Month: May 2014

Night Bird

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Totally not a request. Haruka’s lyrics are real easy it seems. I appreciate clear lyrics like that. Good song too, I enjoyed Dominated Dancehall greatly, I just wish the final track, FIX, was a bit longer, it ends so suddenly, they could have done a lot with it I feel. Translating that makes me really anticipate Cloud 9 even more. If the lyrics are going to be as clear and easy as this, it’ll be boatloads of fun!

☆ Title: NIGHT BIRD
★Album: DOMINATED DANCEHALL
☆ Album Artist: Alstroemeria Records
★ Vocals: mican*
☆ Arrangement: Masayoshi Minoshima
★Lyrics: Haruka
☆ Original Title: Song of the Night Sparrow ~ Night Bird (夜雀の歌声 ～ Night Bird)


闇の中で　聞こえてくる
君はいつも　そこにいるね
鳴いていても　誰も来ない
いつも君は　なぜ独りきりなの？
闇の中に　いつもいると
呼んだような　感じしてた
君の歌は　歌にならず
悲しそうに　泣く様に見えた

yami no naka de kikoete kuru
kimi wa itsu mo soko ni iru ne
naiteitemo dare mo konai
itsu mo kimi wa naze hitori kiri nano?
yami no naka ni itsu mo iru to
yonda you na kanji shiteta
kimi no uta wa uta ni narazu
kanashisou ni naku you ni mieta

Within the darkness, I began to hear it
you’re always around there aren’t you?
Even though you sing, nobody comes
Why is it that you are always all alone?
I get the feeling that you called out to me
“I’m always here inside the darkness”
Your song didn’t sound like a song
It seemed as if you were sadly crying

なぜいるの？　なぜ鳴くの？　悲しいの？　切ないの？
その声は　いつまでも　続いてた　闇の中
呼んでるの？　なぜ鳴くの？　悲しいの？切ないの?
その声は　いつまでも　続いてた　闇の中

naze iru no? naze naku no? kanashii no? setsunai no?
sono koe wa itsu made mo tsudzuiteta yami no naka
yonderu no? naze naku no? kanashii no? setsunai no?
sono koe wa itsu made mo tsudzuiteta yami no naka

Why are you here? Why do you sing? Because you’re sad? Because you’re in pain?
That voice of yours has continued forever inside the darkness
Are you calling out? Why do you sing?  Because you’re sad? Because you’re in pain?
That voice of yours has continued forever inside the darkness

夜に鳴く鳥が　今夜もその場に
恋しくて今も　何度も何度でも
暗闇の中に　温もり求めて
ここに来てほしい　歌にもできないまま

yoru ni naku tori ga konya mo sono ba ni
koishikute ima mo nando mo nando demo
kurayami no naka ni nukumori motomete
koko ni kite hoshii uta ni mo dekinai mama

Tonight too the bird sings to the night in that place
yearning, even now, again and again, over and over
Seeking warmth within the pitch black
unable to say in her song “I want you to come here” either

闇の中は　独りきりの
君は声が　聞こえてくる
鳴いていても　誰も来ない
いつも君は　なぜ独りいるの?
闇の中で　なにを探す?
問えばすぐに　飛んで消える
君の歌は　歌にならず
悲しそうに　泣く様に見えた

yami no naka wa hitori kiri no
kimi wa koe ga kikoete kuru
naiteitemo dare mo konai
itsu mo kimi wa naze hitori iru no?
yami no naka de nani o sagasu?
toeba sugu ni tonde kieru
kimi no uta wa uta ni narazu
kanashisou ni naku you ni mieta

In the midst of the darkness, she’s all on her own
I began to hear the voice of yours
Even though you sing, nobody comes
Why is it that you are always all alone?
What do you search for within the darkness?
If I were to question you, you’d fly and disappear right away
Your song didn’t sound like a song
It seemed as if you were sadly crying

なぜいるの？　なぜ鳴くの？　悲しいの？　切ないの？
その声は　いつまでも　続いてた　闇の中
どうしたの？　なぜ君は　独りきり　鳴いてるの？
その声は　いつまでも　続いてた　闇の中

naze iru no? naze naku no? kanashii no? setsunai no?
sono koe wa itsu made mo tsudzuiteta yami no naka
doushita no? naze kimi wa hitori kiri naiteru no?
sono koe wa itsu made mo tsudzuiteta yami no naka

