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Translation
Bamboo
Bamboo
in your silences I can make out
Bamboo
African girls from Abyssinia
Bamboo
in your mutism, your delirium
Bamboo
spans from Angola to Zaire
Bamboo travels through her mind
she stands next to me and yet already left me
All of Bamboo's silences
scream inside my head and drive me mad
Bamboo
in you vagrant stare I can make out1
Bamboo
fevers with tropical moistness
Bamboo
as your pupils dilate
Bamboo
murky pond water gets reflected in them
The rainy season is over
Bamboo is done crying
she was quick to console herself
All of Bamboo's silences
scream inside my head and drive me mad
Bamboo
in your silences I can make out
Bamboo
African grils from Abyssinia
Bamboo
in your concussions
Bamboo
I see Equatorial Africa
You are desert, Bamboo
and jungle, Bamboo
a bamboo forest
and a sunstroke
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Comments
Another big hit of his. Translating all these songs I realize how popular the guy was in the 80's. I've heard all this on the radio when I was a kid.
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For the curious, the bit of Japanese has nothing to do with the story, it's probably just something he added to sound cool and exotic :)
It goes:
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With my eyes open in the wind
Where is that palpitation from before?
The figure of a smile can also mean something
Won't you come back right? Nothing can be done
I just waited in vain
What is this sadness?
Say goodbye
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(kindly transcribed and translated by [@Heidr])