Spanish term
United Kingdom
MA with Distinction in Translation
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English
A Troya voy, de Troya vengo
I am translating a video games journalism text for a university assignment. The phrase is the subheading of an article which is an in-depth review of the video game Total War: Troy in Spanish. This is the link to the article for context: https://www.eurogamer.es/articles/a-total-war-saga-troy-anal...
I was wondering if anybody recognises this as a reference to a popular song or a quote from a film or something similar. It doesn't seem to be a reference to anything later in the article or anything particular in the game itself. I have had a look at a few songs where it could be a pun on their lyrics, but nothing seems to stand out in particular. I have had a look at the journalist's other reviews and the subheading is usually a reference to a song, a line of dialogue from the game under review or a concise summary of the review.
So I am just wondering if this stands out to any Spanish speakers as a reference of some kind, I would be hugely grateful if anybody has time to take a look, thank you so much in advance.
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neilmac
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Cecilia Gowar
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| Soledades poem with translation |
Jessica Noyes
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Dec 21, 2020 15:17: Thomas Pfann changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): Toni Castano, philgoddard, Thomas Pfann
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Proposed translations
Ref to "volando voy"
"Volando voy, volando vengo
Volando voy, volando vengo
Por el camino yo me entretengo
Por el camino yo me entretengo"
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Note added at 4 mins (2020-12-21 11:16:12 GMT)
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Any excuse to hear the legendary Camarón is good IMHO :)
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Note added at 6 hrs (2020-12-21 18:07:05 GMT)
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Pax, Cecilia, it is quite likely that Camaron's lyric was inspired by Lope de Vega's cited work, But on the other hand I'm pretty sure that the former's lyrics are more familiar to most Spanish speakers, being part of more recent popular culture.
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Toni Castano
: Absolutely, just weird that the author of the article doesn´t mention the origin of the expresion (pun on words), puzzling... // And clearly a PRO question, IMO.
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I suffer from the same tic as the author cited, some words tend to trigger a musical earworm...
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Elisabel Gomez Sanchez
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United Kingdom
I read the Alethiometer
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
Origin of the phrase
¨A mis soledades voy, de mis soledades vengo¨
http://www.los-poetas.com/h/lope1.htm
I suppose you could translate it as ¨To Troy I go, from Troy I come¨ but it is not going to have the same familiar ring.
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Toni Castano
: Possible, but I very much doubt it. Lope de Vega is a classic, sure, but his writings unknown to most of all people in the Spanish speaking world. // Of course, Cecilia, but I believe Camarón is more likely to be present here than Lope :-)
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Many expressions from the classics have become part of everyday speech, even if the public do not usually know their origin or anything about their original author.
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Yvonne Gallagher
: I think you're right about origin and a literal translation should work though won't resonate for anyone not familiar with it. The word "Troy" will resonate
though so that should work. Spanish ref not important for English readers anyway
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Reference comments
United States
Expect excellent English
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian) 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English
Discussion
Thanks for your praise but you probably know a lot more than me about Baroque literature. Don't forget the Fuenteovejuna quote is widely used even by those who've never read Lope de Vega!
I agree with Phil, it would be best to come up with something catchy once you have a good grasp of the whole text, but the poster wanted to find out it if that particular phrase rang a bell with Spanish speakers.
You might be right but not being from Spain I am more familiar with the phrase I quoted than with Camarón and his songs. I did not even know his name of who he was.
Besides, the syntax is completely different.
As a matter of fact, another famous flamenco singer, José Meneses, sang the Lope de Vega poem from which the phrase is taken.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yisa7QUBy0g
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jose-Menese-Mis-Soledades-Vengo/dp/...