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The Back Horn: Hachigatsu no Himitsu
04.01.14
Artist: The Back Horn Title: Hachigatsu no Himitsu (August Secret) Words: The Back Horn Music: The Back Horn that fragile life, will it leave you? *1 though you hushed your breathing I felt your heart beat the air raid shelter burnt black we dreamed a secret dream the blue sky, the body of a cat the summer my friend died *2 I said "it's cause I yawn" but you laughed at me 'liar' the cicadas chirp forever on, incessantly. adults will take it all away with kind faces I won't tell anyone that sad, clean and all too filthy secret I want to see you, I cried. That fragile life will it leave you? though you hushed your breathing I felt your heart beat, 'we'll meet again' from the otherside of the railroad crossing the shadows growing into the distance, without blinking once. Since I can't find you, hide 'n seek never ends that day in the air raid shelter peek-a-boo, I'm right here. Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma Translator's Notes: Heart wrenching. *1 - This is an executive decision by Takko and I, because a literal translation doesn't get to the heart of the song. The song is about a friend dying in childhood. The line hakanai no ni is referring to the life of his friend. *2 - Died, disappeared, went away. Any you slice it the friend is gone. Romaji konna ni hakanai no ni hanareteshimau no ka iki wo hisomeru kimi no kodou kanjiteta kurokoge boukuugou himitsu no yume mita ne aozora neko no shigai tomodachi no kieta natsu akubi no sei da yo to itta no ni warawareta 'usotsuki' semi no koe ga eien nariyamanai otona ha yasashii kao subete wo ubatteiku kirei de kitanasugita kanashii ano himitsu ha dare ni mo ienai kara kimi ni aitakute naita konna hakanai no ni hanareteshimau no ka iki wo hisomeru kimi no kodou kanjiteta 'mata aeru kara' to fumikiri no mukougawa tooku nobiru kage mabataki hitotsu sezu ni kimi ga mitsukaranai kara kakurenbo owaranai ano hi no boukuugou inai inai baa koko ni iru yo Romaji By: Brian Stewart |