NOTHING CAPTURED

★ Title: NOTHING CAPTURED
☆ Album: Lifetime Retrospect
★ Album Artist: Marginalspace
☆ Vocals: itori
★ Arrangement and lyrics: Linjin (隣人)
☆ Original Title: Border of Life (ボーダーオブライフ)
★ Website: https://marginal-space.appspot.com/lifetimeretrospect/


髪を撫でる 風の色
白々しく 香るけど

kami o naderu kami no iro
shirajirashiku kaoru kedo

The colour of the wind stroking my hair
carries a pale scent

行き場のない 光さえ
寂しさに揺れはじめる
懐かしさに惑うけど だけど だけど 苦しくて

ikiba no nai hikari sae
sabishisa ni yure hajimeru
natsukashia ni madou kedo dakedo dakedo kuruskikute

but even light, with nowhere to go,
starts to tremble in loneliness
I lose my way to nostalgia, however, however it’s painful

彷徨ってた ただ彷徨ってた 何もかもが 今は闇の中
あれから何一つ 掴めないままで
落ちて行く 花びら ひらり

samayotteta tada samayotteta nani mo kamo ga ima wa yami no naka
are kara nani hitotsu tsukamenai mama de
ochite yuku hanabira hirari

I wandered, I just wandered – Everything is now in the darkness
Unable to take hold of a single thing since then,
as the flower petals fall, fluttering

思い出せない もう思い出せない 何もかもが 今は夜の色
消えて行く光 甘い死の香り
落ちて行く 花びら ひらひら 愛に揺れて
(一つ 一つが 大切な思い出 一つ 一つに 懐かしい思い出)

omoi dasenai mou omoi dasenai nani mo kamo ga ima wa yoru no iro
kiete yuku hikari amai shi no kaori
ochite yuku hanabira hira hira ai ni yurete
(hitotsu hitotsu ga taisetsu na omoide hitotsu hitotsu ni natsukashii omoide)

I can’t remember, I can’t remember anymore – Everything is coloured like the night now
The fading light, the sweet scent of death
The flower petals fall, fluttering, swaying in love
(Each and every one, a precious memory – A fond memory with each and every one)

行き場のない 憂いさえ
儚さが滲んでいる
愚かしさに歪むけど だけど だけど 愛しくて

ikiba no nai urei sae
hakanasa ga nijindeiru
orokashisa ni yugamu kedo dakedo dakedo itoshikute

Even aimless anguish
is tinged with vanity
It twists in ignorance, however, however it’s dear to me

諦めてた ただ諦めてた 何もかもが まるで夢の中
小さな声一つ 上げられないままで
消えて行く 花びら ひらり

akirameteta tada akirameteta nani mo kamo ga maru de yume no naka
chiisa na koe hitotsu agerarenai mama de
kiete yuku hanabira hirari

I had given up, simply given up – It’s as if everything was a dream
Unable raise a single, small voice,
as the flower petals disappear, fluttering

取り戻せない もう手は届かない いつの間にか 閉じた夜の色
消えて行く理性 甘い死の香り
堕ちて逝く 花びら ひらひら 愛に触れて
(一つ 一つが 大切な思い出 一つ 一つに 懐かしい思い出)

tori modosenai mou te wa todokanai itsu no ma ni ka tojita yoru no iro
kiete yuku risei amai shi no kaori
ochite yuku hanabira hira hira ai ni furete
(hitotsu hitotsu ga taisetsu na omoide hitotsu hitotsu ni natsukashii omoide)

I can’t take it back, my hands no longer reach – Before I knew it, the colour of night closed in
Reason fading away, the sweet scent of death
The flower petals fall to their deaths, fluttering, touched by love

彷徨ってた ただ彷徨ってた 何もかもが 今は闇の中
あれから何一つ 掴めないままで
落ちて行く 花びら ひらり

samayotteta tada samayotteta nani mo kamo ga ima wa yami no naka
are kara nani hitotsu tsukamenai mama de
ochite yuku hanabira hirari

I wandered, I just wandered – Everything is now in the darkness
Unable to keep hold of a single thing since then,
as the flower petals fall, fluttering

思い出せない もう思い出せない 何もかもが 今は夜の色
消えて行く光 甘い死の香り
落ちて行く 花びら ひらひら 愛に揺れて
(一つ 一つが 大切な思い出 一つ 一つに 懐かしい思い出)

omoi dasenai mou omoi dasenai nani mo kamo ga ima wa yoru no iro
kiete yuku hikari amai shi no kaori
ochite yuku hanabira hira hira ai ni yurete

I can’t remember, I can’t remember anymore – Everything is coloured like the night now
The fading light, the sweet scent of death
The flower petals fall, fluttering, swaying in love
(Each and every one, a precious memory – A fond memory with each and every one)

But all that glitters

Has it really been over 8 years since I last translated an RD-Sounds song?

