English Lyric Translations

World Beyond

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This song really sounds like it could be an anime opening, even the lyrics resemble one. I’m thinking of Railgun in particular though.

★ Title: WORLD BEYOND
☆ Album: THE LEAP // NEXTRA
★ Album Artist: ZYTOKINE
☆ Vocals: miko
★ Lyrics and arrangement: Linjin (隣人)
☆ Original Title: Native Faith (ネイティブフェイス)


心を　一つに　できたなら
この世界に　溢れてる
哀しみだとか　涙とか　全部消してしまえるのかな
この痛みも　幻に　変わる日がきっと来るよ
揺れる世界に今　響いてく　独り　希望を願う歌

kokoro o hitotsu ni dekita nara
kono sekai ni afureteru
kanashimi da toka namida toka zenbu keshite shimaeru no kana
kono itami mo maboroshi ni kawaru hi ga kitto kuru yo
yureru sekai ni ima hibiite ku hitori kibou o negau uta

If I’ve managed to make my heart whole
then I wonder if I’ll be able to end up erasing
all the sadness and tears overflowing in this world
The day will surely come when this pain will become just a dream
In this shaking world, right now, my song of wishing for hope will ring

ひらひら舞い落ちてく　想い出　風の中
懐かしい香りがして　心を揺らす
この声を風に乗せ　どこかに届くなら
何かが変わる気がして　心を揺らす

hirahira mai ochite ku omoide kaze no naka
natsukashii kaori ga shite kokoro o yurasu
kono koe o kaze ni nose doko ka ni todoku nara
nani ka ga kawaru ki ga shite kokoro o yurasu

Memories flutter and dance down within the wind
A nostalgic scent is produced and shakes my heart
If I place my voice on the wind and send it off somewhere
I have a feeling something will change, and it’ll rock my heart

優しいあの夜空の星の記憶が
きら　きら　輝いてる

yasashii ano yozora no hoshi no kioku ga
kirakira kagayaiteru

My tender memories of the stars of that night sky go
twinkle twinkle, they glitter like that

傷つくばかりで　笑えずに　明けない夜　走ってる
哀しみだとか　涙とか　見えないほどの暗闇を
その痛みも　優しさに　変わる日がきっと来るよ
揺れる世界を今　越えていく　独り　強さを願う歌

kizutsuku bakari de waraezu ni akenai yoru hashitteru
kanashimi da toka namida toka mienai hodo no kurayami o
sono itami mo yasashisa ni kawaru hi ga kitto kuru yo
yureru sekai o ima koete yuku hitori tsuyosa o negau uta

I only got hurt, unable to laugh I’m running away from the endless night
Whether it’s sorrow or tears, the darkness is so dark I can’t see them
The day will surely come when even that pain will turn into kindness
I’ll exceed this shaking world, right now, with my song of wishing for strength

信じてた空の色　想い出　風の中
何かが終わる気がして　心を揺らす

shinjiteta sora no iro omoide kaze no naka
nani ka ga owaru ki ga shite kokoro o yurasu

Within the wind with my memories and the colours of the sky I believed in
I have a feeling something will end, and it’ll rock my heart

優しいあの日見せた笑顔が 今も
まだ　まだ　輝いてる

yasashii ano hi miseta egao ga ima mo
mada mada kagayaiteru

The gentle smile you showed me back then still
even, even now sparkles

素直になれずに　笑えずに　この世界で　迷ってる
哀しみだとか　涙とか　全部消してしまいたいよ

sunao ni narezu ni waraezu ni kono sekai de mayotteru
kanashimi da toka namida toka zenbu keshite shimaitai yo

Unable to be honest, unable to smile, I’m lost in this world
Whether it’s sorrow or tears, I want to end up erasing them all

この手をあげて　叫んだら
変わるものがあるのなら

kono te o agete sakendara
kawaru mono ga aru no nara

If I raise up my arms and let out a shout
if there’s anything thing that will change

滲む世界に今　響いてく　独り　希望を願う歌

nijimu sekai ni ima hibiite ku hitori kibou o negau uta

In this blurry world, right now, my song of wishing for hope will ring

傷つけたくない　ものばかり
傷つけてしまうんだね

kizutsuketakunai mono bakari
kuzutsukete shimau n da ne

The people I don’t want to hurt
I always end up giving pain to them don’t I?

