Long time no post, folks! I doubt anyone still checks this blog for new translations but I have seen my old ones used over the years even on the English NND for translation via video comments (properly attributed or not). I haven't been actively studying Japanese but as was tradition years ago, I got an ATOLS song stuck in my head and felt the need to translate it.
I don't see myself translating songs on a regular basis like I did back in high school, but I hope that this translation 1) does the song justice and 2) shows how my understanding of the Japanese language and how other translators operate has changed over the years. I did take pride in my more active years and enjoyed those times when composers would reply to my tweets in thanks for the translation.
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and shut away.
Keep it down, the fire shall be lit.
That sacred flame that sears into your mind.
I shall grant unto you a single wish.
On the world stage forgotten by everybody,
I shall gently nestle close to you and see you off.
At a banquet of curses unending
and fires set,
Silhouettes swirl about as the recompense
Floats into the night sky.
Pass it around,
Pass it out, pass it out, piece it out-out,
All the riches up in the air.
Entrust them to me, entrust your dreams.
The legend shall continue.
Pass it around, pass it out, piece it out-out,
All the riches up in the air.
Bodhidharma has fallen down.
“It” is nowhere to be seen.
Pass it around,
