Maguro*
by: Cali Gari (Caligari)

 

Why is the sun always bullying me?
I wanna puke in it's bright red rays..
The soap commute* and women's clothes are heaven,
No matter what else, it's never any good.

Nande taiyou wa boku o ijimeru no?
Itsumo maaka na denpa de hakitai yo.
Soupu kayoi to josou ga tengoku de,
Ato wa nandemo kandemo dame dame da.

Hey, guru guru guru guru guru ruu guru.*
Let's all spin together, gugu guru ruu guru.

Hora guruu guru guru guru guru ruu guru.
saa, minna de issho ni guru guru ruu guru.

I've got perpetual May sickness*.
Always troubled breathing in the dusty house.
Upon seeing the outbound train I like,
Wandering dazed I had a sudden urge - goodbye.

Gogatsubyou ni kakaru no wa itsumo desu.
Hausu dasuto de mainichi bien desu.
Kudari densha o miru no ga daisuki de,
Furari furari to ma ga sashi guddobai.

Hey, guru guru guru guru guru ruu guru.
Let's all spin together, gugu guru ruu guru.
It's guru guru guru guru guru ruu guru.
Let's all spin together, gugu guru ruu guru.
Turning tuna fish.

Hora guruu guru guru guru guru ruu guru.
saa, minna de issho ni guru guru ruu guru.
Kore, guruu guru guru guru guru ruu guru.
saa, minna de issho ni guru guru ruu guru.
Mawaru, maguro.

A pretend friend whose face I didn't even know,
Over here and over there, lalalala.

Kao mo shiranai tomodachi gokko de,
Ecchira kocchira ran ra ra ran.

And then what bloomed?
A fool did bloomed.
And where did it bloom?
In me.
It turned all red,
became a rose.
And then I became,
gomi*.

Nani ga saita?
Baka ni saita.
Doko ni saita?
Boku ni saita.
Akaku natte,
Bara ni natta.
Are ni natte,
Gomi ni natta.

Hey, guru guru guru guru guru ruu guru.
Let's all spin together, gugu guru ruu guru.
It's guru guru guru guru guru ruu guru.
Turning tuna fish.

Hora guruu guru guru guru guru ruu guru.
saa, minna de issho ni guru guru ruu guru.
Kore, guruu guru guru guru guru ruu guru.
Mawaru, maguro.

One day the butcher flying in the sky,
Came down and this and that snickety-snack, lalalala.

Aruhi totsuzen soratobu nikuya ga
Aremo koremo ran ra ra ran.

Chorus

Turning, turning, turning, turning, turning tuna fish.

Mawaru, mawaru, mawaru, mawaru, mawaru maguro.

 

* maguro = tuna fish

* sorry, don't know about this one. I could make a pretty good guess, but I don't want to spread false information

* guru guru = spinning

* depressed state. In Japan school starts in May; after a long period of studying for the entrance exams students get thrown off by the sudden release from pressure. Workers get it too (I think it's at the end of their breaks). I get March and November sickness

* gomi = garbage, worthless things. I liked the way the Japanese sounded there better.

 

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~Original copyright Cali Gari. Translation by Faith 2003~