Why are you here? Why do you sing? Because you’re sad? Because you’re in pain?
That voice of yours has continued forever inside the darkness
What’s wrong? Why are you singing all by yourself?
That voice of yours has continued forever inside the darkness

夜に鳴く鳥は　何も見えなくて
悲しくて今も　何度も　何度でも
暗闇の中に　温もり求めて
ここに来てほしい　歌にもできなくて
夜に鳴く鳥は　群れることもなく
求めてたもの　なにかもわからずに
暗闇の中に　なにを求めてた？
夜に鳴く鳥が　ただ群れることもなく

yoru ni naku tori wa nani mo mienakute
kanashikute ima mo nando mo nando demo
kurayami no naka ni nukumori motomete
koko ni kite hoshii uta ni mo dekinakute
yoru ni naku tori wa mureru koto mo naku
motometeta mono ga nani ka mo wakarazu ni
kurayami no naka ni nani o motometeta?
yoru ni naku tori ga tada mureru koto mo naku

The bird singing to the night is unable to see anything
becoming sad, even now, again and again, over and over
Seeking warmth within the pitch black
unable to say in her song “I want you to come here” either
The bird singing to the night doesn’t even join a flock
What she’s been seeking she doesn’t even know herself
Within the pitch black what have you been seeking?
The bird singing to the night just won’t join a flock

Maze of Vapor

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Requested by Flaemes, I think this is the second LiLA’c song I’ve ever heard, the first being a “My Soul, Your Beats” remix. Looks like I can’t pick out an interpretation for this one either, sorry.

Notes: Coda, relating to music, means “the concluding passage of a piece or movement, typically forming an addition to the basic structure.”

★ Title: Maze of Vapor
☆ Album: R3D ANTHEM
★ Album Artist: LiLA’c Records
☆ Vocals: ℃iel (シエル)
★ Arrangement: Neeshe
☆Lyrics: Irus
★ Original Title: The Centennial Festival for Magical Girls (魔法少女達の百年祭)
☆ Website: http://www.lilac-records.com/

Pursuing my true self…

光と光　交差した今感じる鼓動ハラリハラリと
過去と未来を貫いたあなたの　言葉だけこだましてるの

hikari to hikari kousa shita ima kanjiru kodou harari harari to
kako to mirai o tsuranuita anata no kotoba dake kodama shiteru no

Each beam of light into each other, right now the pulse I feel gently gently falls
The only thing that’s echoing are your words that pierced the past and future

見つめたとたんカッとして壊した残像はセピアじみてて
破いて捨てたページには吐き捨てたい気持ち書きなぐってる

mitsumeta totan katto shite kowashita zanzou ha sepia jimitete
yabuite suteta peeji ni wa hakisutetai kimochi kakinagutteru

The moment I took a gaze, I flew into a rage, and the destroyed remains were left looking sepia
Scribbled in the page I tore and threw away were feelings that I wanted to spit out

想イスパイラル嘘像ピラミッド
独リパラノイア　手を伸ばす

omoi supairaru kyozou piramiddo
hitori paranoia te o nobasu

A spiral of feelings and a pyramid of lies
to a lonesome paranoia, I stretch out my hand

Don’t forget me
アタシらしさやアナタらしさがあるのなら
ダサくてもいい
叫び続けて声嗄れるまで　in a loud voice!

Don’t forget me
atashi rashisa ya anata rashisa ga aru no nara
dasakutemo ii
sakebi tsudzukete koe kareru made in a loud voice!

Don’t forget me
If there are similarities to me and similarities to you
though it’s out of style it’s fine
I’ll continue shouting in a loud voice until it goes coarse!

