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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dengeki" data-source="post: 781138" data-attributes="member: 68995">Hi, there.I've just started trying to translate the meaning of the lyrics of some of my favorite Japanese tunes.This time the turn is for "Yurameki", a true visual-kei classic from the iconic rock band Dir en grey.I have a problem translating the very first verse of the song: "帰れなくて忘れたくて「ゆらめく」ことのない愛を君に".When I try to find the translation of what it seems to be a whole verse (or maybe it isn't? From what I've been reading, Kyo may like to write like two or three different verses in a same line, rather than writing one verse below the other and so on) the first thing I have notice of are some meaningful chunks like:"「ゆらめく」ことのない愛": "a love without quivering"."君に": "(something) to/into you"."帰れなくて忘れたくて": "I want to return, but... I want to forget, but..."So the thing is that I have problems trying to reunite this chunks into a whole meaninful sentence. Particularly with that を in between "「ゆらめく」ことのない愛" and "君に". Which is its function there? And how can I translate that detached "君に" in the end of the verse?Link for the full song is here: [MEDIA=youtube]GnYoX0xx81Q[/MEDIA]Link for the full kanji and romaji lyrics is here: <a href="http://www.jpopasia.com/lyrics/7644/dir-en-grey/yurameki.html">JpopAsia - the online asian media resource</a>Thank you!</blockquote>

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