Don't hammer the palace,
Don't feed the trolls,
Step away from bridges—
Their wood is decaying
And they may fall.
Set all the trolls on fire,
Make sure they melt.
Don't leave any alive;
Then, only then, you can
Paint the town red.
Take small victories with
A grain of salt;
When trolls are defeated,
Savor the moment but
On time, not off.
Don't bring bloody armor,
Weapons, or swords
To the great kingdom ball
Also don't bring presents
To forest trolls.
Don't worry the monarchs
With petty things . . .
Town under troll attack?
These things should be kept from
The royalty.
Visit the crown-bearers
Only upon
Scoring supreme triumph
And say
La voz navega sola en la canción
Como un suspiro, viaja por el viento
Que viene del lejano sol nipón.
Su gran vibración mueve el pavimento;
Convexos rincones de faz sideral:
Con sus ecos se llena el firmamento.
Adhiere su meloso material:
Señal incomprensible en sintonía
Con la naturaleza primordial.
Kami no koe,
Fukanou na iro,
Amai kana:
Colores imposibles.
A primal explosion, a piercing tinnitus.
I see my beginning as space spreads away.
Time starts its untold race, feels lonely inside of
This infant new cosmos; today’s just a day.
I see my own birth but this instant will soon be
Forgotten, tomorrow new forces will breed.
And matter will form where there only was nothing
And then, this vile angst will to nothing retreat.
Don't hammer the palace,
Don't feed the trolls,
Step away from bridges—
Their wood is decaying
And they may fall.
Set all the trolls on fire,
Make sure they melt.
Don't leave any alive;
Then, only then, you can
Paint the town red.
Take small victories with
A grain of salt;
When trolls are defeated,
Savor the moment but
On time, not off.
Don't bring bloody armor,
Weapons, or swords
To the great kingdom ball
Also don't bring presents
To forest trolls.
Don't worry the monarchs
With petty things . . .
Town under troll attack?
These things should be kept from
The royalty.
Visit the crown-bearers
Only upon
Scoring supreme triumph
And say
La voz navega sola en la canción
Como un suspiro, viaja por el viento
Que viene del lejano sol nipón.
Su gran vibración mueve el pavimento;
Convexos rincones de faz sideral:
Con sus ecos se llena el firmamento.
Adhiere su meloso material:
Señal incomprensible en sintonía
Con la naturaleza primordial.
Kami no koe,
Fukanou na iro,
Amai kana:
Colores imposibles.
A primal explosion, a piercing tinnitus.
I see my beginning as space spreads away.
Time starts its untold race, feels lonely inside of
This infant new cosmos; today’s just a day.
I see my own birth but this instant will soon be
Forgotten, tomorrow new forces will breed.
And matter will form where there only was nothing
And then, this vile angst will to nothing retreat.
Hear the song of the deaf bard
the primal essence of music
feelings that he'll never express
songs that will never touch the air
meet the bard that cannot play
and hear his silent chords vibrate
unraveling a symphony
felt by no one but himself
mourn the unavoidable
notes trapped forever in his soul
wordless peaks of joy and sorrow
that will be with him till death
see the prison of the soul
that sequesters his moon magic
cloaks in invisibility
his disguise and his coda
hear the song of the deaf bard
the primal essence of music
feelings that he'll never express
meanings lost forever more
The one-winged man
watches the city at night
then turns around
not shedding a tear,
not losing a feather.
A single wing
is not enough to fly
but soaring the skies
means nothing to
the one-winged man.
He doesn't need to feel
the breeze of winter
caressing his hair.
He craves freedom
but fears to fly
It's too risky to fall,
it's too hard
to move your wings
up and down,
up and down.
So he decided
to have just one wing,
to turn around right on the edge,
and to live a one-winged life,
the one-winged man.
Like nothing ever happened
they all go on with their lives.
Except they don't, they can't
they're suffering inside, rotten
crying in pain, wounded, bleeding.
They pretend; they think they're
making the world a better place.
Except they aren't,
they fill it with illusions
nightmares, lies and stench.
Truth is much more painful for them
it means accepting what they've been through
it means acknowledging they aren't perfect
they think they're perfect.
Except they aren't.
What is, in reality, the search for perfection?
what is, perfection?
It's lies, it's falsehood and deception
cruel deception
blood, and evil.
The search for