English Lyric Translations

Deconstruction Star

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Requested by Primity. I think this might have been the first time I’ve listened to a Halozy track. I hope I didn’t make the text too bright.

★ Title: Deconstruction Star
☆ Album: Starry Presto
★ Album Artist: Halozy
☆ Vocals: Hotaru (ほたる)
★ Lyrics: Asahi (アサヒ)
☆ Arrangement: Sumijun (すみじゅん)
★ Original Titles: Plain Asia (プレインエイジア)
☆ Website: http://www.halozy.com/

 

キラキラ確かなフリしても
キラキラ何度も星たちが
キラキラ何度も星たちが
この世界のひとつの１人の素顔が
僕らを変えてゆく
はるばる何世紀さえ

kirakira tashika na furi shite mo
kirakira nandomo hoshitachi ga
kirakira nandomo hoshitachi ga
kono sekai no hitotsu no hitori no sugao ga
bokura o kaete yuku
harubaru nanseiki sae

Twinkle twinkle, even though it’s surely pretend..
Over and over the stars twinkle twinkle
Over and over the stars twinkle twinkle
The one true face of one person in this world
is reaching to change us all
even all the way across centuries

この世界の内側で
２つのものを比べてくと
変わらないで創られて
頭の中を崩して

kono sekai no uchigawa de
futatsu no mono o kurabeteku to
kawaranai de tsukurarete
atama no naka o kuzushite

Within the inside of this world
if you’re to compare two things
it can be made so there’s no difference
I will destroy what’s in your mind

まだ忘れず１人帰る
今確かめられるかな

mada wasurezu hitori kaeru
ima tashikamerareru kana

One person who still has not forgotten returns home
Can they tell something’s off right now?

キラキラ確かなフリしても
新しい月よりも膨らんでるよ
嘘なら確かめよう
価値がないと綺麗になる
キラキラ何度も星たちが
この世界のひとつの1人の素顔が
僕らを変えてゆく
はるばる何世紀さえ

 
kirakira tashika na furi shite mo
atarashii tsuki yorimo fukuranderu yo
uso nara tashikameyou
kachi ga nai to kirei ni naru
kirakira nandomo hoshitachi ga
kono sekai no hitotsu no hitori no sugao ga
bokura o kaete yuku
harubaru nanseiki sae

Twinkle twinkle, even though it’s surely pretend
it’s expanding even bigger than the new moon
If you think it’s a lie, let’s check for sure
It will become beautiful and priceless
Over and over the stars twinkle twinkle
The one true face of one person in this world
is reaching to change us all
even far across the centuries

君が良いと人が言うと
まだわかんない
迷ってるの
進んでゆく未来さえも
両手に空を抱えて

kimi ga ii to hito ga iu to
mada wakannai
mayotteru no
susunde yuku mirai sae mo
ryoute ni sora o kakaete

Why people say “You’re a good person”
I still don’t understand
I’m lost
Even the approaching future
holds up the sky with both arms

今壊れる世界の中で
わからないのはなにかな

ima kowareru sekai no naka de
wakaranai no wa nani kana

Right now, within the inside of this broken world
what is it that I don’t understand?

２人で何度も花咲いて
一番星よりも広く膨らむ
そう確かなものじゃない
この歴史は語るために
外側から見た幻想は
この世界の仕組みを少しも変えずに
もう最後に塵となる
これから何世紀さえ

futari de nandomo hanasaite
ichibanboshi yori mo hiroku fukuramu
sou tashika na mono janai
kono rekishi wa kataru tame ni
sotogawa kara mita gensou wa
kono sekai no shikumi o sukoshi mo kaezu ni
mou saigo ni chiri to naru
korekara nanseiki sae

Together, again and again, blooming
becoming even larger than the largest star in the sky
That’s right, it’s not something that’s real
for the sake of this history to speak
Watching this illusion from the outside
without changing the structure of the world in the slightest
In the very end, it amounts to dust
from here on out and even centuries on

