Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site mhuxr.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mfs From: mfs@mhuxr.UUCP (SIMON) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Translation, Please Message-ID: <184@mhuxr.UUCP> Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 18:28:46 EST Article-I.D.: mhuxr.184 Posted: Mon Jan 7 18:28:46 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 8-Jan-85 04:02:46 EST References: <6980@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 11 > On King Crimson's album 'Discipline' there is a song entitled 'matte kudasai'. > Is there anyone out there who speaks Japanese and could provide an English > translation? My cursory lingual snooping indicates that 'kudasai' is a sort > of all-purpose word for making polite statements. Am I on the right track? > +++paul You are on the right track. "Kudasai" is for polite requests, e.g. "Please wait", which is what "matte kudasai" means. Of course, the song then makes noo sense. Oh well it sounds good. Marcel Simon.