マリモの物語 (The Story of Marimo)
From the movie All About My Dog (犬の映画; inu no eiga)
Say, Marimo
Say, Marimo, why is it
“Shall we say hi?”
When we first met, you looked so tiny
Almost as if you would crumble
You looked much younger than me
Like a crybaby
You were much younger than me
Just a coquettish baby
You were born long after I was
So why
Why do you
Why do you have to get older than me
Say, why did you
Why did you have to be so mischievous
Why did you maul clothes so badly
Why did you hide my shoe
Why do you have to run ahead of me
Wait, Marimo
Why do you hurry so much
Why do you become a mom before I do
I'm still a kid
And I don't know anything
Don't know anything
Don't know anything
Wanted to know a bit more about you
So why do you have to
Why do you have to become a granny before I do
Why do you have to
Why
Why
Why
Why
Why
Why
Why
Why
Why
Why did I keep a dog
Why did I say I wanted to have a dog
Why
'Cause my heart is
Aching as if it would tear up
You're bad, Marimo
I hate you, Marimo
I wish
I wish I had
I wish I had no puppy to begin with…
Um
Watch out
Well, Mika
Don't be so sad
'cause I have been
I have been so happy
'cause you have
Always been
Always been my big sis
Big sis whom I can trust
I'm sorry for playing the baby all the time
Sorry for being so mischievous
For hiding your red shoe…
… which was the most precious treasure of mine, by the way
I was happy you walked me every day
“Wait, Marimo!”
And when I became a mom
You were even more cheerful than me
“I'm so happy, I'm so happy!”
So happy even to tears
“They're so cute~!”
Gave them cute names too, Ringo and Momo
And I was happy to see you happy
You taught me names of flowers
“Marimo, this is called ocean”
Showed me the ocean…
“Marimo―!”
… which excited me so much I got lost, by the way
“Wanna eat?”
It looked so tasty
You chased bees away too
You were so awesome
“Marimo”
“It's time for dinner~”
I'm sorry you just bought it
There's still a lot left…
In fact, there was this place I wanted to be again
The ocean
I like it because it has your scent
So you know, Mika
Although I cannot
Cannot talk to you
But if I ever could, then
You know
You know
You know
You know
You know
You know
You know
You know
Well, it's embarrassing a bit
But you know, Mika
Thank you for loving me…
…
…
You know
Marimo
I
I want to have a dog again…
Translation copyright © 2006 Eugene M. Kim.
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