Laugh Maker by Bump of Chicken

Original Lyrics
http://www.utamap.com/showkasi.php?surl=B12538

Music Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cwH0KmhOMc&feature=related

In the room soaked with tears, a sound of knock fell in.
With a face like this, I cannot meet anyone. What do you want? Who are you?
“My name isn’t worth giving, but there are people who call me “Laugh Maker”
and I’ve brought you laughters. It’s cold out here, so please let me in”
Laugh Maker? Are you kidding me? I do not remember calling someone like that.
Stop bothering me and leave at once. I cannot cry with you around.

In the room sunk in tears, a sound of knock flew in.
Is he still here? I’ve told him to go away.
“You are the first one ever in my life to say such words to me.”
“Now I’m starting to feel sad, what should I do? I think I’m gonna cry.”
Laugh Maker? Are you kidding me? You are not the one should be crying,
because I’m the one who wants to cry.  I do not remember calling someone like that.

the crying of two, far away…

Our backs against each other with door between us, 
and our sobbing mixed with hiccups.
We buried our heads in our knees, with our backs against each other,
and completely exhausted with all the crying.
Are you still trying to make me laugh? Laugh Maker?
“That’s the sole purpose of my life, I will not leave before you laugh”
I think I’ll let you into my room now, but
the problem is that I cannot open the door, with all the water pressure from our tears that’s holding the door.
Can you push the door from your side, I’ve already unlocked the door.
Just say yes or make any sound.
What’s going on? hey…it can’t be!

Laugh Maker? Are you kidding me? You left me all alone in here.
Without a word you left. The moment I began to trust you, you betrayed me.
Laugh Maker? Are you kidding me? With the sound of the window broken from outside.
Holding a iron pipe in his hand with a crying face, he says “I’ve brought you laughter”
so he takes out a tiny mirror and show it to me.
“Your crying face is really funny”
I was speechless, but I see what he meant, so I laughed.

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happy new year people!
may you all have laughters without the laugh maker!

busy busy busy!

whew~
test and other crap…
just didn’t have time to post…
I think I’ll be able to make a new lyrics post next week.
i hope……….

some thoughts…

wow!
this blog is growing faster than I’ve expected when I started.
It started with single digit clicks per month to now triple digits per month and still going up. I thought it was gonna stay at single clicks or no clicks at all… since I did not tell any of my friends about this blog, but still, it got known to many. And that is why I’m surprised.
Usually I’m lazy when it comes to updating new entries, but it seems now I’m more motivated (or obligied??) to write new stuff. Which means I’ll try to enter new stuff more often…
Anyway, thanks for people who came in and read my not-so-good translations and my meaningless bitching about lots of things. Moreover, I guess I’m now open to requests and comments, gimme your feedbacks, so I can do this better.

By the way, I’m planning on translating Bump of Chicken’s Supernova. It’s got really profound lyrics, and I want to make it known to many (although I’ve seen some translation already up in the web, but I believe I can do a better job.) And I’m also organizing my “Top Ten list of best one-hit-wonder songs.”
So stay tuned, I guess?

Tim

World End by FLOW

Original Lyrics:
http://www.utamap.com/showkasi.php?surl=A03160

Music Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVrqnN5xom4&feature=related

World End by FLOW
music by Takeshi Asakawa,
lyrics by Kohshi Asakawa,
and translation by me…

At the end of the world, the light that was born is now in the wind.

I cannot live on with only hypocrisy.
I cannot be healed with just kindness.

What was taken?
From this never-changing world.
What am I hearing?
A song of colors. (or can be translated to “a song called Colors”)

Everything is bright.

So let the shattered dreams ring throughtout the end of tomorrow.
At the world’s end, the light that was born , is where we become one.
It’s now in the wind.

I cannot laugh like it’s none of my business.
I cannot wipe it away with just lonliness.

What did I won?
At the end of the battle.
What am I hearing?
This sorrowful scream.

Everything is crying.

