YOU SAID:

“It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history. With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head, and his eyes all orange flame with the thought of what came next, he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red and yellow and black. He strode in a swarm of fireflies. He wanted above all, like the old joke, to shove a marshmallow on a stick in the furnace, while the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch and lawn of the house. While the books went up in sparkling whirls and blew away on a wind turned dark with burning.”

INTO JAPANESE

「燃えて喜びました。ものが食べられたり、物が黒くなったり変化したりするのを見るのは特別な喜びでした。彼の拳の真鍮製のノズルで、この偉大なpythonがその有毒な灯油を世界に吐き出し、彼の頭に血が響き渡りました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

"It was a special pleasure to see things eaten and darkened and changed. The brass nozzle of his fist made this great python its toxic He exhaled kerosene into the world, and his blood flowed over his head.

INTO JAPANESE

「ものが食べられ、暗くなり、そして変わったのを見るのは特別な喜びでした。彼の拳の真鍮ノズルはこの偉大なpythonを有毒にしました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

"It was a special pleasure to see what was eaten, darkened and unusual. His fist brass nozzle made this great python toxic.

INTO JAPANESE

「何が食べられ、暗くなり、変わったのかを見るのは特別な喜びでした。彼の拳真鍮製のノズルがこの素晴らしいPythonを有毒にしました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

"It was a special pleasure to see what was eaten, darkened and changed. His fist brass nozzle made this wonderful Python poisonous.

INTO JAPANESE

「何が食べられ、暗くなり、そして変化したのかを見ることは特別な喜びでした。彼の拳真鍮ノズルがこの素晴らしいPythonを有毒にしました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

"It was a special pleasure to see what was eaten, darkened and changed. His fist brass nozzle made this wonderful Python poisonous.