So I'm trying to translate this song (full lyrics here, at 5:
<http://karent.jp/album/1709/lyric/5>) I'm confused about how 願い is being used
in this sentence.

遙か遠い昔の願い呑みこんだ渦

Literally, this seems to be saying that the wish belongs to the far-away
sound. But that doesn't make much sense to me. The way the sentence makes the
most sense is if it was translated, "I wish for the far away-sound of a
swallowing whirlpool." However, I'm uncertain if this is supported by the
text. Is this correct?

Mostly, I'm confused about how 願い is just sitting there in front of 願い呑みこんだ -
it doesn't seem to be modifying it in anyway. I'm guessing a particle was
omitted here, but I'm not sure if the word is being used in some other way.
Can someone please explain this placement also?

Thank you!
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Translation help! Placement of 願い in this sentence is confusing
You seem to be misreading 昔(むかし) , "the past", as 音(おと) , "sound". It's not
"faraway sound" but "wishes from the long distant past". 願い is the object of
呑み込んだ、 so the "missing" particle would be を following 願い . The meaning of the
whole, I should think, is "the whirlpool which has swallowed [?my]
wishes/hopes from long, long ago". 吞み込む is often used to mean "swallow", or
"choke back", one's tears.
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