So let the shattered dreams ring throughtout the end of tomorrow.
At the world’s end, the light that was born , is where we become one.
It’s now in the wind.

Please let no one cry.
Return, to a heart fulfilled.
Already surpassing anything and everything.

Everything is bright.

So to let the sky I saw can be delivered to my wishes,
At the beginning of the world, in the morning of creation,
we are in pure white, and now we become the wind.

WORD OF THE VOICE by FLOW

Original Lyrics:
http://www.utamap.com/showkasi.php?surl=A02977

Music Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zVwBRBvAZ4

WORD OF THE VOICE
music by Takeshi Asakawa  and lyrics written by Kohshi Asakawa
translation by me… 

oh where can I go, oh the voice that is calling me.

Buried information, this stifling situation, and I’m not there.
The destruction of this world, and I’m running away irresponsibly, where am I heading?

In this rain that does not stop, soaked. Left behind and withered, heart.
Before everything collapses, I hear the voice

I’m fine with weak bonds,
because I’m holding you closely.
The overlapping lives are breathing slowly now.

“I am by your side”

Creation of the virtual world, seperated impulse, and where will it die?

Almost unbalanced. shaking, emotional, the first cry of birth.
For affirmation, I run across tonight.

I’m fine with ordinary solitary,
if we can stop hurting each other.
In the gap of this closed mind, hides sadness almost dropping out.

It will not disappear.

Long before words can reach, I can feel the warmth of the voices.
Face to face, we take this distance seriously.

Now I want weak bonds,
because I’m only want to feel you.
The sprouting feelings are breathing slowly now.
 
“I am by your side”

oh where can I go, oh the voice that is calling me.

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By the way….Dark Knight is probably the best movie I’ve seen so far this year…

Object a (対象a / Taishou a) by anNina

Original Lyrics:
http://www.utamap.com/showkasi.php?surl=H00015

Video Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NR7SUCGfpQ

Object a (対象a / Taishou a) by anNina
Music by inazawa, Lyrics by interface, & Translation by me…

Sprinkle some soils on your flesh,
even if it is forbidden.
The pleasure behind those pure eyes,
has the temptation that cannot be concealed.

Why is there sin?
Why is there punishment?

The tip of the bone is too bright,
and it lures the endless darkness.
Everything looks so vivid,
and disappears at once.

Put a lock on your memories,
even if it is broken.
At the bottom of this mad love,
has the impulse that cannot be suppressed.

While collecting the pieces,
I await the end of this dream.

Maybe I’m sinned is because I’ve given up.
Maybe I’m punished is because I’ve asked for too much.
Everything is left alone,
and runs around, in a circle.

Maybe I can smile when the morning comes,
and smile as if nothing ever happens.
And I wish, I wish
that I do not lose anything.

 

 

 

The Rolling Rock, Morning Descends Upon You by Asian Kung-Fu Generation

 

Original Lyrics:
http://www.uta-net.com/user/phplib/view_2.php?ID=61262

Music Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpy4qP7eMKI&feature=related

The Rolling Rock, Morning Descends Upon You (転がる岩、君に朝が降る)
song and lyrics written by Gotoh Masafumi (後藤正文)
translation by me… 

If possible, I would like to repaint this world.
It is nothing heroic like getting rid of war,
or maybe I’ve thought about it for a second.
I cannot become an actor or a movie star, but
before that I cannot even pretend to smile in front of you.
It is helpless for me.
Ah…Ah…

What went wrong?
I cannot even figure that out.
Rolling Rolling
Even though I do not have a heart, I can feel the pain.
From now on, we probably will,
Rolling Rolling with our hearts (or minds) twist together,
and begin to sprint through this frozen ground as if we are falling.

I feel sad with no reason,
and it gets more hopeless because I shed no tears,
so I start to sing in order to give this night some warmth.
The rock keeps on rolling as if,
it is taking us somewhere.
Cracking open hard ground and let life sprout through.
After crossing over that hill,
comes the sparkling morning that,
exposes and lightens all of your solitude.
Take you on a ride in a small red car.
Make a turn on a distant corner,
then disappear into the horizon.