哀しみだとか　涙とか　もう見たくないはずなのに

kanashimi da toka namida toka mou mitakunai hazu nanoni

Despite my intention to never want to see sadness or tears again

この痛みの　その意味を　解る日がいつか来たら

kono itami no sono imi o wakaru hi ga itsuka kitara

If the day when I understand the meaning of this pain someday comes

揺れる世界がほら　ささやくよ “強くなれる”と―

yureru sekai ga hora sasayaku yo “tsuyoku nareru” to

this shaking world will, look out, whisper “I can become strong”

心を　一つに　できたなら
この世界に　溢れてる
哀しみだとか　涙とか　全部消してしまえるのかな
この痛みも　幻に　変わる日がきっと来るよ
揺れる世界に今　響いてく　独り　希望を願う歌

kokoro o hitotsu ni dekita nara
kono sekai ni afureteru
kanashimi da toka namida toka zenbu keshite shimaeru no kana
kono itami mo maboroshi ni kawaru hi ga kitto kuru yo
yureru sekai ni ima hibiite ku hitori kibou o negau uta

If I’ve managed to make my heart whole
then I wonder if I’ll be able to end up erasing
all the sadness and tears overflowing in this world
The day will surely come when this pain will become just a dream
In this shaking world, right now, my song of wishing for hope will ring

n0stalgia

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I love when a good translation comes together. When the lyrics are so down to earth that it actually looks like you know what you’re doing.

★ Title: n0stalgia
☆ Album: Double Key
★ Album Artist: ZYTOKINE
☆ Vocals: Nachi Sakaue (坂上なち)
★ Arrangement and lyrics: Linjin (隣人)
☆ Original Title: Desire Drive (デザイアドライブ)
★ Website: http://zytokine-web.com/

 

暗がりで　膝抱えて
繋いでいた　夕日の色
誰にも　気にされないで
消えてなくなりたかった

kuragari de hiza kakaete
tsunaideta yuuhi no iro
dare ni mo ki ni sarenai de
kiete naku naritakatta

In the dark I held my knees
and connected the colours of sunset
With no one to care
I wanted to disappear and die off

捨てられないものばかり
集めては　微笑んでた
誰のための物語？
いつから迷い込んでた？

suterarenai mono bakari
atsumete wa hohoendeta
dare no tame no monogatari?
itsu kara mayoi kondeta?

I just can’t throw these things away
I smiled as I collected them
Just who’s sake is this story for?
How long has it been since I’ve gone astray?

あの日に浮かんだ笑い声
今の僕の悲鳴にも　似ていて

ano hi ni ukanda waraigoe
ima no boku no himei ni mo niteite

The laughter that floated around on that day
also resembles the shrieks of the present me

小さな部屋で　夢を散りばめて
願っていたの　ただ願っていたの
感情は消しておいて
心に突き刺さるから
ああ　今も

chiisa na heya de yume o chiri bamete
negatteita no tada negatteita no
kanjou wa keshite oite
kokoro ni tsuki sasaru kara
aa ima mo

Within this small room studded with dreams
I wished, I did nothing but wish
I’ll erase my emotions while I’m ahead
my heart will be impaled after all
Ah, even now

ienai

言えない

I can’t speak

心満たされないまま
繋いでいた　曇り空に
映した　幼さの色
ズレ始めた　物語

kokoro mitasarenai mama
tsunaideita kumorizora ni
utsushita osanasa no iro
zure hajimeta monogatari

Unable to fill my heart’s desires
colours of immaturity were reflected
in the connected cloudy sky
This story started to fall out of place

あからさまな結末に
おびえては　微笑んでた
僕のための物語
崩れて書き直すばかり

akarasama na ketsumatsu ni
obiete wa hohoendeta
boku no tame no monogatari
kuzurete kakinaosu bakari

They smile as I become afraid of
a plain and simple ending
This story is for my sake
merely crumbling and being rewritten

あの日に壊した笑い声
今の僕の悲鳴にも　聴こえて

ano hi ni kowashita waraigoe
ima no boku no himei ni mo kikoete

The laughter destroyed on that day
also sounds like the shrieks of the me now

小さな部屋で　星を散りばめて
祈っていたの　ただ祈っていたの
離れて　また近づいて
笑顔で　傷つけるから
ああ　今も

chiisa na heya de hoshi o chiri bamete
inotteita no tada inotteita no
hanarete mata chikadzuite
egao de kizutsukeru kara
aa ima mo

Within this small room studded with dreams
I prayed, I did nothing but pray
Growing apart and then drawing near again
they hurt me with their smiles after all
Ah, even now

癒えない

ienai

I’ll never heal

小さな部屋で　夢を散りばめて
願っていたの　ただ願っていたの
感情は消しておいて
心に突き刺さるから
ああ　今も

chiisa na heya de yume o chiri bamete
negatteita no tada negatteita no
kanjou wa keshite oite
kokoro ni tsuki sasaru kara
aa ima mo

Within this small room studded with dreams
I wished, I did nothing but wish
I’ll erase my emotions while I’m ahead
my heart will be impaled after all
Ah, even now

言えない

ienai

I can’t speak

Wan～椀～

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Whoa, spent much longer than I thought I’d need to on this one. It had some pretty tough lines in it, I thought this song was a bit beyond what I could do before I started. I’m not all too familiar with the characters of DDC, so I can’t really offer much input on meanings or anything here this time.

