

In the Ending animation sequence of Jintai, the song _Yume no Naka no Watashi
no Yume (My Dream Within a Dream)_ plays with the following lyrics in romaji:

> Wasuretai tte kimochi  
>  Sore mo uso ja nai kokoro

On [Anime
Lyrics](http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/jintai/yumenakawatashiyume.htm) it is
translated so:

> The feeling of wanting to forget  
>  It, too, is an emotion that is not a lie

But in the subs I have, it is translated like this:

> What is it?  
>  There you sit on my lap, little squirrel  
>  The chestnut is like your flag, you child of the forest, seeking courage
>
> When the sounds of March are all around, even the humans will know
>
> Day in, day out, I sow the seeds for the future  
>  Eventually they bloom to flowers, and all feast on what it brought to fruit  
>  My dream fulfills that of the others at the same time  
>  Isn't it nice to make your wishes then?
>
> **I want to forget the little nuts  
>  That's what I really feel like**
>
> What's wrong today?  
>  You wave your chestnut like a flag, little squirrel  
>  Soon you will run to the forest again, your refuge  
>  What's wrong today?  
>  Here you sit on my lap  
>  Why don't you rest?

The animation sequence itself contains many objects that come directly from
the story. Most of them I recognized, but where do these _little nuts_ come
from in the subtitle translation? Was it a mistranslation or some subtle
reference to the events of the story? I wonder if the differences are because
of some double-meaning words or some hidden context that one of the
translators (or both) didn't get.


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"I want to forget the little nuts"


Seems like the translation has been fixed in [your
link](http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/jintai/yumenakawatashiyume.htm), it no
longer says nuts.

Also the original translation you quoted had many mistakes in it, for example
this:

> You wave your chestnut like a flag, little squirrel

The lyrics at that point is `旗振る子リス` which means `Little squirrel waving a
flag` transliterated, and nothing suggesting about waving chestnuts. In the
corrected version on the site by Ohseki, it is now translated as `Little
squirrel, waving your flag`.

I'm pretty sure that it was just a bad translation overall.


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