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Source text in English

Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down

Well, I woke up Sunday morning
With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt.
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad,
So I had one more for dessert.
Then I fumbled in my closet through my clothes
And found my cleanest dirty shirt.
Then I washed my face and combed my hair
And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day.

I'd smoked my mind the night before
With cigarettes and songs I'd been picking.
But I lit my first and watched a small kid
Playing with a can that he was kicking.
Then I walked across the street
And caught the Sunday smell of someone's frying chicken.
And Lord, it took me back to something that I'd lost
Somewhere, somehow along the way.

On a Sunday morning sidewalk,
I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stoned.
'Cause there's something in a Sunday
That makes a body feel alone.
And there's nothing short a' dying
That's half as lonesome as the sound
Of the sleeping city sidewalk
And Sunday morning coming down.

In the park I saw a daddy
With a laughing little girl that he was swinging.
And I stopped beside a Sunday school
And listened to the songs they were singing.
Then I headed down the street,
And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringing,
And it echoed through the canyon
Like the disappearing dreams of yesterday.

On a Sunday morning sidewalk,
I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stoned.
'Cause there's something in a Sunday
That makes a body feel alone.
And there's nothing short a' dying
That's half as lonesome as the sound
Of the sleeping city sidewalk
And Sunday morning coming down.

There were 6 entries submitted in this pair during the submission phase.

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Submitted segment translations

Translations submitted for each source text segment are listed below. Segments have had surrounding punctuation stripped, and the resulting identical segments have been grouped together, so each listed translation should differ, but the difference may be subtle (eg. internal punctuation or diacritics).

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Source text segment #3

Then I fumbled in my closet through my clothes
And found my cleanest dirty shirt.
Then I washed my face and combed my hair
And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day.
Rank by:
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this part need rectification
original :

Then I fumbled through my closet for my clothes , And found my cleanest dirty shirt . And I shaved my face and combed my hair And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day
“meet the day”翻译成“终见亮堂”不准确，不知道译者想要表达什么
Prekopah svu odjeću u ormaru
tražeći najčišću od prljave opravu
osvježih lice vodom i počešljah glavu
niz stepenice sjurih se u susret danu
然后，我在衣橱里的脏衣服堆里，胡乱摸出最干净的那件穿上。接着洗脸梳头，跌跌撞撞地下楼，开始新的一天。
+1 | -1
Ύστερα ψηλάφησα στο ερμάρι μου μέσα στα ενδύματα μου
και βρήκα το πιο καθαρό από τ' ακάθαρτα υποκάμισα μου.
Μετά έπλυνα το πρόσωπο μου, χτένι
-3
Tese 2 sentences are full of slangs: Después manoseé en mi armario por medio de mis ropas encontré mi camisa más limpia de los sucios. Después me lavé mi cara y me peiné, Y dí un traspié hacia abajo en las escaleras para dar con el día

Translations of this segment (6 total; 6 unique)

从衣橱里找我的衣服，从脏衬衫中找到一件相对干净的。然后，我洗洗脸梳梳头，跌跌撞撞下楼去迎接这一天
然后摸索着衣橱里的衣服， 在一堆脏衣服里找到最干净的那件。 我洗过脸，梳了头， 蹒跚着走下楼梯，迎接这日子
然后我在衣橱凌乱的衣服堆里， 找到了我最干净的脏衬衫。 然后洗脸梳头，跌跌撞撞下楼， 迎接新的一天
用完餐寻衣穿翻柜倒箱， 找不到只能拣脏乱衣裳， 漱完口洗完脸再梳头发， 踉跄跄晃下楼终见亮堂
我在壁橱的衣帽中摸索， 找到件最干净的脏衬衫。 然后我洗了洗脸梳了梳头发， 迷迷糊糊地下楼开始一天的生活
手入衣櫃遍尋衣物 找來最淨髒襯污衫 又洗了臉又梳了頭 蹣跚下樓邁向一天
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