★ Title: Wan～椀～
☆ Album: バチ
★ Album Artist: Sally (サリー)
☆ Vocals: Chata (茶太)
★ Lyrics: shuriken
☆ Arrangement: NSY
★ Original Title: Kobito of the Shining Needle ～ Little Princess (耀く針の小人族　～ Little Princess)
☆ Website: http://sally.dojin.com/


野に一条　渡る川より
こっちよおいで
漂流者を呼び寄せ

no ni hitosuji wataru kawa yori
kocchi yo oide
hyouryuusha o yobi yose

Rather than the river extending across the plain
come over this way instead
I call out for the drifters

心を食み　枯れ切った頃に
病み患い熱を帯びて

kokoro o hami karekitta koro ni
yami wazurai netsu o obite

Back when I ate my heart and withered up
sick with malady, I wore a fever

離れる　流れる
抗えないことばかり
滝は雨　泣いた雨
汚れた身を削いで空

hanareru nagareru
aragaenai koto bakari
taki wa ame naita ame
kegareta mi o soide sora

Drifting away, streaming away
nothing but going with the flow
Waterfalls of rain, the sky cried down rain
chipping away at my polluted body

怒りを裂け夜ら　癒えるものか
願いの族　小人である

ikari o sake yora ieru mono ka
negai no zoku kobito de aru

The nights cleave up anger, like hell I’ll be healed
in this clan of wishers, as a Kobito

紙芝居の続きを秘めて
時　遥かに　肖像画の人はと

kamishibai no tsuzuki o himete
toki haruka ni shouzouga no hito wa to

“When you hide the sequel to the paper picture story
far off in time, what about the people in the portrait?”

問いかければ　知らぬと応え
もういいよ　おいで　あれは君

toikakereba shiranu to kotae
mou ii yo oide are wa kimi

If that question is asked, “I don’t know” is the response
Don’t worry about it, come now, that there is you

降りやめ　閉じた雨
浸るほどに満ちてまた
錆びた雨　黴びた雨
打ちつけた　彩り坂

furi yame tojita ame
hitaru hodo ni michite mata
sabita ame kabita ame
uchitsuketa irodori saka

The rain that closed, that stopped pouring
grows again to the point where I’m soaked
The rusted rain, the moldy rain
beat down against the hill’s colours

月舞踏は夜明けまでの宴
地鳴り篭る

tsuki butou wa yoake made no utage
jinari komaru

The moon’s dance is a party up until dawn
I’m confined to the ground’s rumbles

積みきれたかい？
そんな鬼の落し物を━。

tsumi kireta kai?
sonna oni no otoshimono o

Did I pack it with me?
The lost property of that oni

出し風場になぁれ
次の世へと渡るなら
舞い風刃になぁれ
もしもそれを望むなら

dashi kaze ba ni naare
tsugi no yo e to wataru nara
maikaze ba ni naare
moshimo sore o nozomu nara

It’ll become a place of rushing wind
if I cross into the next world
It’ll turn to dancing razor wind
if I were to wish it so

見つけての声はそこにいたか
禊の針

mitsukete no koe wa soko ni ita ka
misogi no hari

Was the voice I found really there?
In that purification needle

光を刺せ夜ら　褒美の実とは
その日を乞う祈りである

hikari o sase yo ra houbi no mi to wa
sono hi o kou inori de aru

The light piercing nights, the fruit of their reward is
begging for that day, as a prayer

Rebirth

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Requested by my friend Chiss. Special thanks to Tegamin for transcribing the lyrics, and to Maria for sending me the scans.

“The place I’ll someday arrive at, that place people call paradise
for some reason is in the nostalgic sky,” could this possibly be refering to heaven?

