夢の話 No.4 Swimming like a Dolphin

夢だから体験できることって無限

Because it is a DREAM, there is nothing we cannot experience

私は小さい頃からイルカが好きで

イルカが泳いでるあの真っ青な海で

一緒に泳いでみたいななんて、想像したりした

I like dolphins since when I was a small girl

I often imagine swimming in the blue blue sea

Together with the dolphins

この日は寝不足でかなり疲れていたから

電車の中だったけど、彼の肩を借りて

少し目をつぶって一休みすることにした

That day I didn’t have enough sleep

So in the train, I borrowed his shoulder

Closed my eyes and took a little nap

眠りに落ちたのは一瞬だった

そして夢を見始めたのもほんとすぐだった

It just took me a moment to fell asleep

And almost immediately I started dreaming

私はイルカになって泳いでいた

でもそこは海じゃなくて一般的なプール

I became a dolphin and I was swimming

It is not the sea but just a normal pool

でも青くてきれいだったからいいや

But since it is blue and nice it doesn’t matter

多分あれは友達だったと思う

でも姿はイルカ

私は友達とイルカになってプールで競争していた

Probably that is a friend

But in the form of a dolphin

My friend and I turned in dolphins and we started completing in the pool

私は特に泳ぐことが得意ではないけれど

この日は（というかイルカになったからかな）

力を入れずにすごいスピードで泳げていた

もちろんイルカの友達も速い

I am not particularly good in swimming

But on that day (probably because I became a dolphin)

I am able to swim in high speed without much effort

Of course, my dolphin friend is very fast too

競争しているうちにムキになりすぎて

息継ぎができなくなってしまった

As I complete, I am holding on to my breath for too long

And I feel like I can no long breath

あっぷあっぷ

ああ

Appoo Appoo

Aarrghh

ぶっ

Buu

こんな音を実際に現実にもやっていた私

もしそこが自分の部屋や家の中だったらよかったけど

電車の中だ

恥ずかしい

前の人に見られていたら、私は確実に変な女の子

いくら夢の中で頑張っていたとはいえ

現実にまでやってしまっていたとは

何とも情けない

I am actually making these noises in real life

It is perfectly alright if I were in my room or at home

But I am in a train

How embarrassing

If the person in front saw me, probably he would be thinking I am one weird girl

It is not unusual that

When I try very hard in my dreams

That I am also doing so in real life

でもよくありますこういったこと

小さい頃から夢と現実がたまにわからなくなって

泣いたり、叫んだり、しゃべったり、歯を磨いたり.......

But such things often happen

Since young, I cannot tell dreams from reality

And I cry, I scream, I talk and I grind my teeth……

たくさん小さい頃の面白い夢があるので

また後々描いていきたいと思います＾＾

I had many funny dreams when I was younger

And I want to draw them out one by one

夢ってこわい

Dream is such a scary thing

夢の話 No.3 Shoplifting

疲れてるからなのか

Probably it was because I was tired

それともこれは自分の望んでること？？

Or it was something I really wanted to do??

今回はほんとに変な夢の話

This time is really a weird dream

台湾に旅行中に見た夢だから

It was a dream I had when I was travelling in Taiwan

やっぱり私は夢の中でも台湾にいた

So the setting was in Taiwan as well

でも変なのは景色が私の昔通ってた中学校の

But the place was around the junior high school

周りの風景でした

I used to go

なぜそこが台湾だと思ったのかわからないけど

I have no idea why I would think it was in Taiwan

気持ちは台湾、風景は中学校の近所

The feeling was in Taiwan but the scenery was around my junior high school

私は一人で中学校の近くの田んぼ道を歩いていると

I was walking alone along the paddy fields near my junior high school

台北にあった化粧品店があった

There appeared a Taiwan cosmetic shop

私は入ってすぐ、日焼け止めを探していた

I entered it and started looking for sun block cream

だって台湾はすごく蒸し暑くて日差しが強かったから

Because Taiwan was hot and the sun was shining strong

日焼け止めは今までに見たことない形で

The sun block cream was in a shape that I had never seen before

ピンク色のパッケージでとっても可愛かった

It had a pink package which was really cute

うん、これ欲しなと思った

Yes, I want this, I thought

でもその時、お金払うのがめんどうだなと思い

At that moment, I felt that paying for it was too troublesome

それを自分のカバンの中にそっと入れて

So I just slipped it into my bag

お店を出ようとした

And started making my way out of the shop

これって万引きだよね？

This is shoplifting, isn’t it?

