Big in Japan

Big in Japan (Alphaville)
在日本出名阿爾發村

Winter’s cityside
Crystal bits of snowflakes
All around my head and in the wind
I had no illusions
That I’d ever find a glimpse
Of summer’s heatwaves in your eyes
You did what you did to me
Now it’s history, I see
Here’s my comeback on the road again
Things will happen while they can
I will wait here for my man tonight
It’s easy when you’re big in Japan

冬季大都市，雪花成晶體
在我的頭頂和風中
我從沒有幻想過在你眼中
瞥見夏天的熱浪
你對我做了什麼
現在是歷史了，我明白了
這是我再次回到正確道路的地方
事情會水到渠成
在這裡，我將等我的朋友今晚來
在日本出名是很容易的

[chorus]
Oh, when you’re big in Japan, tonight
Big in Japan, be tight
Big in Japan, ooh the eastern sea’s so blue
Big in Japan, alright
Pay, then I’ll sleep by your side
Things are easy when you’re big in Japan
Oh, when you’re big in Japan
當你成名在日本今晚
日本著名，要緊湊的
日本著名，在東海如此藍的日本
在日本很有名
付錢，我陪在你身邊
當你在日本出名的時候，事情很容易
在日本有名的時候
[chorus]

Neon on my naked skin, passing silhouettes
Of strange illuminated mannequins
Shall I stay here at the zoo
Or should I go and change my point of view
For other ugly scenes
You did what you did to me
Now it’s history I see
Things will happen while they can
I will wait here for my man tonight
It’s easy when you’re big in Japan

霓虹燈在我裸露的皮膚上
剪影過去時
奇怪的發光人體模型
我應該留在動物園嗎
還是離開並改變我的觀點？
對於其他醜陋的場景
你對我做了什麼
事情會水到渠成
在日本出名很容易
在這裡，我將等我的朋友今晚來
在日本出名很容易

[chorus]

Who wrote “Big in Japan”?
“Big in Japan” was written by Alphaville’s lead singer Marian Gold. But Marian didn’t write the song alone. He wrote it with his band mates, Bernhard Lloyd and Frank Mertens.

Meaning of “Big in Japan”

Now as for the title, “big is Japan”, simply put it is more or less an idiom. It points to the idea of someone becoming a popular success in a foreign country while remaining relatively-irrelevant in their own homeland. And this type of phrase is commonly used in reference to entertainers, especially the likes of musicians. But stripped down to its most basic form, it means that a person is able to achieve something great away from home that they aren’t able to do in their familiar environs. And such would likely be the case in which Alphaville has applied that saying to the aforementioned narrative.

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