★ Title: Rebirth
☆ Album: 東方幻奏響UROBOROS ～fANTASIAsPIRALoVERdRIVE～
★ Album Artist: Toranoana (とらのあな)
☆ Song Artist: GET IN THE RING
★ Vocals: Mii (みぃ)
☆Lyrics: Jell
★ Arrangement: GCHM
☆Original Titles:
・Maiden’s Capriccio (少女綺想曲　～ Capriccio)
・Spring Lane ~ Colorful Path (春色小径　～ Colorful Path)
・Dichromatic Lotus Butterfly ~ Ancients (二色蓮花蝶　～ Ancients)
★ Website: http://www.toranoana.jp/info/dojin/toho_uroboros/


数多に注ぐ　光に洗われた
何かが欠けて　閉じたこの世界で
地平に溶ける　水平のかなたを
誰かがきっと　見ていた

amata ni sosogu hikari ni arawareta
nani ka ga kakete tojita kono sekai de
chihei ni tokeru suihei no kanata wo
dare ka ga kitto miteita

I was washed by the downpour of light
Something’s missing in this closed off world
Someone has certainly been looking beyond the horizon
that melts at ground level

望んだものが　偽りだとしても
時がやがては　真実に変えるなら
意味も理由も　本当はあるのでしょう
だけど見向きもしないでしょう

nozonda mono ga itsuwari da toshite mo
toki ga yagate wa shinjitsu ni kaeru nara
imi mo riyuu mo honto wa aru no deshou
dakedo mi muki mo shinai deshou

Even if what I wished for is nothing but a lie
If in the end time turns into truth
then meaning and reason would really exist, right?
But it’ll be looked right past won’t it?

どこへ　どこかへ　流れ流されて行こう
帰り支度のまま　心細い旅路
誰が　誰もが　手を振っては夢のあと
今を確かめるように

doko e doko ka e nagare nagasarete yukou
kaeri jitaku no mama kokorobosoi tabiji
dare ga dare mo ga te wo futte wa yume no ato
ima wo tashikameru you ni

To some place, to somewhere, the stream shall go and be drained
as I’m preparing to return home, it’s a lonely journey
Afterwards, after this dream, everyone will wave their hands
as if checking to make sure that they’re awake

人は楽園と呼ぶ　いつか辿り着く場所は
なぜか懐かしい空で
儚げに　おぼろげに　どうしてそんな不安そうに
覗き込む蓮華鏡

hito wa rakuen to yobu itsuka tadori tsuku basho wa
naze ka natsukashii sora de
hakanage ni oboroge ni doushite sonna fuan sou ni
nozoki komu rengekyou

The place I’ll someday arrive at, that place people call paradise
for some reason is in the nostalgic sky
Fleetingly and vaguely, why so seeming anxiously
do I peer into the lotus mirror?

色の次には　音までなくなって
寂しさだけが　支配する世界で
明けに照らされ
それでも濁り酒は　月を映した

iro no tsugi ni wa oto made nakunatte
sabishisa dake ga shihai suru sekai de
ake ni terasare
sore demo nigorizake wa tsuki wo utsushita

The spectrum between colour and sound dies out
In a world controlled by loneliness alone
I was shined upon by the dawn
but even so my cloudy sake reflected the moon

Never wanna cry till the end of time
Never say goodbye, I’ll be there for you
Never wanna die till the end of life

近く楽園はもう　永遠じゃないと知り
静かに役を終える
たとえその日が来ても
あなたはあなたのままで　在り続けるのでしょう
故に、永遠の巫女

chikaku rakuen wa mou eien janai to shiri
shizuka ni yaku wo oeru
tatoe sono hi ga kitemo anata wa anata no mama de ari tsuzukeru no deshou
yueni, towa no miko

Knowing that the close by paradise is no longer eternal
and quietly ending your duty
for example even if that day did come
you would continue to remain the same as you are wouldn’t you?
And so, would be an eternal shrine maiden

楽園はまた　生まれ変わろうとしてる
とても懐かしい空へ
陰と陽、夢想、綺想が　終わるじゃなく繋がる
此処が夢、此処が境

rakuen wa mata umare kawarou to shiteru
totemo natsukashii sora e
in to you, musou, kisou ga owaru janaku tsunagaru
koko ga yume, koko ga sakai

Paradise tries to be reborn again
towards a very nostalgic sky
Yin and yang, dreams, and fantastic ideas are connected without an end
Here is a dream, here is a border

楽園はただ　全てを受け入れよう
忘れ去られた　全て
それは東の国の　名前のない御伽噺
遙か遠きに　失はれた幻想
続いてく

rakuen wa tada subete wo uke ireyou
wasure sarareta subete
sore wa higashi no kuni no namae no nai otogibanashi
haruka tooki ni ushinawareta gensou
tsuzuite ku

Paradise shall just accept everything
everything that was forgotten
That’s the nursery rhyme without a name from that eastern country
Far away off in the distance, the fantasies that were lost
continue on

Never wanna cry till the end of time
Never say goodbye, I’ll be there for you
Never wanna die till the end of life
Open up your eyes and you’ll see the truth