自分でも分かっていながら、

Knowing I have done such a crime

店員にばれないようにそーっとお店を出ると

I got out of the shop trying not to be caught be the shop keeper

ビーーーーーーッと

Beeeeeeeeep

アラームが鳴ってしまった

The alarm sounded

あ、やばい

Oh, SHIT

そしてまた私は全速力で走った

I started to run at full speed

店員もまた私を捕まえるために全速力で追いかけてくる

The shopkeeper also started to chase behind

私は心の中で

I was thinking in my mind

台湾に旅行に来て万引きして捕まるなんてほんまのばかやろ

It would be really stupid to come for holiday in Taiwan and get caught for shoplifting

彼に顔向けできひん、どうしよう

I would have no face to face him, what should I do

アホなことした

I did something really silly

そう考え、泣きながら走っていた

As I was thinking that, I started to cry as I ran

私が逃げるために走っていたところは

The escape route that I was taking

なんと中学生の時によく部活で走っていたあの田んぼ道

Was the paddy field path that I had run during club activities while I was in junior high

そして、隠れるために中学校の近くの民家にまで

To hide myself

ずかずかと入ってった

I went into a residential house near the school

店員も負けじと追いかけてきていたが、

The shopkeeper was chasing behind

いつの間にかいなくなっていた

But somehow he had disappeared

安心したとき、彼が現れて

I let out a sigh of relief and HE appeared

今度は景色が台北の博物館に姿を変えていた

This time the scene had change into a museum in Taipei

自分が万引きしたことを話そうとしたが結局言えず

I was about to tell him about the shoplifting incident but in the end I didn’t

もんもんとした気持ちを抱えながら博物館を二人で歩いていく

Still with a sense of guilt, the two if us walked around the museum

そして博物館を見終わったらまた景色が変わって

After we had done with the museum, the scene changed again

台北の夜の街に変わっていた

It became the night street in Taipei

目の前には有名なクラブのLUXYがあった

In front of us was the famous LUXY club

そこにはセクシーな女性やいかにも麻薬をしてそうな悪ツラの男性

There were sexy girls and also bad guys that looked as if they were on drugs

いかつい黒人のガードマンからオカマまで

There were also black men who were the bouncers

様々な人が出歩き、そしてクラブに吸い込まれるように

There are people of all kind walking around and as if they were being sucked in

みんな入っていった

They all entered into the club

私たちも入ろうとしたけど、何故かクラブに入れてもらえない

We were also entering to the club but somehow we were being stopped

私は怒ってその黒人ガードマンと殴り合いの喧嘩を始めた

I got angry and started punching the black bouncer and started fighting

黒人ガードマンは結構な体つきをしていて、

The black bouncer had a pretty huge body

私よりも２倍近い身長だった

He is almost twice my height

ガードマンは私に大きな拳で殴りかかろうとして

The bouncer was punching me with his gigantic fists

私も負けじと殴り返そうとしたとき

I also returned him a few of mine, and then

目が覚めた

I woke up

うそ、勝ってクラブにはいれたかもしれないのに、、、

Oh no, I would have enter the club after beating the bouncer…….

かなり残念な気持ちだった

What a pity

それよりもまずなんで私は夢の中で万引きをしたのか

Anyway, why would I shoplift in my dream

恐ろしい黒人ガードマンと殴り合いなんかしたのか

And I could even put up a fight with the terrifying black bouncer

不思議でたまらなかった

How amazing

ああ、

Aarrggghh

もしかして私、こんなことしてみたいの？

Maybe I really wanted to try that?

いや、

Nope

そんなことないよね、うん、したくない

I don’t think I want to do that

Taiwan Trip

2010/3/18-22 台湾旅行！