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Thread #137706   Message #3150583
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
08-May-11 - 08:13 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Kojo no tsuki (Moonlit castle ruins)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Kojo no tsuki (Moonlit castle ruins)
Translation of last two verses, more or less-

3
The moon hangs above the ruins,
Unchanging, for whom does it shine?
Nothing clings to the walls but tendrils.
Only the storm sings among the pine boughs.
4
The moon and sky above are unchanging,
In life, there is ebb and flow;
Is the moon there to reflect these changes?
Ah! the moon over the desolate castle.

Japanese lyrics by Bansui Doi (Rinkichi Tsutsii).