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For the tainted sorrow: Today too snow falls on it; For the tainted sorrow: Today too wind blows on it.

For the tainted sorrow Is like, say, a fox’s fur; For the tainted sorrow, Covered with snow, curls up.

For the tainted sorrow Has no desires or wishes; For the tainted sorrow In its torpor dreams of death.

For the tainted sorrow Frightens me piteously; For the tainted sorrow Can’t be remedied, and the sun sets…

This is my own version that takes the title from the anime and inserts it into another translation of the poem. I have found quite a few translations of “For the Tainted Sorrow”. Look under the cut if you are interested in reading and comparing them.

- Nakahara Chūya, “For the Tainted Sorrow”

Other translations under the cut.

Odasaku: You’re gonna be sad and miserable forever

Odasaku: *Dies*

Dazai:

Dazai: We weren't squabbling!

Akutagawa: He doesn’t care what things look like

Dazai: Why would you say that?

You toyed with me all you wanted back then. But…there’s usually payback for it ten times over later.

Please don’t fake it, show me what you’re all about  I got wasted, learning how to let it out  I can’t take it, kiss me with the lips of doubt  Please don’t fake it,  Fake it, fake… 

© Fake -  The Tech Thieves