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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."

BUMP's official website is http://www.bumpofchicken.com/!

Feel free to contact me at lebarrow@earthlink.net!

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Job~Job~ / 仕事~job~ English Lyrics Translation


ENGLISH


Job~Job~

What do you want to become?
The director of a zoo?
The manager of a toy shop?
A jeweler?
All of them are great
Really great jobs

What do you want to become?
The manager of a flower shop?
The patissier of a cake shop?
A cabinet minister?
All of them are great
Really great jobs

How many jobs are there in the world?
They all depend on each other
They are all irreplaceable
Try to imagine

What do you like? (Swimming! Chocolate! French bread! Trucks! Rhinoceros beetles!)
Perhaps the most cutting-edge games? (TV! White bread!)
Delicious honey? (Tennis! Um… Super balls!)
Slightly sweet grapes? (Grapes! Grapes! Grapes!)
Studying? (Grapes!)
Exercising? (Grapes!)
Mysterious guys? (Grapes!)
All of these are great things
And from them jobs can be born

How many seeds are in your heart?
There are jobs that can stem from your dreams
Just look
At the seagull flying east
And crying out…

There are just so many
With work
And study
And a bit of luck
Even if you have nothing
It doesn't matter
Even if you're stark naked
You still have your body
You still have your life

What do you want to become? (A soccer player! A major league player! The coach of a first-class restaurant!)
A major leaguer? (The president of a corporation! A jumbo jet pilot!)
The president of a major corporation? (A great otolaryngologist…)
An oil magnate? An oil magnate, right? (A scientist! A grape farmer!)
A Nobel Prize-winning scientist? (An explorer!)
The owner of a theme park? (A grape farmer! A racer! A life guard! A ship's captain! Ship's captain!)
An oil magnate?
Being an oil magnate is great
It's a really great job

How many jobs are there in the world?
You are a person that can't be replaced
There's a job out there with your name on it
Try to imagine it now

How many oil fields are there in the world?
One day they will surely dry up
They are all irreplaceable resources
So try to use them wisely
For future generations…


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JAPANESE


仕事~job

君のなりたいものって何だい?
動物園の園長かい?
おもちゃ屋さんの店長かい?
宝石商かい?
みんなすごくいいよ
すごくいいジョブ

君のなりたいものって何だい?
お花屋さんの店長かい?
ケーキ屋さんのパティシエかい?
閣僚かい?
みんなすごくいいよ
すごくいいジョブ

世界にいくつのジョブがある?
それぞれがいて成り立つ
全てがかけがえないジョブ
だから想像してみせて

君の好きなものって何だい?(水泳!チョコレート!フランスパン!トラック!かぶとむし!)
最先端のゲームかい?(テレビ!食パン!)
おいしいハチミツかい?(テニス!じゃスーパーボール!)
甘さ控えめのブドウかい?(ブドウ!ブドウ!ブドウ!)
勉強かい?(ブドウ!)
運動かい?(ブドウ!)
神秘的なやつかい?(ブドウ!)
みんなすごくいいよ
そこから生まれるジョブ

心にいくつの種がある?
夢からはじまるジョブもある
ごらんよ
東へ飛ぶカモメ
泣いたらそれだけ・・・

ただすごい色々あるよ
苦労とか
勉強とか
少しの運も
もし何もなかったとしても
そんな事はないよ
素っ裸でも
体がある
命がある

君のなりたいものって何だい?(サッカー選手!メジャーリーグの選手!一流レストランのコーチ!)
メジャーリーガーかい?(企業の社長!ジャンボジェットのパイロット!) 
大企業の会長かい?(偉い耳鼻科の
石油王かい? 石油王なのかい?(科学者!ブドウ農家!)
ノーベル賞の科学者かい?(探検家!) 
テーマパークのオーナーかい?(ブドウ農家!レーサー!ライフセーバー!船長!船長!)
石油王かい?
石油王すごくいいよ
すごくいいジョブ

世界にいくつのジョブがある?
あなたは代わりのいない人
あなたという名のジョブがある
今こそ想像して見せて

世界にいくつの油田ある?
いつかはきっと涸れる
全てがかけがえのない資源
だから節約してみせて
次世代資源は・・・


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OPINION

This is the hidden track from 友達の唄 (Song of Friends.) Wow, the members all really love grapes! Even when BUMP is being serious, they joke around, and even when they joke around they are sometimes serious. There is good advice in here as well as stuff that should not be taken seriously. I got the lyrics from http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/huradyio/37091212.html. You can listen to the song at the link below!


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