巡り廻って
迷い疲れて脚が震えて止まっても
甘えないでと
胸の奥では心揺さぶる声がする

meguri mawatte
mayoi tsukarete ashi ga furuete tomattemo
amaenai de to
mune no oku de wa kokoro yusaburu koe ga suru

Going around in circles,
I’m tired of being lost, even though my feet shake and I come to a stop
a voice deep within my chest
shakes my heart, telling me “Don’t depend on others”

Never hesitate again…

骸歌うプレリュード　切り抜いて貼り付けて
結ぶ言葉飾りましょう　真実へのコーダ

mukuro utau pureryuudo kiri nuite hari tsukete
musubu kotoba kazarimashou shinjitsu e no cooda

The prelude sings about a corpse, cut out from it, stick it elsewhere
Lets decorate those tieing words into a coda of truth

望むものは目が覚める一瞬を手に入れる
ありふれた夢の先の届かぬ蜃気楼

nozomu mono wa me ga sameru isshun o te ni ireru
arifureta yume no saki no todokanu shinkirou

What I desire for awakens, I acquire a moment
for the unreachable mirage at the end of this mundane dream

right to right　いつか解るからそういって本を閉じ
left to left　長い夢の中すべてはあふれてる
shinin’star　振り解く鎖　重さだけ残っても
前に進む信念は　決して途切れない

right to right itsu ka wakaru kara sou itte hon o toji
left to left nagai yume no naka subete wa afureteru
shinin’star furi hodoku kusari omosa dake nokottemo
mae ni susumu shinnen wa kesshite to girenai

right to right, “because someday you’ll understand” I close the book that said so
left to left, inside this long dream, everything is overflowing
shinin’star, I shake and untangle the chains, even if I only leave behind weight
my conviction to advance forward will never be interrupted

Don’t forget me
アタシらしさやアナタらしさがあるのなら
ダサくてもいい
叫び続けて声嗄れるまで　in a loud voice!

Don’t forget me
atashi rashisa ya anata rashisa ga aru no nara
dasakutemo ii
sakebi tsudzukete koe kareru made in a loud voice!

Don’t forget me
If there’s a similarity between me and you
though it’s out of style it’s fine
I’ll continue shouting in a loud voice until it goes coarse!

巡り廻って
迷い疲れて脚が震えて止まっても
足掻き続けて
闇を振り切り儚き夢を掴み取れ！

meguri mawatte
mayoi tsukarete ashi ga furuete tomattemo
agaki tsudzukete
yami o furi kiri hakanaki yume o tsukami tore!

Going around in circles,
I’m tired of being lost, even though my feet shake and I come to a stop
I’ll continue to struggle on
shaking myself free from the darkness, I’ll grasp my fleeting dream!

not Alone

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Reinterpreted, it somewhat looks like this song is more talking from the perspective of a friend of Mokou’s who’s on the brink of death instead of from Mokou’s perspective (This could be evidenced by lines such as “Rest your wings” or “becoming the only one the ‘flames’ can rely on”. “The moon waning until it hides every one of your tears”, that also sounds very much like it would be Mokou that’s crying, since we all know how long it takes a lunar cycle to go through its course. Of course, that’s not all my evidence to support this, but I’m already going into far too much detail about this as it is). This song was a real pain to word into English though, I usually try to fit the syllable count to somewhat match, but.. this one.. I couldn’t do so well about that.

Notes: In the lines 「残されてく　想いまでどうすればいいの」 and the 「行けばいいの」 one, those can be more accurately translated “What am I supposed to do until these feelings are left behind” and “How am I supposed to go towards a binding future,” but well, with the preceding lines, it would read really, really unnatural I think. I figure the translation I have in place now retains most of the meaning, that she doesn’t know what to do, while flowing more naturally.

★ Title: not Alone
☆ Album: silver†
★ Album Artist: ZYTOKINE
☆ Vocals: aki
★ Arrangement and lyrics: Linjin (隣人)
☆ Original Title: Reach to the Moon, Immortal Smoke (月まで届け、不死の煙)
★ Website: http://zytokine-web.com/


揺れる　煙が
月をまた　隠し始めたなら
羽休めて　聴かせてよ　眠るまで

yureru kemuri ga
tsuki o mata kakushi hajimeta nara
hane yasumete kikasete yo nemuru made

If the smoke swaying has
once again began to hide the moon then
rest your wings and let me listen until I sleep

何度でも　繰り返すと
信じた炎　たった一つの力になるよ
永遠なんて　知らないまま
生きて行けたら　良かったのに

nando demo kurikaesu to
shinjita honoo tatta hitotsu no chikara ni naru yo
eien nante shiranai mama
ikite iketara yokatta noni

