Narcissist → Dress Down by Kaoru Akimoto (秋元薫) LIVE (1986) [EN]

This video is not my property and don't trust my translations too much. Original Video: Kaoru Akimoto's Instagram (Deleted) Narcissist Lyrics: 秋元薫 (Kaoru Akimoto) Compostion: 崎谷健次郎 (Kenjiro Sakiya) Arrangement: 鳥山雄司 (Yuji Toriyama) Dress Down Lyrics: 秋元薫 (Kaoru Akimoto) Composition: 松本晃彦 (Akihiko Matsumoto) Arrangement: 武部聡志 (Satoshi Takebe) Lyrics from HRLP237 (): Not actually stated 1: They translated it as 'drop earrings', which are earrings that fall just below the ear. The phrase こぼれてしまいそうなイヤリング seems like a play on the word 'drop earrings', if you translate it literally, it might be 'earrings that seem about to drop'. 2: Literally it would be 'not single strand of messed up hair' and the official translation is 'Not a single strand of hair out of line'. I don't really like that because it made me think of a sleek bun. So, I went for 'Not a single strand of hair out of place', which feels a bit more vague to me. 3: The official translation made this into 'The silly bunch surrounding me'. 'Silly' sounds right because おどけた seems like a light jab. I think I will go for entourage for とりまき達 though, I think the original translation is too long, but 'followers' feels too condescending. I feel like 'entourage' could be taken almost humorously. 4: 私が笑わない is I'm not smiling, but if you add a の to nominalize it maybe something like 'My lack of smile'? 5: 不思議 has a few other meanings, mysterious is just more vague than the other meanings, that's why I chose it. The official one went for 'curious' it seems. 6: It seems コ refers to 子, it usually means child as seen in the kanji, but it doesn't seem to be used for only children, you could also used to refer to a girl to a certain extent. The official translation had it as 'girl', so I went for that. As for かまって it's like focusing and caring about someone, there are other meanings too, but I went with 'spend time' because it's still quite similar to the official translation. Narcissist なんてキレイになってゆくの Look how pretty you are becoming あなたは　すれ違う男の視線まで集めて You are gathering all the passing men's gazes Dress Down 背中のあいたドレス こぼれてしまいそうなイヤリング¹ (A) backless dress, (a pair of) drop earrings 乱れた髪 ひと筋もない² Not a single strand of hair out of place おどけたとりまき達³ 私が笑わないのを⁴ (My) silly entourage, at my lack of smile... 不思議な目をして見ているわ⁵ Giving (it) a mysterious gaze Dress Down 早くみつけてよ Dress Down, find (me) quickly そんなコにかまって⁶ つまらないはずだわ Spending time with that kind of girl ought to be boring #kaoruakimoto #秋元薫