夏なんです (Natsu Nandesu) - traduzione in Inglese

Happy End (Japan)

夏なんです (Natsu Nandesu)

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Kazemachi Roman

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夏なんです

田舎の白い畦道で

埃っぽい風が立ち止る

地べたにペタンとしゃがみこみ

奴らがビー玉はじいてる

ギンギンギラギラの

太陽なんです

ギンギンギラギラの

夏なんです

鎮守の森はふかみどり

舞い降りてきた静けさが

古い茶屋の店先に

誰かさんとぶらさがる

ホーシーツクツクの

蝉の声です

ホーシーツクツクの

夏なんです

日傘くるくるぼくはたいくつ

ルルル…

空模様の縫い目を辿って

石畳を駆け抜けると

夏は通り雨と一緒に

連れ立って行ってしまうのです

モンモンモコモコの

入道雲です

モンモンモコモコの

夏なんです

日傘くるくるぼくはたいくつ

ルルル…

That's Summer

On a white country lane

The dusty breeze stops sharp

Squatting down, a clacking sound

Kids playing with marbles

Click-clack1, glitter-glitter2

That's the Sun

Click-clack, glitter-glitter

That's summer

In the verdant green of a sacred forest grove3

A sense of serenity has descended

Outside the entrance of an old teahouse

A little guy4 is hanging out

Ooo-wee chk-chk5

The song of a cicada

Ooo-wee chk-chk

That's summer

My parasol goes whirl-whirl6, I'm bored

My parasol goes whirl-whirl, I'm bored

La-la-la...

Tracing the embroidery of the clouds on the horizon7

Sweeping through cobble-stoned streets

Summer, with a sudden shower

Disappears as quickly as it arrived8

Rumble-rumble9, puff-puff10

A towering thundercloud

Rumble-rumble, puff-puff

That's summer

My parasol goes whirl-whirl, I'm bored

La-la-la...

1. "gin-gin", the sound of something exciting or noisy, etc.
2. "gira-gira", the "sound" of something glittering
3. Specifically the grove of the village deity. Maybe something like the giant tree from "My Neighbour Totoro".
4. "a certain someone". Presumably a cicada.
5. The sound of cicadas, which is unmistakably part of the sound of a Japanese summer (specifically Meimuna opalifera, bug fans!).
6. "kuru-kuru", something that spins
7. literally "sky condition", implying bad weather is coming
8. lit. "summer, together with a shower, goes away along with it"
9. "mon-mon", an angry sound
10. "moku-moku", something fluffy

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Thank you for reading my translation. It can always be improved! If you want to try translating your own version, you should go ahead. Every translation on LT is valuable.

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Questa è una traduzione poetica. Ci possono essere delle differenze rispetto all'originale (parole in più, informazioni mancanti o aggiuntive, concetti modificati, ecc.).

merkinmuffley

inviato il 20 Ago 2024 - 12:40

Commenti dell’autore:

This lovely song about the sounds, sights and sensations of summer makes heavy use of Japanese "sound symbolic" or "mimetic" words. These are naturally quite hard to translate into English literally so I have been quite liberal.