At first I was going to translate a song like 'Life' or maybe 'Passion' - with some romance in the lyrics and wonderfully touching melodies. However, I ended up translating 'buranko'.
Together with +Арагорн Араторнович we were discussing different things concerning our lives, our past and future, and how we are getting older still unable to accomplish something meaningful, when suddenly I heard
大切のは足跡じゃない
There aren't many songs I can call my 'lifesavers'. Probably Tamura Naomi's 'Bottom Line' comes up to mind, and I also liked 'mirai no kyoudaitachi e' from 'Sakura Wars' a lot. Well, now 'buranko' is one of them.
何が知りたくて 何が恋しくて
人は走り出すのだろう？
理由（わけ）を知りたくて 理由（わけ）も解らずに
しがみついていた白いブランコ
流れる風に身を任せ ただ繰り返す日々
見えない未来（あす）に怯えていた
悲しみを越えて 戸惑いを消して
握り締めたこの花は
傷付いた時の数だけ心潤す
Extricate My Heart
Break
多分あの頃は足さえ地に付けず
求め過ぎていたんだろう．．．
願う事だけで祈る毎日で
神任せな白いブランコ
大切なのは足跡じゃ無い
今を踏み付ける心に伝うその素足さ
悲しみを越えて 躊躇いを消して
何処までも歩こう
今日よりももっと 眩しい明日が
あると信じてる My Way
悲しみを越えて 戸惑いを消して
握り締めたこの花は
希望という名の
光を強くこの胸に注ぎ込む
悲しみを越えて 躊躇いを消して
何時までも夢見よう
この時代の大きな華になって
永遠を奪い取れ Rosebud
translation
What do people want to learn, what do they cherish
When they start running?
They wanted to know why, but they could not,
And still they were clinging to the white swing
Entrusting bodies to the flowing wind, those changeless days
They feared the unknown tomorrow
Overcoming the sadness, erasing the doubts,
The flower I grasped
Is soothing my heart each time it is hurt
Extricating my heart break
Probably, that time my feet could not reach the ground
And I was asking for too much…
Every day I was only praying for my wishes to come true,
As if on a white swing, entrusted to gods
What is important are not your footprints,
But you bare feet following your heart which treads on your present
Overcoming the sadness, erasing the hesitation,
Let us keep on walking wherever it takes
Tomorrow will be more dazzling that today,
I believe in that on my way
Overcoming the sadness, erasing the doubts,
The flower I grasped
Has the light by the name of hope,
And is pouring it into my heart strongly
Overcoming the sadness, erasing the hesitation,
Let us keep dreaming forever
Let us become a big blossom blooming in this age,
A rosebud stealing eternity
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you either give up and compromise, which may be not bad, by the way, or not. and if it really makes you feel remorse and regret, then do what Hideki tells you!
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The Japanese love to replace reading of common kanji with those of another. Here you can see 'riyuu' replaced with 'wake' which only slightly changes the meaning from 'they want to know the reason' (something exact, concrete) to 'they want to know what's what/how and why of things' (what it's all about). Also, 'mirai' - future - is replaced with 'asu' - tomorrow, which makes the 'future' less distant and implies that every new day was frightening with uncertainty.
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