I believed that the flames would repeat forever
I’ll become the only one they can depend on
I don’t care about things like eternity
though it would be nice if I could keep on living

一人で泣いてた　あの頃の私に
差し伸べられていた　手のひら
今でも　私を　照らしてる

hitori de naiteta ano koro no watashi ni
sashi noberareteita te no hira
ima demo watashi o terashiteru

The me from those old days had cried all alone
but you had held out the palm of your hand to me
Even now shining light upon me

一人じゃないから　あの頃の私は
前見て走り続けている
今でも　私を　照らしてる

hitori janai kara ano koro no watashi wa
mae mite hashiri tsudzuketeiru
ima demo watashi o terashiteru

Because I’m not alone, the me from those old days
looks ahead and continues to run
Even now you’re shining light upon me

揺れる　心を
月がまた　照らし始めたなら
それはまるで　古い　おとぎ話

yureru kokoro o
tsuki ga mata terashi hajimeta nara
sore wa maru de furui otogibanashi

If the moon has once again
begun to shine down on my shaking heart then
this might as well be just like an old fairy tail

最後だと　笑うけれど
残されてく　想いまでどうすればいいの
永遠なんて　知らないから
どうか私に　笑ってみせて

saigo da to warau keredo
nokosarete ku omoi made dou sureba ii no
eien nante shiranai kara
douka watashi ni waratte misete

I laugh that this is the end although
I don’t know what to do until these feelings are left behind
I don’t know of things like eternity
so would you please show me your smile

一人で泣いてた　あの頃の私に
差し伸べられていた　手のひら
今でも　私を　照らしてる

hitori de naiteta ano koro no watashi ni
sashi noberareteita te no hira
ima demo watashi o terashiteru

The me from those old days had cried all alone
but you had held out the palm of your hand to me
Even now shining light upon me

一人じゃないから　あの頃の私は
前見て走り続けている
今でも　私を　照らしてる

hitori janai kara ano koro no watashi wa
mae mite hashiri tsudzuketeiru
ima demo watashi o terashiteru

Because I’m not alone, the me from those old days
looks ahead and continues to run
Even now you’re shining light upon me

さよならを　告げる度に
縛られてく　未来までどう行けばいいの
そばにいてよ　そばにいてよ
今夜の月が　欠けて　君の涙を　隠してくれるまで

sayonara o tsugeru tabi ni
shibararete ku mirai made dou ikeba ii no
soba ni ite yo soba ni ite yo
konya no tsuki ga kakete kimi no namida o kakushite kureru made

Whenever it’s time to say goodbye
I don’t know how I’m supposed to go towards the bound future
Stay close to me, stay with me
The moon tonight will wane until it hides every one of your tears

一人で泣いてた　あの頃の私に
差し伸べられていた　手のひら
今でも　私を　照らしてる

hitori de naiteta ano koro no watashi ni
sashi noberareteita te no hira
ima demo watashi o terashiteru

The me from those old days had cried all alone
but you had held out the palm of your hand to me
Even now you’re shining light upon me

一人じゃないから　あの頃の私は
前見て走り続けている
今でも　私を　照らしてる

hitori janai kara ano koro no watashi wa
mae mite hashiri tsudzuketeiru
ima demo watashi o terashiteru

Because I’m not alone, the me from those old days
looks ahead and continues to run
Even now you’re shining light upon me

Calling Opus

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These lyrics seem to be about Remilia’s faith in Sakuya and her power. I think I like EoSD Sakuya’s theme more than Flowering Night. I feel it represents her serious side and determination to defeat the player, her will to protect her master. Meanwhile, Flowering Night seems to show off her more “perfect, elegant maid” persona.

