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Some Mistranslations
The funny mistranslations the funny Japanese Use to fill cd brochures appeal in the west To the music lover's sense of the surreal
For example:'You trade our fear for euphoria' From my song 'King Solomon's Song and Mine' In Japan emerged a much more sinister line: 'You trade our veal for your foamy eye'
Huh-huh, that kills me But some mistranslations are not so funny
Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com When the U.S. ultimatum came at the end of World War II The Japanese said: 'We need some more time to consider what to do' But Truman, who already knew what weapon he planned to use Got the message, loud and clear, as: 'We refuse!'
My friend Fumiko's mother was at school She'd had the luck to break some rule And got punished, banished to the cellar She emerged to find her hometown, Hiroshima, vanished
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