Amazarashi

カルマ → English translation→ English

Original lyrics

カルマ

どうかあの娘を救って

地球が落とした暗幕に星座の落書きをする子供達はコンクリートのベッドでアフリカゾウの夢を見る

輸送トラックの荷台で悪路に身を揺らしながら廃墟に沈む夕日を眺める兵士は

荒れ果てた世界を吹き抜ける生ぬるい夏の風にさえ故郷を思うのだろう

朝市の喧騒の中健気に笑うあの娘をどうか救ってください

愛と金と宗教に折り合いをつけられなかった僕達は理想郷を探すのを止めた

愛に飢えて金に飢えて神様に飢えて盗みを働くのは悪だと誰が言えるのだろう

ましてやそれが果物の一つや二つだとて

ましてやそれが人の命の一つや二つだとて

窓を開けて夏の風だ

星が綺麗な夜に月を眺めては物思うけれどあれにも値札がついてるって話だぜ

流れ星にだってうかうか願いをかけていられやしないそんな時代になりました

この街の上空をミサイルが飛んで言ったってラジオのパーソナリティーが言う

優しいラブソングをBGMにラジオのパーソナリティーが言う

どうかあの娘を救って

食うか食われるかで世界は回るのだと無粋なトカゲはインタビュアーに語るのだが

巧言に勇み立つその尻尾が今まさにかじりつかれている事に気付いていない

それを滑稽だと笑う僕等もつまりむなしい競争の延長線上

不意に手渡されるバトンを受け取ってしまったのだ

フラッシュに照らされたインタビュアーの顔は笑っている様にさえ見えたのです

窓を開けて夏の風だ

奪った奴から奪い取れというのならきっと最後には誰もいなくなる

奪った奴を許せと言うのならきっと盗人ばかりの世界になる

いやそもそも僕らは皆盗人だ

この世界で生きるって事はすでに罰なのかもしれない

夜道を照らすのは大気圏で燃え尽きた宇宙船が最後に放った光

あの娘はふと空を見上げて今日も何かを祈るのです

ボタンのかけ違いで敵か見方か殺す側か殺される側か

野山に咲く花もあればアスファルトに咲く花もある

僕らが願うのは唯一つ幸せになりたいって事

それがほしくてもがいてもがいてもがいて奪って奪って奪って奪って

それでも笑って生きていたいと健気に海の風に微笑むあの娘は

愛する人が銃で撃たれたことをまだ知らない

どうかあの娘を救って

Translation

Karma

Please, save that child 1

The children doodling constellations over the blackout that fell on Earth2, see dreams of an African zoo on a bed of concrete

While the truck's loading platform shakes in the rough road, the soldiers watching the sunset sinking in ruins,

Think of their hometown even in the warm summer wind blowing through the desolate world, don't they?

Please, save the child laughing bravely in the midst of the morning market's hustle

We, who failed to reconcile love, money and religion, stopped searching for our utopia

Hungry for love, hungry for money, hungry for God. Who could say that stealing is evil's work.

Let alone, that it's one or two fruits

Let alone, that it's one or two people lives

Open the window. It's the summer wind.

Although I ponder about the stars in the beautiful night gazing at the moon, that too, comes with a price.

It has turned into an age when we don't even need to restlessly place wishes on shooting stars anymore

"A missile flew over the sky of this city" - says the radio host

The radio host tells a gentle love song in the background music

Please, save that child

"The world spins around eating or being eaten" spoke the unromantic lizard to the interviewer, but

encouraged by flattery, he doesn't notice his tail being bitten just now

The same goes for us, who think it's comical. In other words, it's an extension of a futile competition.

I ended up receiving the baton that was unexpectedly handed.

The interviewer's face illuminated by the flash, looked as if it was laughing

Open the window. It's the summer wind.

If I were to say "Take from those who took from you", surely in the end, no one would remain.

If I were to say "Forgive those who took from you", surely this world will become filled of thieves

No, from the start we are all thieves

Being alive in this world maybe means a punishment already

What shines in the night road, is the last light shot by the space ship that burned out with the atmosphere

Suddenly, that child looks up at the sky. Today too, she prays for something.

By difference of one button, we are enemies, or are we allies. Are we in the killing side, or the killed side.

If there are flowers blooming on the hills, there will also be flowers blooming in the asphalt.

We only wish for one thing. We want to be happy.

We desire that, and we struggle, struggle, struggle, we deprive, deprive, deprive, deprive 3

Even so, the child smiling at the sea wind, who wants to laugh and live bravely,

still doesn't know that the person she loves was shot with a gun

Please, save that child

1. 娘 (musume) = the kanji means daughter or young girl. But the author pronounces it as "ko", which means just child or children without gender being marked out. However, as the song continued, I realised that indeed, he was talking about a girl.
2. 地球が落とした (Chikyuu ga otoshita) = I changed it to "fell on Earth", but it actually says "Earth dropped". Because it doesn't make much sense in english since it's an inanimate object (the blackout).
3. 奪う (ubau) = This verb was used many times in this song. But I translated it differently each time, as it has a general meaning: to steal, to take from, to snatch, usurp, deprive, etc.