嘘じゃない
何度も花咲いて
この世界の仕組みは少しも変わらず
壊して創られた
言葉の本質の中
立ち止まって見た
この空で一番星よりも輝くものは
そう確かなものじゃない
まるで約束主義みたい

uso janai
nandomo hanasaite
kono sekai no shikumi wa sukoshi mo kawarazu
kowashite tsukurareta
kotoba no honshitsu no naka
tachi domatte mita
kono sora de ichibanboshi yori mo kagayaku mono wa
sou tashika na mono janai
marude yakusoku shugi mitai

It’s not a lie
blooming again and again
without changing the structure of the world in the slightest
It can be destroyed, and rebuilt again
it’s in the essence of my words
At this sky that I stopped and looked at
what’s even brighter than the brightest star in the sky is
that’s right, it’s not something that’s for real
it seems as if a rule was made

キラキラ確かなフリしても
新しい月よりも膨らんでるよ
嘘なら確かめよう
価値がないと綺麗になる
キラキラ何度も星たちが
この世界のひとつの１人の素顔が
僕らを変えてゆく
はるばる何世紀さえ

kirakira tashika na furi shite mo
atarashii tsuki yori mo fukuranderu yo
uso nara tashikameyou
kachi ga nai to kirei ni naru
kirakira nandomo hoshitachi ga
kono sekai no hitotsu no hitori no sugao ga
bokura o kaete yuku
harubaru nanseiki sae

Twinkle twinkle, even though it’s surely pretend
it’s expanding even bigger than the new moon
If you think it’s a lie, let’s check for sure
It will become beautiful and priceless
Over and over the stars twinkle twinkle
The one true face of one person in this world
is reaching to change us all
even far across the centuries

Kanon

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Requested by Primity. This song really sounds traditional, and the language used reflects it too. This was the hardest song I’ve translated yet I think.

Notes: 「調べ」 usually tends means something along the lines of “investigation” or “examination,” but going with the classical theme here, it would lean more to “tune” or “musical performance”, or things such as that.

Near the end of the song, during the footsteps, you can hear a 「おはようございます」 (Good morning) being said, which is Kyouko’s signature line in the Ten Desires storyline, suggesting that it’s her. Kyouko’s a yamabiko (山彦), who people in ancient times believed were responsible for causing the echoes around mountains, which also fits in perfectly with this song.

★ Title: Kanon
☆ Album: Eastern Serene Echo (東方幽静響)
★ Album Artist: Maikaze (舞風)
☆ Vocals: Renka (憐歌)
★ Arrangement: Tokine (時音)
☆Lyrics: Tokine (時音), Renka (憐歌)
★ Original Titles: Welcome to Youkai Temple (妖怪寺へようこそ)
– Youkai Girl at the Gate (門前の妖怪小娘)
☆ Website: http://maikaze.com/product_cd.html

 

遥けし春霞　淡く色づき
踏み入れた春日道　白に包まれゆく

harukeshi harugasumi awaku irodzuki
fumi ireta kasuga shiro ni tsutsumare yuku

The far off springtime haze faintly changes colours
Treading along the path of spring sunlight, I’m soon going to be concealed by white

浮かび来る深き谷の中に響く声
投げかけし闇に等しき応え　刹那に木霊舞い戻る
ukabi kuru fukaki tani no naka ni hibiku koe
nage kakeshi yami ni hitoshiki kotae setsuna ni kodama mai modoru

The voice echoes deep within the valley and comes  floating back up
or into the rising darkness, all the same, a response instantly echoes and dances back

誰かいるのかと問えば
誰かいるのか　と我の事を呼ぶ
遥か昔の神々の調べ　重なり響く

dareka iru no ka to toeba
dareka iru no ka to ware no koto o yobu
harukamukashi no kamigami no shirabe kasanari hibiku

If I ask “Is anyone there” then
“Is anyone there” will call out back to myself
The echoes of the melody of gods from long ago overlap

遥けし春霞　たなびく山の
咲き誇る桜花さえ　その身を隠しゆく

harukeshi harugasumi tanabiku yama no
saki hokoru ouka sae sono mi o kakeshi yuku

The far off springtime haze lingers around the mountain
Even the sakura in full blossom will proceed to hide themselves away

