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Subtitles for Why Does the Camel Need an Orange? (1986)

English
January 07 2024 20:11:05
Created by Niffiwan, Chapaev₂, Eus₂
Zachem verblyudu apelsin.1986.en.1.25fps.1704658265.srt ⭳
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Originally translated by Eus based on Chapaev's transcription in Jan 2020. Extensively revised/retranslated by Niffiwan in Jan 2024 to break up long lines, correct translation mistakes and make it more poetic. The lyrics now often rhyme, or else they have the same (or a similar) number of syllables.

Also, the play of words and meanings with the three words in the title (Why, Camel, Orange) has been made more explicit by keeping the order of the words and the meaning of the sentence in translation, and also having them be on three different lines.

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1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,960 Creative Association Ekran 1986 2 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:10,900 written by A. Vatyan 3 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,940 directed by Yulian Kalisher 4 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:19,380 art director Lyudmila Tanasenko 5 00:00:20,620 --> 00:00:23,800 camera Yevgeniy Turevich 6 00:00:25,020 --> 00:00:28,340 composer V. Nazarov 7 00:00:28,710 --> 00:00:33,780 <b>WHY</b> DOES THE <b>CAMEL</b> NEED AN <b>ORANGE</b>? 8 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:37,320 WHY? 9 00:00:56,180 --> 00:00:59,405 <i>I am the most, I am the most,</i> 10 00:00:59,506 --> 00:01:01,806 <i>The longest, longest-necked...</i> 11 00:01:01,817 --> 00:01:03,340 Hey, giraffe, why do you need such a long neck? 12 00:01:03,441 --> 00:01:08,041 <i>I am the most long-necked beast; A longer neck there isn't.</i> 13 00:01:08,140 --> 00:01:09,840 Hah, it's so you can see your own tail. 14 00:01:09,841 --> 00:01:12,641 <i>I am the most, I am thinnest,</i> 15 00:01:12,740 --> 00:01:19,320 <i>I am the most, I'm yellowest, I'm tall and thin and yellow,</i> 16 00:01:19,420 --> 00:01:21,740 <i>More than yellow itself.</i> 17 00:01:21,841 --> 00:01:24,641 I'm short-necked, but I can still see my own tail! 18 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:30,600 <i>I run around, I run around, I lunch upon the leaves I've found</i> 19 00:01:30,701 --> 00:01:31,901 It can't be easy to have a neck like that! 20 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:37,660 <i>I always pluck the very freshest little leaves of all</i> 21 00:01:37,960 --> 00:01:41,140 <i>I do not ever have to climb,</i> 22 00:01:41,241 --> 00:01:44,341 <i>I do not ever have to jump,</i> 23 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:50,350 <i>I only need to stretch my neck To chew leaves right away</i> 24 00:01:50,451 --> 00:01:52,501 Maybe you just have it cause it's pretty? 25 00:01:53,180 --> 00:01:56,290 <i>I am the very slenderest,</i> 26 00:01:56,391 --> 00:01:59,441 <i>I am the very kindest,</i> 27 00:01:59,540 --> 00:02:05,360 <i>And all of you, of course, quite like My quiet, modest taste.</i> 28 00:02:05,461 --> 00:02:07,161 - Is it tasty? - Mmhmm. 29 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:09,590 <i>I'm very smart and charming,</i> 30 00:02:09,691 --> 00:02:12,991 <i>I'm simple and enchanting,</i> 31 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:16,160 <i>I'm cheerful and so dreamy,</i> 32 00:02:16,261 --> 00:02:18,661 <i>In one word - a giraffe</i> 33 00:02:18,762 --> 00:02:20,612 - Will you get me one? - Mmhmm. 34 00:02:20,700 --> 00:02:23,360 <i>I'm very smart and charming,</i> 35 00:02:23,811 --> 00:02:27,261 <i>I'm simple and enchanting,</i> 36 00:02:28,060 --> 00:02:33,600 <i>I'm cheerful and so dreamy, in one word - a giraffe</i> 37 00:02:33,700 --> 00:02:37,040 <i>And furthermore, I'm very modest, I am...</i> 38 00:02:37,340 --> 00:02:38,760 But I still don't understand - 39 00:02:38,761 --> 00:02:41,561 why does a giraffe need such a long neck? 40 00:02:41,660 --> 00:02:44,780 - Why? <i>- I... hmm, hmm, hmm...</i> 41 00:02:44,781 --> 00:02:48,181 <i>...in one word, am a giraffe!</i> 42 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,230 WHY 43 00:02:52,340 --> 00:02:55,760 THE <b>CAMEL</b> - <b>WHY</b> IS IT NEEDED BY THE <b>ORANGE</b>? 44 00:02:55,860 --> 00:02:59,520 CAMEL 45 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:58,200 <i>Hey, you camels that have two humps, And you camels that have three humps,</i> 46 00:03:58,300 --> 00:04:01,540 <i>And you camels that have five humps, I'd like to ask you:</i> 47 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:05,700 <i>How can you, you camels with humps, You camels possessing five humps,</i> 48 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:09,720 <i>However-many-there-are humps, Eat and drink so much?</i> 49 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,030 It is necessary. 50 00:04:15,165 --> 00:04:19,140 <i>You're a bunch of shaggy sack cloths, On your backs are upside-down pots.</i> 51 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,400 <i>Neither a snail, nor a froggy Could you overtake.</i> 52 00:04:22,500 --> 00:04:26,580 <i>You are big, but you're no lookers With no fine fur to be proud of.</i> 53 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:30,300 <i>Just who do you think you look like? I would like to know!</i> 54 00:04:30,940 --> 00:04:33,900 Probably other camels? 