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Random lyrics time!
Sep. 24th, 2008 08:05 pmIt's random lyrics time again!
But first, looky! Niji I got my translation of Niji up on Animelyrics.com!
Now, some Sakamoto Maaya, because she roxxors. Usually, when I read translations of or understand some of Japanese songs, I usually go "Okay... okay... I get what they're saying, but that doesn't really make a lot of sense." Gackt, YUKI, and Shinohara Tomoe come to mind. Gackt's stuff is mostly angsty relationship stuff, YUKI's is varied, but a lot of the time it makes little sense to me, as does Shinohara's. But Maaya's stuff makes sense, and is awesome, and unique. Her music has the kind of lyrics I'd be impressed with if I heard them on the American radio (as opposed to most Japanese stuff, which I tend to just think is always pretty since I don't really understand it most of the time).
So! Have some!
I'll post the English translation if the song's in Japanese, and just the English if the song's in English.
This is the song of a kingfisher girl
Who sits by the side of the River of Life
And flies in her mind over seven sad seas
Fiery her wings as so brightly she sings
( Kingfisher Girl )
--
one day, sitting in a tree
I couldn't help but notice you there in the park
you weren't like all the others
you could fit me in your pocket
and just seemed so large
( Park in Amsterdam (the whole story) )
--
san-gatsu jyuu-roku nichi gozen go-ji san-jyuppun
March 16 5:30 A.M.
watashi wa kyou, kono machi wo dete ikimasu.
kariteta mama no hon wa tsukue no ue.
ORENJI no NITTO wa imouto ni.
SAKANA no ESA wa ichi-nichi ni-kai desu.
Today, I will be leaving this town.
The book I borrowed is on the desk.
The orange knit is for my little sister.
The fish need to be fed twice a day.
( Okitegami - Farewell Letter )
--
Yomikake no hon wo toji, kajirikake no pan wo nokoshi
akehanatsu mado ni wa hane ga hitotsu ochite ita
daremo kodomo no yume
kieta yukue wo shiranai
Closing the book I was reading and putting down the bread I was nibbling, I open the window and notice
that a single feather has fallen on the windowboard.
Nobody knows where the dreams of children disappeared
( Chibikko Folk - Little Folk )
Ooh, and as a bonus, The Garden of Everything (sung with Steve Conte, of "Call Me Call Me" and "Rain" from Cowboy Bebop fame):
Here you are
Daylight's star
Made out of miracles
Perfection
Of your own
You alone
O so incredible
Each atom
Sings to me
"Set me free
From chains of the physical."
O free me, O free me
( The Garden of Everything )
But first, looky! Niji I got my translation of Niji up on Animelyrics.com!
Now, some Sakamoto Maaya, because she roxxors. Usually, when I read translations of or understand some of Japanese songs, I usually go "Okay... okay... I get what they're saying, but that doesn't really make a lot of sense." Gackt, YUKI, and Shinohara Tomoe come to mind. Gackt's stuff is mostly angsty relationship stuff, YUKI's is varied, but a lot of the time it makes little sense to me, as does Shinohara's. But Maaya's stuff makes sense, and is awesome, and unique. Her music has the kind of lyrics I'd be impressed with if I heard them on the American radio (as opposed to most Japanese stuff, which I tend to just think is always pretty since I don't really understand it most of the time).
So! Have some!
I'll post the English translation if the song's in Japanese, and just the English if the song's in English.
This is the song of a kingfisher girl
Who sits by the side of the River of Life
And flies in her mind over seven sad seas
Fiery her wings as so brightly she sings
( Kingfisher Girl )
--
one day, sitting in a tree
I couldn't help but notice you there in the park
you weren't like all the others
you could fit me in your pocket
and just seemed so large
( Park in Amsterdam (the whole story) )
--
san-gatsu jyuu-roku nichi gozen go-ji san-jyuppun
March 16 5:30 A.M.
watashi wa kyou, kono machi wo dete ikimasu.
kariteta mama no hon wa tsukue no ue.
ORENJI no NITTO wa imouto ni.
SAKANA no ESA wa ichi-nichi ni-kai desu.
Today, I will be leaving this town.
The book I borrowed is on the desk.
The orange knit is for my little sister.
The fish need to be fed twice a day.
( Okitegami - Farewell Letter )
--
Yomikake no hon wo toji, kajirikake no pan wo nokoshi
akehanatsu mado ni wa hane ga hitotsu ochite ita
daremo kodomo no yume
kieta yukue wo shiranai
Closing the book I was reading and putting down the bread I was nibbling, I open the window and notice
that a single feather has fallen on the windowboard.
Nobody knows where the dreams of children disappeared
( Chibikko Folk - Little Folk )
Ooh, and as a bonus, The Garden of Everything (sung with Steve Conte, of "Call Me Call Me" and "Rain" from Cowboy Bebop fame):
Here you are
Daylight's star
Made out of miracles
Perfection
Of your own
You alone
O so incredible
Each atom
Sings to me
"Set me free
From chains of the physical."
O free me, O free me
( The Garden of Everything )
