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Blank Landscape

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Blank Landscape, part of Kikuo's "Whereabouts of a Living Being's Soul" album. I wanted to translate it to practice my Japanese and thought I might as well post it. It's a bit old, so I edited a few things along the way as well. Still! Take my translation with a grain of salt, I'm no good. Lol.

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飛んで落ちては花蝶々

Fly and fall, my flower butterfly

生えて消えては私の木

Sprout up and then disappear, my trees

煙突から稚魚生まれ

From the chimney a fledgling is born

陸に上かって育たない

Coming upshore, it cannot grow up

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これでできた風船人間

Thereupon, A balloon-human is made

ふわり滑り地に足付かない

The ground softly falls, and its feet begin to slip off

空っぽカラカラ音響く

An empty, hollow sound echoes throughout

立派なかわいいおうち

A house, charming and cute

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今夜 虚ろな一夜に

This night, on this empty night

最後の幻楽しんで

A happy illusion is put to an end

めくらましの幸せにお別れを

I say goodbye to deceptive happiness

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だけど 離れられない

Still, it seems I can't depart myself 

偽物 見世物 めくらまし

From that wonderful, spectical of deception

何度も髪を切って

Once again, cutting my hair off once again

逃げようとしたのに

I tried to escape, and yet...

今日もうまくいかない

Today, too, I’m failing once again

幸せ 幻 あわしぶき

Happy visions, splashing bubbles

楽しい夢はいつでも覚めないで

As always, happy dreams will not be woken from