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Here are my translations of the songs by the band BUMP OF CHICKEN, from Japanese to English. I hope this lets more people appreciate the beautiful lyrics of BUMP!

Links to each song can be found in "Albums" and "Singles."

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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Gungnir / グングニル English Lyrics Translation


ENGLISH


Gungnir

He's awful
Always suspiciously going around
Withat that cheap treasure map of his
But people say
That the map itself is a treasure

"He's amazing
I wonder where the trasure is?"

He, the believer
Eventually set out on a journey
To determine the authenticity of the map

Everyone unamimously began to criticize him

They said, "He's blinded by
That fake map of his"

People judge each other
Simply
But not even God
Has the right
To laugh at this guy

The result is that
They say he's awful
Laboriously, honestly
He sails his own ship of self-sufficiency
According to him
We should praise the old weapons
He packed his bags and said goodbye
And raised his sails on the morning sea

He held his fist up high
His war cry echoed out

He's awful
Always suspiciously going around
Withat that cheap treasure map of his
But they all say
That the map itself is a treasure
The tales he told were so great
They made you doubt your ears
But the believers said that
He set out to make his own story

From afar, everyone
Cursed his ship

"May high waves take you!
Become a devil!"

With simple resolution
They blocked his way
Thus his dream ended
This was the only time he lowered his fist

On the verge of death, the knight
Raised Gungnir in his hand
To stab through
His ambitions

When everyone saw what was in his hand
They began to shake
He faced the ship
Floating on the golden sea
He broke and threw away the spear
He set out to gather up
The scattered scraps of the map

People judge themselves
Simply
But not even God
Has the right to laugh at you
I'd never laugh at you

Now the ship is carried by the wind
Even God
Wishes that he could save it


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JAPANESE


グングニル

そいつは酷い
どこまでも胡散臭くて
安っぽい宝の地図
でも人によっちゃ
それ自体が宝物

「こいつはスゴイ
 財宝の在り処なんだ」

信じきった彼も
とうとうその真偽を
確かめる旅に出るとする

誰もが口々に彼を罵った

「デタラメの地図に
 眼が眩んでる」って

容易く人一人を
値踏みしやがって
世界の神ですら彼を
笑う権利なんて
持たないのに

そいつは酷い
出来映えだが
こつこつ地道に
作り上げた自前の船
彼にとっちゃ
記念すべき最初の武器
荷物を積み別れを告げ
朝焼けの海に帆を張った

堪え切れず掲げた拳
響き渡る閧の声

そいつは酷い
どこまでも胡散臭くて
安っぽい宝の地図
でも誰にだって
それ自体が宝物
ホントにでかい誰もが
耳疑うような夢物語でも
信じきった人によっちゃ
自伝に成り得るだろう

誰もが遠ざかる
船を呪い出した

「願わくば高波よ
 悪魔となれ」

容易く覚悟の前に
立ちはだかりやがって
夢の終りは彼が
拳を下げたときだけ

死に際の騎士
その手にグングニル
狙ったものは
必ず貫く

誰もがその手を
気づけば振っていた
黄金の海原を
走る船に向けて
自らその手で破り捨てた
地図の切れ端を探して
拾い集め出した

容易く自分自身を
値踏みしやがって
世界の神ですら君を
笑おうとも俺は決して
笑わない

船は今嵐の真ん中で
世界の神ですらそれを
救う権利を欲しがるのに


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OPINION

This story is sort of like the reverse of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." This time it's the other people who doubt the protagonist while he is actually being honest. According to the Internet, Gungnir is the spear of the god Odin…. Odin is probably the god repeatedly referred to in the song, and Gungnir is one of the "old weapons." I imagine that this story takes place in an ancient Norse village by the sea, and that the teller of this song was a child who loved to hear the hero's tales.

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