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pp58-59 (This passage is translated from a Japanese book. Corrections are welcomed!) Disappeared Red Thread Me and her, we were tied up to each other with a red thread. But she killed herself. For what? Why? I hate her. But I still love her. Where has our red thread gone? Disappeared? Cut off? When I read this poem, I was aghast and about to choke. I took it all literally, but after I listened to his story more carefully, I felt, "Oh? Does it contain some fantasy?" Something in his mind inevitably made him express in this way, I guess. Behind that, there was his complicated and harsh family environment. When I think of its extreme weight, I sigh. I cannot but wish his future happiness.

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pp58-59

(This passage is translated from a Japanese book. Corrections are welcomed!)


Disappeared Red Thread

Me and her She and I, we were tied up to each other with a red thread. (To know when to use me/her or she/I, imagine saying the sentence with only one of them.  Like this: "Me was tied up.." or "I was tied up..."  Then it is obvious "I" should be used.)
But she killed herself.
For what? Why?
I hate her.
But
I still love her.
Where has our red thread gone?
Disappeared?
Cut off?


When I read this poem, I was aghast and about to choke.
I took it all literally, but after I listened to his story more carefully,
I felt thought, "Oh  Hmm? Is this merely a metaphor? Does it contain some fantasy?" (guessing what you meant here)
Undoubtedly something in his mind inevitably made him express it in this way, I guess. (Can't have "inevitably"/"undoubtedly" and "I guess" in the same thought.  You're either sure or you're not.)
Behind that, (not sure what you mean here.  What is "that"?) there was his complicated and harsh family environment.
When I think of the magnitude of his statement its extreme weight, I sigh.
I cannot but wish for his future happiness.

 

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