ファム・ファタール | Femme Fatale

Commissioned translation. These may be the most straightforward Asriel lyrics I’ve translated. There really isn’t any room for interpretation here. That’s not a bad thing though.

☆ Title: ファム・ファタール
★ Album: 汝を照らす朧のアリア
☆ Album Artist: Asriel
★ Vocals and lyrics: KOKOMI
☆ Arrangement and composition: 黒瀬圭亮 (Kurose Keisuke)

三つ先角曲がって
路地裏を真っ直ぐに
この道は 私を
一番に秀て魅せるんだ

mittsu saki kado magatte
rojiura o massugu ni
kono michi wa watashi o
ichiban ni hiite miseru n da

Take a turn three blocks down
and go straight down the back alley
This is the street
that attracts me the most

瞳を見ればすぐに分かるもの
その目的も その対価も
日々繰り返す小鳥達の仕入れも
その連鎖には必要みたい

hitomi o mireba sugu ni wakaru mono
sono mokuteki mo sono taika mo
hibi kuri kaesu kotori tachi no shiire mo
sono rensa ni wa hitsuyou mitai

All it takes to understand right away is a look in the eyes
Your goal and how much you’ll pay
Procuring little birds repeatedly everyday
seems necessary for the chain

作りたて拙いリズムに
理想ばかり詩に乗せたの

tsukuritate tsutanai rizumu ni
risou bakari uta ni noseta no

Nothing but ideals put into a song
with a shoddy rhythm made moments ago

路地裏 Dancing room
誰も知らないの私の名前を 必要ない?
聞いて 私はこういう者です
ちょっと擦れたギリギリ天使じゃダメ?

rojiura Dancing room
dare mo shiranai no watashi no namae o hitsuyou nai?
kiite watashi wa kou iu mono desu
chotto sureta girigiri tenshi ja dame?

The dancing room in the back alley
Nobody knows my name – It’s not necessary, is it?
Listen up, this is the kind of person I am
Slightly scuffed, but still barely an angel – is that wrong?

今日もそろそろ朝がやって来るのね
この道はまた眠り出す
明日は何時からなんだろう
そんな物思いに耽る私がいるダメ?

kyou mo sorosoro asa ga yatte kuru no ne
kono michi wa mata nemuri dasu
asu wa doko kara nan darou
sonna monoomoi ni fukeru watashi ga iru dame?

Looks like the morning is about to come upon us again today
This street starts to fall sleep again
What time and place could it start tomorrow?
Here I am engrossed in such thoughts – is that wrong?

三つ先角曲がって
路地裏を真っ直ぐに
夜になり燈が灯る
楽しくね この手を取りましょう

mittsu saki kado magatte
rojiura o massugu ni
yoru ni nari hi ga tomoru
tanoshiku ne kono te o torimashou

Take a turn three blocks down
and go straight down the back alley
It becomes night and the lights turn on
How about you take my hand, playfully

わざと乱した慣れない衣服は
その瞳の先の その狙いを
集めて硬いリードを結びつけ
その連鎖には逆らえない

wazato midashita narenai doresu wa
sono me no saki no sono nerai o
atsumete katai riido o musubi tsuke
sono rensa ni wa sakaraenai

My unfamiliar dress, purposefully disheveled,
gathers your aim, the end of your line of sight
and ties a tight leash to you
You can’t go against the chain

開き掛けたドアの向こうには
理想ばかりあると思ってた

aki kaketa doa no mukou ni wa
risou bakari aru to omotteta

I thought there would only be ideals
on the other side of the open door

路地裏 Dancing hall
誰も知らないの私の名前を 必要ない?
聞いて 私はこういう者です
ちょっとズルいギリギリ天使じゃダメ?

rojiura Dancing hall
dare mo shiranai no watashi no o hitsuyou nai?
kiite watashi wa kou iu mono desu
chotto zurui girigiri tenshi ja dame?

The dancing hall in the back alley
Nobody knows my name – It’s not necessary, is it?
Listen up, this is the kind of person I am
Slightly cunning, but still barely an angel – is that wrong?

路地裏 Dancing room
誰も知らないの私の名前を 必要ない!
きっと 貴方は私の王子様
ちょっと擦れたお姫様気取りダメ?

rojiura Dancing room
dare mo shiranai no watashi no namae o hitsuyou nai!
kitto anata wa watashi no oujisama
chotto sureta ohimesama kidori dame?

The dancing hall in the back alley
Nobody knows my name – It’s not necessary!
I’m certain you’re my prince
Is it wrong to pretend to be a slightly scuffed princess?

今日もそろそろ朝がやって来るのね
この道はまた眠り出す
明日は何時からなんだろう
そんな物思いに耽る私がいるダメ?

kyou mo sorosoro asa ga yatte kuru no ne
kono michi wa mata nemuri dasu
asu wa doko kara nan darou
sonna monoomoi ni fukeru watashi ga iru dame?

Looks like the morning is about to come upon us again today
This street starts to fall sleep again
What time and place could it start tomorrow?
Here I am engrossed in such thoughts – is that wrong?