人一人彷徨い　怪達住まう地に
古に伝う懐かしき唄　聞こえる数多の言葉

hito hitori samayoi ayakashitachi sumau chi ni
inishie ni tsutau natsukashiki uta kikoeru amata no kotoba

As people wander about alone, the dead reside under the ground
I follow the nostalgic song from ancient times that can be heard, the words are plenty

霞む視界の先に幽か見ゆ　碧の少女の姿
声は立ちのぼる煙となり　また導いてゆく

kasumu shikai no saki ni kasuka miyu midori no kodomo no sugata
koe wa tachi noboru kemu tonari mata michibiite yuku

After the blurred field of vision clears up the green silhouette of a girl becomes faintly visible
her voice rises up alongside the smoke and once again proceeds to show the way

西行寺幽々子の死生観 | Saigyouji Yuyuko no Shiseikan | Yuyuko Saigyouji’s View of Life and Death

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As I dug around my song collection, desperately searching for one to translate that hasn’t already been done, I came across this good old one from my “Ultimate Truth” phase. Little did I know how sad this song would be. They say that Yuyuko killed herself you know, due to her power to manipulate death. This song seems to detail it.

★ Title: 西行寺幽々子の死生観
☆ Album: ataraxia – Wishing is of a Fleeting Illusion – (ataraxia – 願うは儚き幻想の -)
★ Album Artist: Kimi no Museum (君の美術館)
☆ Vocals: fi-fy, 723
★ Lyrics: Satoshi Kuroiwa (黒岩サトシ)
☆ Arrangement: PHEVOTT
★ Original Titles: Ultimate Truth (アルティメットトゥルース)
-Bloom Nobly, Ink-black Cherry Blossoms ~ Border of Life (幽雅に咲かせ、墨染の桜　～ Border of Life )
-Sakura Sakura ～ Japanize Dream… (さくらさくら　～ Japanize Dream… )
☆ Website: http://www.kimino-museum.com/

 

何かを求めて誰もが日々を往く
生を費やし次第に近付く

nani ka o motomete dare mo ga hibi o yuku
sei o tsuiyashi shidai ni chika dzuku

Everyone proceeds day after day searching for something
They spend their whole life, gradually drawing near

消え往く者には新たな天命を
辿る輪廻は途切れないはずなのに

kie yuku mono ni wa arata na tenmei o
tadoru rinne wa togi kirenai hazu nanoni

For those who are to disappear, the cycle of a new destiny
to be given through rebirth shouldn’t be broken although

そうここでいくら想いめぐらせても
その答えは一つ

sou koko de ikura omoi megurasetemo
sono kotae wa hitotsu

Yes, right here, no matter how much you think about it
there is only one exception

命捨てるそのために
生かされているなんて
とても認められない

inochi suteru sono tame ni
ikasareteiru nante
totemo mitomerarenai

Living for the intent
of throwing away life, that kind of thing
is by no means acceptable

「また誰の命弄ばれる？」
望むことはあり得ず
縛る宿命解いて
自由に生き続けたい

「mata dare no inochi moteasobareru」
nozomu koto wa ariezu
shibaru sadame hodoite
jiyuu ni iki tsudzuketai

“Whose life have you been playing with again?”
Unable to possibly wish for a thing
I untie the strings of fate
wanting to live on in freedom

この空へ透ける蝶が飛んで消える
行く場所も知らせず

kono sora e sukeru chou ga tonde kieru
yuku basho mo shirasezu

The transparent butterflies fly through this sky then disappear
not even knowing where they will end up

光り躍る美しさだけを目に焼き付かせ
他に何も残さずに

hikari odoru utsukushisa dake o me ni yaki tsukase
hoka ni nani mo nokosazu ni

I’ll let the beauty of this dancing light alone sear into my eyes
without leaving anything else behind

もしこの身消えて無くなったなら
魂どこを彷徨う
心繋ぐ記憶も残せることはないのか

moshi kono mi kiete naku natta nara
omoi doko o samayou
kokoro tsunagu kioku mo nokoseru koto wa nai no ka

If this body of mine were to disappear and rot away
where would my soul roam off to?
Would there really be no way for these memories tied to my heart to remain?

