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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.

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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.
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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 (4 total; 4 unique)

그러고는 옷장의 옷들을 뒤져서 가장 깨끗하게 더러운 셔츠를 찾아냈어요. 그 다음에 세수를 하고 머리를 빗었고, 하루를 맞이하기 위해 계단을 비틀거리며 내려갔어요
그리고나서 옷을 입을려고 옷장을 더듬는데옷이라고 해봐야 한동안 빨지않은 더러운 옷 뿐이라서 그중에 젤로 깨끗한 놈으로 골라입고 면도하고 머리도 빗고비틀거리며 계단을 내려와 밖으로 나왔지
그리곤 벽장 속 옷들을 뒤적여서는 그나마 제일 깨끗한 더러운 셔츠를 찾아냈어. 그리고 세수하고 빗질을 하고는 비틀비틀 하루를 맞이하러 계단을 내려갔지
그리고는 더러운 옷만 가득한 옷장을 뒤져 그중에 제일 깨끗한 셔츠를 고르고 세수를 하고 머리를 빗고 휘청휘청 계단을 내려와 세상을 마주하네
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