★ Title: Calling Opus
☆ Album: silver†
★ Album Artist: ZYTOKINE
☆ Vocals: aki
★ Arrangement and lyrics: Linjin (隣人)
☆ Original Title: Luna Clock ~ Luna Dial (月時計　～　ルナ・ダイアル)
Flowering Night (フラワリングナイト)
★ Website: http://zytokine-web.com/


銀色に　輝く　その刃の　向こう側
響く　誰かを呼ぶ声
前向いて　顔を上げて　時を止めて　もう一度
描けるはず　そう　君なら

gin iro ni kagayaku sono yaiba no mukou gawa
hibiku dareka o yobu koe
mae muite kao o agete toki o tomete mou ichido
egakeru hazu sou kimi nara

On other side of your silver shining blade
is a resonating voice calling out for somebody
Face forward and lift your head up high, stop time again one more time
If it’s you, yes, you should be able to pull it off

例えば　花が風に散っていったとして
それを止める事に何の意味があるだろう

tatoeba hana ga kaze ni chitteita toshite
sore o tomeru koto ni nan no imi ga aru darou

Let’s suppose that a flower went and fell in the wind
What meaning do you think would there be in stopping that?

再び世界は回る
束の間の喜びと　ほんの少しのすれ違いさえ　今はもう…

futatabi sekai wa mawaru
tsuka no ma no yorokobi to hon no sukoshi surechigai sae ima wa mou…

Once again the world spins around
Even things like the slight crossing of paths and the delights of a moment, will now shortly…

舞い散る花のように　誇り高く飛べ
世界の果てまでも　その姿を変えていく

mai chiru hana no you ni hokori takaku tobe
sekai no hate made mo sono sugata o kaete iku

Proudly soar far off just like a dancing flower
as far as even the ends of the world, we’ll be changing that

銀色に　輝く　その瞳に　映るのは
遠い　希望を呼ぶ声

gin iro ni kagayaku sono hitomi ni utsuru no wa
tooi kibou o yobu koe

Reflected in your silver shining eyes
is a distant voice calling for hope

前向いて　顔を上げて　時を止めて　もう一度
照らしてよ　　君の声で

mae muite kao o agete toki o tomete mou ichido
terashite yo kimi no koe de

Face forward and lift your head up high, stop time again one more time
Shine upon everything with your voice

　to be free, to the sky, you&I
　to be free, to the sky, you&I
　to be free, to the sky, you&I
　gold sun, silver moon and you

例えば　星が流れ消えていったとして
それを止める事に何の意味があるだろう

tatoeba hoshi ga nagare kiete itta toshite
sore o tomeru koto ni nan no imi ga aru darou

Let’s suppose that a star shot off and went and vanished
what meaning do you think would there be in stopping that?

それでも世界は回る
束の間の悲しみと　ほんの少しの温かささえ　今はもう…

sore demo sekai wa mawaru
tsuka no ma no kanashimi to hon no sukoshi no atatakasa sae ima wa mou…

Even so the world still spins around
Even things like the slightest warmth and the sorrows of a moment, will now shortly…

舞い散る花のように　誇り高く飛べ
世界の果てまでも　その姿を変えていく

mai chiru hana no you ni hokori takaku tobe
sekai no hate made mo sono sugata o kaete iku

Proudly soar far off just like a dancing flower
as far as even the ends of the world, we’ll change that

銀色に　輝く　その刃で　切り裂いて
遠い　あの日が呼ぶ声

gin iro ni kagayaku sono yaiba de kiri saite
tooi ano hi ga yobu koe

Using your silver shining blade
slice apart the voice of that far day calling out

前向いて　顔を上げて　時を止めて　もう一度
照らすなら　　君の歌で

mae muite kao o agete toki o tomete mou ichido
terasu nara kimi no uta de

Face forward and lift your head up high, stop time again one more time
If you’re going to shine do it with your song

　to be free, to the sky, you&I
　to be free, to the sky, you&I
　to be free, to the sky, you&I
　gold sun, silver moon and you

銀色に　輝く　その刃の　向こう側
響く　誰かを呼ぶ声
前向いて　顔を上げて　時を止めて　もう一度
描けるはず　そう　君なら

gin iro ni kagayaku sono yaiba no mukou gawa
hibiku dareka o yobu koe
mae muite kao o agete toki o tomete mou ichido
egakeru hazu sou kimi nara

On other side of your silver shining blade
is a resonating voice calling out for somebody
Face foward, lift your head up high, stop time again one more time
If it’s you, yes, you should be able to pull it off

　to be free, to the sky, you&I
　to be free, to the sky, you&I
　to be free, to the sky, you&I
　gold sun, silver moon and you