今自らも許せはせぬ
罪を見据え明日を往く
ただ去り難きは人の生
生きる意思が果てようと

ima mizukara mo yuruse wa senu
tsumi o misue asu o yuku
tada sarigataki wa hito no sei
ikiru ishi ga hate you to

Even now, for me myself, I also won’t be excused
heading to a tomorrow where my sins are judged
It’s just hard for people to leave behind their life
“My purpose for living seems to have ended”

訪れる明日は滅びを纏う
けれど心明るく
抱え抜いた苦しみ
その先　全ては終わる
花弁舞い散る様に

otozureru asu wa horobi o matou
keredo kokoro akuruku
kakae nuita kurushimi
sono saki subete wa owaru
hanabira mai ochiru you ni

The tomorrow to come will be clad in destruction
however my heart is now bright
All of my anguish has been drawn out
Afterwards, everything will come to an end
like a flower petal dancing as it falls

LINK

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Requested forever ago by Soph, and a big shout out to Tegamin for finding me the lyrics and making this possible!

This song reminds me a lot of western rock for some reason.

★ Title: LINK
☆ Album: ID
★ Album Artist: monochrome-coat
☆ Vocals: IZNA
★ Arrangement and lyrics: RAT1959
☆ Original Title: Thunderclouds of Magical Power (魔力の雷雲)
★ Website: http://mono-coat.com/

 

目覚め　咲いた時から　君の手だけ握って
答え　分からないけど　今を歩こう

mezame saita toki kara kimi no te dake nigitte
kotae wakaranai kedo ima o arukou

Ever since I woke up and bloomed, I gripped only your hand
Although I don’t know the answer, let’s walk over the present

リンクして　そう　奏でれば　音は増して
遥か遠くまで　響き渡れ　いつでも
タッチして　そう　奏でれば　色は増して
忘れないでいて　光の弦を弾いた記憶を

rinku shite sou kanadereba oto wa mashite
haruka tooku made hibiki watare itsu demo
tacchi shite sou kanadereba iro wa mashite
wasurenai de ite hikari no gen o hajiita kioku o

Linked together, if we play like so, the sound will grow
Far out through the lands it will resound, forever
Touching, if we strum like so, the colour will grow
Don’t forget the memories of us playing this chord of light

たとえ　喧騒にまみれて　足を止めてしまって
壊れかけた時でも　今を繋ごう

tatoe kensou ni mamirete ashi o tomete shimatte
koware kaketa toki demo ima o tsunagou

Let’s say that we were overplayed by great noise, stopping us in our tracks
Even when we’re in ruin, let’s connect over the present

リンクして　そう　奏でれば　音は増して
そばで輝いて　振り返らず　いつでも
タッチして　そう　奏でれば　色は増して
そばで囁いて　目を逸らさず　このまま強く

rinku shite sou kanadereba oto wa mashite
soba de kagayaite furi kaerazu itsu demo
tacchi shite sou kanadereba iro wa mashite
soba de sasayaite me o sorasazu kono mama tsuyoku

Linked together, if we play like so, the sound will grow
Shining at my side without looking back, always
Touching, if we strum like so, the colour will grow
Whispering by my side with such a strong gaze as this

Ｕｐ　ｔｏ　ｗｈｅｒｅ．．．ゆらゆらと
Ｕｐ　ｔｏ　ｗｈｅｒｅ．．．君が

Up to where… yurayura to
Up to where… kimi ga

Up to where… are you swaying?
Up to where… are you?

リンクして　そう　奏でれば　音は増して
遥か遠くまで　響き渡れ　いつでも
タッチして　そう　奏でれば　色は増して
忘れないでいて　光の弦を弾いた記憶を

rinku shite sou kanadereba oto wa mashite
haruka tooku made hibiki watare itsu demo
tacchi shite sou kanadereba iro wa mashite
wasurenai de ite hikari no gen o hajiita kioku o

Linked together, if we play like so, the sound will grow
Far out through the lands it will resound, forever
Touching, if we strum like so, the colour will grow
Don’t forget the memories of us playing this chord of light