Gavin
火, 17/10/2017 - 07:17
Well... It's a curious song which I think you have pretty accurately translated.
I might take issue with the "keep me dancing, keep me as still as can be"
I don't think it's the sea doing this - that would be rather "(which) keeps me dancing"
I would say this was imperative - Not sure how best to say that... Faites-moi danser encore? Faites-moi rester tranquille
Gavin
火, 17/10/2017 - 09:21
Not sure about the abusive interpretation...certainly could be, but it could also be depression - floating in this emerald sea but reality keeps on pulling her back (and down). Not sure...
I was thinking the first of those (continuez...) but but but - i'd say it was more of a general wish so actually more like the second.
It's like when one says "give me strength" and the meaning is more like "God grant me the strength to deal with this".
Gavin
月, 16/10/2017 - 23:04
Or colouring with bruises - just as violent.
I'm just not so sure that these hands are 'his' hands and not some metaphorical hands. These hands (thoughts/feelings) that weigh her down. But it's just a theory - they may well be the hands of an abusive lover.
By the way, that last line is just "but it feels like wasted (time)" but she doesn't conplete the thought. She doesn't change it to "but I feel wasted" or anything like that.
Gavin
月, 16/10/2017 - 23:28
Yes, definitely good to keep it as ambiguous as possible. I think the fact she's singing in a foreign language makes it a little hard to read her intention but the last line could be be read as being pointed back at herself even though there is no "I" in it. It's certainly a valid interpretation. She was singing about wasted time time but at at the end it's all a waste. Also the call back to the "rien" in your translation of the earlier line is rather pleasing.
게스트, 2017-10-16
As I understand it, the song depicts a state of severe depression, though the central scene almost looks like a sexual abuse. I can only guess the ambiguity is intentional.