A Song from 1990 | 1990年の歌

This is one of my favourite songs from the 90s.
「さよなら人類」
"Sayonara, Jinrui (Farewell, Human Beings)"

I translated the lyrics (lol):

She is breathing with exhaling carbon dioxide
Under the thick clouds, it is swaying in the wind as being a bud
A stray dog tries out his wilderness by holding my bone in his mouth
The moon falls down to back array and the dog’s eyes become square 

Human beings have reached Jupiter the first time in the history today
The day, that we will become pithecanthropes, is also getting closer 

At the ruined site in the outskirt of a city that has echoing sound of Arabian flute
Pegasus, that lost his wings, puts up a ladder in the night sky
Soldiers with arms are marching to advance toward south
Rattling their sabres makes the city’s air dirtier 

Human beings have reached Jupiter the first time in the history today
The day, that we will become pithecanthropes, is also getting closer 

A canary that forgets how to sing
A cattle barn that forgets how to house cows
A doctor, that keeps collecting broken magnets, goes bald totally 

She is shooting fireworks to celebrate this day that has come
Because fireworks in the winter are too bright and strong, our bodies get smashed up
Under the bougainvaillea tree, I try to look for her
Because the moon light blocks out my sight, I can't even find a fragment of hers 

Human beings have reached Jupiter the first time in the history today
The day, that we will become pithecanthropes, is also getting closer 

I don’t want to be an ape
I don’t want to be an ape
I am just picking up broken magnets at the beach 

Human beings have reached Jupiter the first time in the history today
The day, that we will become pithecanthropes, is also getting closer 

I am becoming an ape
I am becoming an ape

Yep, it's rather a sad song.


「さよなら人類」はやっぱり好き。YouTubeで久しぶりに聴いてからそう思った。
英語圏の人たちにもその歌詞のシュールさを知ってもらいたくて、勝手に英訳してみた（笑）
（日本語の歌詞は割愛します。）