55 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:36,460 <i>Why, you camels, You're just damsels,</i> 56 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,360 <i>You're just mammals, You're just damals,</i> 57 00:04:38,460 --> 00:04:41,900 <i>Your legs look so very poorly, And your backs have humps.</i> 58 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,940 <i>Day and night you seem to chew gum, Don't participate in races,</i> 59 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:49,860 <i>Seem to live in hibernation, What are you proud of?</i> 60 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:53,320 Well, can you walk through the desert? 61 00:04:53,420 --> 00:04:58,240 Walk? I cannot. I can race over it! 62 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:02,240 Catch up! 63 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:28,340 I... will go back... 64 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:45,840 CAMEL 65 00:05:45,940 --> 00:05:47,160 CAMEL ORANGE 66 00:05:47,350 --> 00:05:50,640 THE <b>CAMEL</b> - <b>WHY</b> DOES HE NEED AN <b>ORANGE</b>? 67 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,420 ORANGE 68 00:06:10,020 --> 00:06:12,440 - Wow! - Oh! 69 00:06:12,540 --> 00:06:15,880 - Hey, where are you going? - To the watering hole. 70 00:06:15,980 --> 00:06:18,320 Oh, what a... 71 00:06:18,420 --> 00:06:23,420 <i>Oh, you should not hurry, Ah, you should not hurry,</i> 72 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:28,900 <i>Just keep breathing deeply the nice and clean air.</i> 73 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,900 Thank you very much. 74 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:36,200 <i>Oh, I wish he had not said "thank you" to me, I wish he'd have gifted that orange to me.</i> 75 00:06:36,300 --> 00:06:41,660 <i>I wish he'd have gifted that orange to me.</i> 76 00:06:45,620 --> 00:06:50,920 <i>I think that you, rhino, would very much wish</i> 77 00:06:51,021 --> 00:06:56,221 <i>To taste some lush and fragrant grass as a dish...</i> 78 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,260 Thank you. Thank you very much. 79 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:01,980 <i>Oh, I wish he had not said "thank you" to me,</i> 80 00:07:02,081 --> 00:07:04,531 <i>I wish he'd have gifted that orange to me.</i> 81 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:09,840 <i>I wish he'd have gifted that orange to me.</i> 82 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:19,200 <i>I've such friendly feelings just glowing in me;</i> 83 00:07:19,300 --> 00:07:24,440 <i>I wish you great joy in your life-yet-to-be!</i> 84 00:07:24,540 --> 00:07:29,020 Thank you very much, so very much. 85 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:34,400 <i>Oh, I wish he had not said "thank you" to me, I wish he'd have gifted that orange to me.</i> 86 00:07:34,500 --> 00:07:36,440 <i>I wish he'd have gifted that orange to me.</i> 87 00:07:36,541 --> 00:07:40,541 <i>I wish... I want that orange...</i> 88 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:41,960 - What's with you? 89 00:07:42,061 --> 00:07:45,061 - I'm envying you. - What for? 90 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,700 Well. You've already thanked me a whole three times, 91 00:07:48,801 --> 00:07:50,601 but I haven't thanked you even once! 92 00:07:50,700 --> 00:07:52,860 Well, say it as well, then! 93 00:07:52,961 --> 00:07:55,711 Ah, but it's not interesting to say it without reason. 94 00:07:55,860 --> 00:07:58,660 Well, then take this orange. 95 00:07:58,861 --> 00:08:00,161 Thank you! 96 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:02,560 And thank you too. 97 00:08:03,061 --> 00:08:04,961 Though I don't quite see what for... 98 00:08:17,060 --> 00:08:21,980 If I was asked by any guy: "A camel needs an orange... why?" I would answer like this (like this!): 99 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:26,620 See, it could go and take a bite, Or else just carry it a while - The camel is quite odd (quite odd!) 100 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:30,980 Another question comes to mind: "A camel need a 'copter... why?" (Just try explaining that!) 101 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:36,040 Perhaps to give the thing a lick, Or push it with its head a bit (Or stand in its cool shade!) 102 00:08:36,140 --> 00:08:40,720 I am surrounded by folks (by folks!) Who ask such things from dawn to dusk. 103 00:08:40,820 --> 00:08:45,720 Questions are so easy to ask (easy!) But answering's a harder task! (Right!) 104 00:08:45,820 --> 00:08:50,200 A harder question may arise: "Camels need locomotives... why?" (Let's ponder for a bit!) 105 00:08:50,300 --> 00:08:55,040 It would be used, I shall confide, To scratch a camel's itchy side (Or run in front of it!) 106 00:08:55,190 --> 00:08:59,860 Another question, now: to wit, What does the orange get from it? (What good's the camel to it?) 107 00:09:00,010 --> 00:09:04,780 Aha, you do not know, my friends! Then I will answer in your place: "Grab freebies while they last"! (Grab them!) 108 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:09,320 I am surrounded by folks Who ask such things from dawn to dusk. 109 00:09:09,420 --> 00:09:13,640 Questions are so easy to ask (easy!) But answering's a harder task! (Right!) 110 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:17,420 The End Subs by Chapaev & Eus (Jan 2020) Retranslated by Niffiwan (Jan 2024)