What is missing?
I cannot even figure that out.
Rolling Rolling
Even though I do not have a heart, I can feel the pain.
From now on, we probably will,
Rolling Rolling with our hearts (or minds) twist together,
and begin to sprint through this frozen ground as if we are falling.

Yesterday & Today by Do As Infinity

Original Lyrics:
http://www.uta-net.com/user/phplib/view_0.php?ID=12586

Music Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Ry_qbTKK8

This song is one of my favorite, and is where I got the name of this blog.

Yesterday & Today
song and lyrics written by D.A.I
translation by me… 

Dear friends, so long.
I’ll never forget.
In those recurring encounters are,
these tiny wounds.
We embrace them with our hands, while
wander pointlessly.
Those gaze through this endless world,
the travelers.

It’s so precious when you have good wishes
Open eyes and see inside of your heart
It’s so precious when you have good wishes
Open eyes and see inside of your heart

The sound of bell called “Solitude”
induces words of prayer.
The reality that became yesterday and
the lively and gentle tomorrow will
pardon your everything, so
you can without any doubt
move foward.

It’s so precious when you have good wishes
Open eyes and see inside of your heart
It’s so precious when you have good wishes
Open eyes and see inside of your heart

Wandering eternally,
while walking towards the light,
the travelers.

Oh, my dear friends, even if you have no energy
Let’s sprint through such time.
Oh, my love, until one day we will
let eternity to bloom in this city.
Then someday I will,
sing this song again, or maybe return to my journey.

la la la la

Karma by Bump of Chicken

Original Lyrics:
http://www.uta-net.com/user/phplib/view_0.php?ID=35725

Music Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teYcWqRAPs4

This song is easy to understand if you played Tales of the Abyss.
The lyrics is all about the connection between Ash and Luke

Karma (カルマ)
song and lyrics written by Motoo Fujiwara (藤原基央)
translation by me… 

A glass ball was dropped, another dropped as I chased it.
In one spot of sunshine, only one left.

When our hearts start to beat, we reluctantly keep territories.
And continue to protect them from being taken away.

My hands look tainted even though I kept them clean.
And before I question my memories, my memories question me.

We will definitely meet, with the same vibration as our sign.
I’m here, and will always call out for you.
When we both fell for the same reason,
we’ll understand the meaning of our existence.

As long as we exist, we have no choice but to take up spaces.
In one spot of sunshine, it’s a bit crowded for two.

A glass ball was dropped. When it fell, something broke out.
And we bathed in sunshine while we fought for it.

We realized those steps we counted, mean nothing but merely numbers.
The thing we must understand, is somewhere between 1 and 0.

We will meet for the first time, with the same cry as our sign.
Please don’t forget, I will always call out for you.
When we are both burried for the same reason,
promise will be made.

We are one another’s mirror that
reflects our karma.
While our tainted hands touch each other,
and feel their silhouette.

You are here, because I can feel you.
In one spot of sunshine, we share spaces.

Please do not forget, I will always call out for you from inside of the glass ball.
Yes, we will finally meet, when the cross is built above the reasons.
Our promise will be complete,
and we will become one.

Sweeney Todd

I’ve heard good reviews about this movie since last year but was too busy to go to the theatere until recently. When I finally saw this movie, I was disappointed. The good can be read from the reviews, so I’m just going to talk about what I did not like about this movie:
First of all, since it was directed by Tim Burton so I thought I could see a blend of tragedy and dark comedy, instead the movie was plain and dull.
Second, there was too much gore and too much blood but too few explanation on why Todd turns into a merciless serial killer. I understand that he’s angry, I understand that he sees London as filled with vermins, and I understand that he wants to let the rich help the poor (by stuffing pies with their flesh,) but these do not justify him killing random people. In the end, I see Todd as a mad killer who has the thirst for blood instead of someone who seeks vengence with a good reason.