Bump of Chicken: Dandelion

03.09.24
Artist: Bump of Chicken
Title: Dandelion
Words: Fujiwara Motoo
Music: Fujiwara Motoo

The lonely lion crossed the hanging bridge
hated by everyone in the Savannah
and he met someone on the otherside,
who bore a striking resemblance to the sun.

Are you not scared of me?
Will you not run away?
And with the passing breeze,
it nodded once.

Do you know why I cry?
I don't, but I know
it must have been you who gave me
this warmth on my wet cheek.

Even on rainy days the lion ran across the hanging bridge,
carrying a golden amber in his mouth
Today's gift is a tiny stone
that looks about the same color as you.

The thunder roared, and the hanging bridge fell
the pain awoke the lion,
the sky far away had grown small,
Did I make you cry?

Can you hear my cheerful voice?
then you'll know, that I'm perfectly fine!
And you need never know
of the coldness of my wet cheeks

In the unending rain, the blood washes away,
I wonder if you could love me
if I were reincarnated,
more in your image?
I can't speak with a cheerful voice anymore,
but oddly, I'm not lonely.
You took away the coldness of my wet cheeks

Do you know why I cry?
I don't but,
the warmth in my heart
seems like a good enough answer.

the seasons change, spring arrives,
all of the valley is a golden hue,
the Dandelions blooming as far as the eye can see,
bear a striking resemblance to the lion.

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: Ah,this is so beautiful, but the joke in the title keeps things Bump-silly. The Lion who dies and becomes a Dandy Lion. Ahh if this were an anime I'd be frozen and out in space somewhere.

Romaji

samishigariya raion tsurihashi wo wataru
sabanna jya minna ni kirawareta
hashi no mukou de deatta yatsu ha
taiyou ni yoku nita sugata datta

omae ha ore ga kowakunai no ka?
nigenaide ite kureru no ka?
fukinukeru kaze to tomo ni
ichido dake unazuita

namida no wake wo shitteru ka
ore ni ha wakaranai ga
nureta hoho no atatakasa ha
osoraku omae ga kuretan da

ame no hi mo raion tsurihashi wo yurasu
kiniro no kohaku wo kuwaete
kyou no omiyage ha itsumo mukuchi na
omae ni yoku nita iro no koishi

hibiku raimei ochiru tsurihashi
itami ni me wo samaseba
sora ha tooku semakunatta
omae wo nakasu mono ka

kono genki na koe ga kikoeru ka
kono toori zenzen heiki da zo
nureta hoho no tsumetasa nado
shougai omae ha shiranakute ii

yamanai ame ni chi ha nagareteiku
moshi umarekawaru nara
omae no you na sugata ni narereba
aishitemoraeru ka naa

mou genki na koe ha denai kedo
fushigi to samishikunai
nureta hoho no tsumetasa nado
osoraku omae ga ubattan da

namida no wake wo shitteru ka
ore ni ha wakaranai ga
kono kokoro no atatakasa ga
sono mama kotae de yosasou da

kisetsu ha meguri haru ga otozure
tani soko made kiniro kessho
ichimen ni saku tanpopo no hana
raion ni yoku nita sugata datta

Romaji By: Brian Stewart