フォックスバレット || Fox Bullet

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   27 June 2023

   mozitre

   BTW may I ask
   I read your translation and I think the song has 2 viewpoints, one is Kimi that is an outsider (the outside world person who got into gensokyo i guess?), and the other is the Fox. I think the part that have “I” and “she” is kimi’s view point while parts with “I” and “you” is Fox’s. I wonder if it’s right?
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   And when i interpret it that way, i found some lines i dont really get:
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   Forget about hurrying
   and grumble away over your basket
   forever and ever.
   which viewpoint this part is? is Kimi saying they forget about hurrying when they see the fox, or the fox telling Kimi to forget about hurrying and the rest? if it’s the first case, then who is “you” in “and grumble…”?
   Also what does “and grumble…” mean? I check lyric in mv and found this 葛籠つらつら maybe a twist tongue meaningless line: つづらつらつらきつつきとつづる、つづらつらつらきつつきとつづる。from here https://www.wasabi-jpn.com/japanese-lessons/japanese-consonants-how-to-pronounce-ts/
   So, i guess 葛籠つらつら is just meaningless? and the line is “grumbling nonsense things”?
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   Following my interpretation, i separate this stanza (and the similar ones) this way:
   (KIMI)
   She sank into your heart, the nine-tailed fox.
   She’ll even make the Butterfly Dream come true, grumbling over all.
   (FOX)
   The things you grieve and lament… to the rest of stanza
   I dont really get “grumble / 管を巻く” here, like when it appeared in the first stanza, it seems to be Kimi’s action, and fit Kimi because it’s often used to describe drunk person. but then “she (Fox) grumbling over all” doesnt sound like this Fox in the song at all.
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   And lastly
   why does the year decrease through stanzas? 😅
   千年だって謳歌して
   万年だって謳歌して
   百年だって謳歌して
   and the last line is just 一年 one year.
   also I guess Sing my praises is like Fox tell kimi (people) to Sing her praises than saying “fox is singing/gonna sing”, right?

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      27 June 2023

      Releska

      Thanks for your comment! I’ll have a think about it and get back to you – I agree with your first point about the perspectives but I’ll take some more time to think through the other things you raised

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      30 June 2023

      Releska

      Thanks again for your comment! Here’s my thoughts in more detail:

      I think that the first stanza could be told entirely from Kimi’s point of view. The ‘forget’ part could be a command to themselves – something like ‘I’ve had this dream, so now I’ll forget about hurrying and grumble away about it, describing it in a way that makes no sense.’

      With 葛籠つらつら, I think you’re right that it’s a tongue twister, but I think that we’re meant to take some sort of meaning from it because some kanji is used. I went with the ‘basket’ meaning of 葛籠 and added it to the phrase at the end to get my translation.

      I think the whole stanza is building up to 管を巻いて (kuda o maite), which is a clear link to Tsukasa’s surname (Kudamaki). This explains the second point you raised and the inconsistency with 管を巻く. She may be ‘grumbling’ over everything because she’s involved with everything, which fits her character because she is literally ‘kudamaki’.

      I wonder if the years are a fun reference to the different characters in Unconnected Marketeers. You have 千亦 (Chimata) and 百々世 (Momoyo) after all.

      I also think you’re right about ‘sing my praises’ being a command from the fox.

      I hope that helps! I might add a translator’s note to make the link between 管を巻いて and Tsukasa’s surname clearer.

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         30 June 2023

         mozitre

         Thank you so much for this awesome explanation! It clears all of my doubt now ❤
         the references must be the case, thank you for pointing them out ❤

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   27 June 2023

   mozitre

   oh hey! isn’t this from the newest liz triangle album? Nice translation as always too
   they release some new songs recently but, this was their only full album since then, haiz

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      27 June 2023

      Releska

      Thank you very much! Yes, it’s from their first since the break (they also have a recent collab album of Shinra-Bansho/Liz Triangle covers). If I remember correctly this track was originally made for Touhou Danmaku Kagura

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         27 June 2023

         mozitre

         i hope they will release another new full album soon. collection of new songs released after returner or collection of piano/acoustic version of old song they are doing recently are all cool

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