jun togawa translations. "There is a feeling I've had since childhood: that there exist many different worlds and I was born in the wrong one, a world I don't quite fit into. I've felt this strong feeling of wrongness all through my life. There is no space for me in this world. Everytime I believe I've found my place, someone comes to me and says, Go away! You're not supposed to be here." jun togawa is probably my favorite female artist/singer of all time. ive been a big fan of her since i was 15. when given an assignment to paint a celebrity that we looked up to in my sophomore year painting class, i did a portrait of jun. these translations are not all mine, but i wanted to share them here to spread her music to more people, especially those who dont speak japanese or typically listen to japanese music. many or most of the translations are from jun togawa forever, which is now defunct. im now on my own to translate songs myself. ill be posting YAPOOS translations too, and GUERNICA because im just such a sweetie. the songs i included below are 10 songs to showcase for you. さよならをおしえて / it hurts to say goodbye. ill wait til you love me
ill wait for you, goodbye
ill wait forever, until you love me
ill wait for you, goodbye even if a disaster occurs and muddy waters run
turning the whole city into ruins
id open the heavy doors of the shelter
to call your name outloud ill wait til you love me
ill wait for you, goodbye
goodbye.. even if i die in an accident
dont rest assured
id come back as a ghost
to call your name out loud ill wait til you love me
ill wait for you, goodbye
goodbye..
森の人々 / people in the forest. we are lost, i feel something gazing at us
in the windless, breathtaking forest
i can hear whispering rumors.. appearing and disappearing, face to face
exchanging glances with a smile
exchanging looks, eyes to eyes
staring silently.. people in the forest
people in the forest we are tired of walking
i feel eyes watching
in the silent bush, laughter overflows appearing and disappearing, face to face
exchanging glances with a smile
exchanging looks, eyes to eyes
staring silently.. people in the forest
people in the forest
諦念プシガンガ / singing-and-dancing resignation. far away in the sky float clouds
ah, the name of my love..
even such acts of atrocity
i cannot but merely forgive you can kill me, as you would a cow or a pig
it is all right, as i am but a piece of flesh into the sky fades the midday cannon
ah, my love has ended..
so much love and hate
has disappeared without a trace not even a moment for sorrow, i begin to rot
i am but a piece of flesh
夢見る約束 / a promise to dream. a promise made by two beautiful people
lets go search for the blue sky in that town the spring has come a long way
i hold you close as you cry
im embarrassed to try counting the torn clouds ill stand on that cliff searching for sincerity
i like the leaves, and smile on your shoulder
the future we pledge to is embarrassing with you, its always fun, bright and refreshing
picnic, picnic..
the rhythm of my heart is bright and refreshing
platonic, platonic.. love if you walk over the pass, the sunset will shine
farewell to the setting sun, the shining grass field
lets sit down and listen to the wind
your knee is a comfortable pillow but embarrassing a promise that two beautiful people dream of
im going to look for the blue skies in that town
蛹化の女 / insect woman. moonlight in the white forest, in all trees
cicadas emerge from their chrysalises
ah ah, ah ah.. and so, as thoughts of you
run through my head
my body reaches its final stage
of transformation
moonlight in the frozen forest
sipping sap, i am the insect woman all of a sudden, when you notice me
amber fills me up
the girl who changed into an insect
a parasite in the strange grass
grows stems of sadness
from her amber back
レーダーマン / radar man. lonely days of seeing ones self
families overwhelmed by sorrow.. radar man, identical robots
high performance, indistinguishable
radar man, identical robots
high performance, indistinguishable metamorphose to seek information
from the feedback of the puppet man
defending range of 360 degrees
staring at the screen without a stir not missing any information
but without self seizing mechanism radar man, to the left and right
sharing information among comrades
built exactly the same from head to toe you stand there, identical to me
and theres another identical to you
built exactly the same from head to toe
all memory and knowledge are printed the girl who couldnt become a radar man
cried as she was taken away
receiving treatment in bed
lonely days, staring at the wall
families overwhelmed with sorrow radar man, radar man, radar man... radar!
母子受精 / mother-to-child fertilisation. distant buildings cast shadows
as the evening quickly closes in
complex windows become lighted
and eyes of passing children
shine like glass balls
girls, complete with makeup
roam on the streets
ill catch you.. go and deliver the baby of the streets
run through the city of your mother
go and deliver the baby of the streets
run through the city of your mother silver buildings stand in the way
as the morning reflects its lights
left on neon lights fade away
if youd spill the alcohol left in your head
you can run, you can forget
ill catch you.. go and deliver the baby of the streets
run through the city of your mother
go and deliver the baby of the streets
run through the city of your mother
好き好き大好き / i like you, i like you, i love you. escalating feelings that far exceed common sense
a rose-coloured love that popped up like a sudden mutation
a love so pure you could call it violent
a je t’aime so forceful that it’s already been engraved into the showa era kiss me, as if you’re punching me, until my lips bleed
hold me, until my ribs make a cracking sound and break i like you, i like you, i love you!
i like you, i like you, i love you!
i like you, i like you, i love you!
say you love me, or ill kill you! eros takes shape and breaks down the everyday
romance overlaps with instinct, creating an endless hell
an intuitive recognition of anti-nihilism
triggers a tendency towards latent, infantile violence i like you, i like you, i love you!
i like you, i like you, i love you!
i like you, i like you, i love you!
say you love me, or ill kill you!
ヘリクツBOY / sophistic boy. nothing more than a play on words, a pick up line, no?
even your words of love are simply psychological (its analogous!)
even if its set up logically, itll be lacking in practicality
its all theoretical! sophistic boy he cant see through a womans heart
even if its set up logically, itll be lacking in practicality
“because i like it metaphysically!”
pedantically, its a bit roundabout, no? (its abstract!) me, as a phenomenon?
im a paranoiac you cant capture
hes lacking the knowledge, sophistic boy
that girls really love kisses even though i loved you
youre argumentative!
im going home!
im at my limit now, sophistic boy
im at my limit now, sophistic boy
オーロラB / aurora b. on the third night of continued snow
the red flames burning in the fireplace
looked like a person
please, wont you come back soon?
oh, ho ho ho.. it changed to hail on the fourth night
a midnight phone call – who could it be from?
surely from someone i don’t know
please, wont you come back soon?
oh, ho ho ho.. please, wont you come back soon?
please, wont you come back right now?
oh, ho ho ho.. the fifth morning, and the rain has gone
and after you go out
i put on the news on the radio
if you were in an accident, what would i do?
oh, ho ho ho..