Friday, July 15, 2011

TOKIO, “Today a Novice” – lyrics translation

本日未熟者 歌詞 英語 翻訳

Struggling and squirming - a day passes.
Shouting and grumbling - a day passes.
Disobeying and defying - a day passes.
Struck and broken - a day passes.

If I understand vaguely,
Somehow I'm drawn down into temptation.
If I refuse, turning over my palm,
My enemy increases.
And thus I am searching uncertainly for a kind person.

Do I have ambition? Am I righteous?
Do I have compassion? Am I ashamed?

Sorry, but today I'm a novice.
This day I am only a novice.
Sorry, but today I'm a novice.
This day I am only a novice.

Trying too hard, falling forward - a day passes.
Being conceited, being impatient - a day passes.
Stubborn, vain - a day passes.
Struck and broken - a day passes.

Will you teach me the ropes?
An idle invitation - if I refuse,
Your expression changes,
My backup disappears.
And thus I am searching uncertainly for the unmarked path.

Do I have ambition? Am I righteous?
Do I have compassion? Am I ashamed?

Sorry, but today I'm a novice.
This day I am only a novice.
Sorry, but today I'm a novice.
This day I am only a novice.

And thus I am searching
Uncertainly for a kind person.

Do I have ambition? Am I righteous?
Do I have compassion? Am I ashamed?

Sorry, but today I'm a novice.
This day I am only a novice.
Sorry, but today I'm a novice.
This day I am only a novice.

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