet inside of me
I don’t have words for anything
It’s so quiet inside of me
And the world just keeps turning
It’s so quiet inside of me
I don’t have words for anything
It’s so quiet inside of me
Everyone looks but no one says what they think
Everyone seems but no one is who you think
And it’s so … quiet inside of me
On holidays in the Greek Islands I came across Rebetika (or Rebetiko, or Rembetika) which is sometimes described as “Greek Blues”
I have a couple of CDs by a band called The Rembetika Hipsters, who sing in Greek, but are actually Canadian! They have an amazing version of “Wicked Game” on YT, but I won’t post it here, as it’s in English. Instead here’s one of their album tracks
I used to tutor children whose naitive language is Mandarin. As a going away present for them, I recorded this song. It was my first year of guitar learning, so I only played chords. I’m pretty sure it was terrible, but it was a labor of love. Anyway, I love this beautiful song. I still know the Mandarin lyrics. One day I’ll get around to learning to play and sing the whole song properly. I can’t find a guitar version with lyrics to post, but the tab and tutorials are easily found online. The English title is: The Moon Represents My Heart https://youtu.be/XJsEZ18Wc2k?si=A3SijzxNBzOtwBj5