Lyrics Some Mistranslations - Momus

Some Mistranslations - Momus
Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Some Mistranslations, artist - Momus. Album song The Little Red Songbook, in the genre Инди
Date of issue: 05.12.2019
Record label: American Patchwork
Song language: English

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
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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