Sanmon Gossip
| sora yo yama yo kawa yo furusato no umi yo watashi o kaeshite kure sei o uketa yorokobi kanashimi honemi ni abisete ikite shinitai onaka ga suite kangaeru saa nani o gisei ni mitasou nodo ga kawaite kangaeru saa dare ni megunde moraou dou ni mo sashidaseru shina ga nai anata mo sou desho? aa! roudou suru tabi kuukyo ga tsukimatou kore mo onaji desu naozari da yo sou anata mo watashi mo aiteru ana o motomete wa kyou o samayou sabishiku natte kangaeru saa doko o risei ni makasou yume ga kawaite kangaeru saa ika ni shinoide iyasou dou ni mo raku o suru waza ga nai anata mo sou desho? aa! shousan wa hito o kodoku e oiharau koroshimonku wa kirai anchoku da yo sou anata to watashi ga kotonaru tsukuri to iu no wa tonda machigai tensai nado to iu kotoba ga tsukihanasu soshiranu kao shite boutoku da yo sou anata to watashi no dochira ga kawarihateta ka o toitadashitai |
Oh sky, oh mountain, oh river, oh ocean of my hometown Send me home Showered in the joy, sadness, and flesh and bones of being born, I want to live and die Hungry, I will consider it Now, I shall fill myself at the cost of something Thirsty, I will consider it Now, I shall allow someone mercy Nothing can be done; there are no goods to present You’re the same way too, yes? Oh! Each time I labor, emptiness shadows me This too is the same It’s negligence Yes, both you and I seek an empty hole I’ll prowl around today Grown lonely, I’ll consider it Now, I’ll leave it up to reason somewhere Dreams dried up, I’ll consider it Now, I’ll pull through and heal somehow Nothing can be put at ease; there is no technique You’re the same way too, yes? Oh! Praise drives mankind to solitude I hate killing words [1] They’re cheap Yes, you could say you and I are two differing halves of a letter [2] A serious mistake I bluntly refuse words like “genius” and all that It’s blasphemy, acting like you don’t recognize me Yes, I want to inquire which one of us, you or me, has changed completely? |
Translator's notes: [1] "Killing words" refers to "loving words"--words so full of love they could kill you with tenderness.
[2] Literally, two radicals in a Chinese kanji character.
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