"Without You" by Sinn Sisamouth, Bae Kmien Oun, បើគ្មានអូន, Khmer Song ស៊ិន ស៊ីសាមុត chanson khmère

“Without You”
(Bae Kmien Oun)
Vocal by Sinn Sisamouth
Music & Lyrics by Svay Sam Eua
Arrangement by Has Salan

If I were to separate from you in this life, I would rather be alone. I do not want the world to rebuke and label me as capricious, driven by lustful desires.

Resisting public shame by building success as an undesirable to save my heart just for you. If you are my lifeline from a previous life, then nothing can keep us apart.

Please don't assume that I've abandoned you or that my sentiments have changed; trust me, my love. Do not be concerned that I have misled you.

Only my feelings remain in my life—a devoted life that I offer to you as a treasure in your heart—to comfort, embrace, and tenderly care for. Do not worry, please, my love!

Translation is a serious craft. One must capture the voice of an author writing in one language and relate it to another without overtaking the original author’s voice. One has to leave traces that the translation had ever taken place. Translating lyrics doesn't work if one were to translate word by word, or even sentence by sentence. And translating Khmer lyrics to English is even harder as some words just don't translate well. So I took some liberties to get a smoother translation.

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