★ Title: But all that glitters
☆ Album: 眩 -Kurami-
★ Album Artist: 凋叶棕
☆ Vocals: Meramipop (めらみぽっぷ)
★ Lyrics and arrangment: RD-Sounds
☆ Original Titles: Magician’s Melancholy (魔法使いの憂鬱)
★ Website: http://www.rd-sounds.com/


書き連ねた紙片の山が
いつか視界を覆いつくすまで

kaki tsuraneta shihen no yama ga
itsu ka shikai o ooi tsukusu made

Going so far as to eventually fully shroud my view
with a mountain of paper scraps covered in lists

……これでは上手くいかない
このやり方では辿り着けない
仮定に過程を重ね
そして全てを擲つ堂々巡り

……kore de wa umaku ikanai
kono yarikata de wa tadori tsukenai
katei ni katei o kasane
soshite subete o nageutsu doudou meguri

……This way won’t do the trick
I won’t be able to make it with this method
Hypotheticals overlap with processes
and I go in circles throwing everything away

必死に積み上げたもの
全て崩し去るときの徒労感
短くため息をひとつ
そしてまた始めるんだ

hisshi ni tsumi ageta mono
subete kuzushi saru toki no toroukan
mijikaku tameiki o hitotsu
soshite mata hajimeru n da

It’s that feeling of wasted effort when everything
I desperately built up all comes crashing back down
I let out a single brief sigh
and get started once again

どれほど無駄遣いしただろう
有限の人生を
振り返るその時間でさえも惜しむ程

dore hodo mudadzukai shita darou
yuugen no jinsei o
furi kaeru sono jikan de sae mo oshimu hodo

Just how much of my finite life
have I squandered away?
To the point where I can hardly even afford to spend time looking back

初めて火を灯したあの日のことをーーー
滲む視界の片隅にいつも幻視続けている

hajimete hi o tomoshita ano hi no koto oーーー
nijimu shikai no katasumi ni itsu mo mi tsudzuketeiru

The day when I first lit a fire—
In the corner of my blurry vision, I always keep looking at what’s not there

意味が分かるとかわからないとか
そういう次元の問題ではない
何が書かれているのか
それさえも判然としない迷宮

imi ga wakaru to ka wakaranai to ka
sou iu jigen no monda de wa nai
nani ga kakareteiru no ka
sore sae mo hanzen to shinai rabirinsu

It’s not a problem on the level of
whether you do or don’t understand the meaning
It’s a labyrinth
where it’s unclear what’s even written

書き手の誰一人として
伝える努力を払っていない
見て取る驕りと怠慢の
全てに感じる異種族嫌悪

kakite no dare hitori toshite
tsutaeru doryoku o haratteinai
mite toru ogori to taiman no
subete ni kanjiru ishuzoku keno

Not a single writer is putting enough effort
into getting their points across
From all the arrogance and negligence I take in,
I sense a hatred for those unlike themselves

殊更拒みもしないが
誰も手を引いてもくれはしない
理解できなけりゃそこまで
ああなんて冷たく公平だろう?

kotosara kobami mo shinai ga
dare mo te o hiite mo kure wa shinai
rikai dekinakerya soko made
aa nante tsumetaku kouhei darou?

They won’t go out of their way to reject you,
but nobody will help show you the way
If you can’t understand, that’s the end of that
Ah, could there be a colder equity?

私は間違っているのか?
いっそ間違っているとさえ言われたい
けれどそれはそれできっと
反抗してしまうだろうな

watashi wa machigatteiru no ka?
isso machigatteiru to sae iwaretai
keredo sore wa sore de kitto
hankou shite shimau darou na

Am I the one in the wrong?
At this point, I’d even prefer to be told I am
But even if that were to the case,
I’m sure I’d likely end up rebelling all the same

血を滲ませることの美徳
莫迦らしいことだろう?
だが忘れないいつしか舐めた泥の味

chi o nijimaseru koto no bitoku
baka rashii koto darou?
da ga wasurenai itsu shika nameta doro no aji

The virtue of bleeding
Isn’t it absurd?
And yet I will not forget the taste of mud in my mouth before I knew it

星へと願いを込めたあの日のことをーーー
揺れる心の奥底にいつも滾らせている

hoshi e to negai o kometa ano hi no koto oーーー
yureru kokoro no okusoko ni itsu mo tagiraseteiru

The day I wished upon the stars—
It always makes the blood deep in my wavering heart boil

世界に法則をひとつだけ書き足せるとしたら
全てが必ず報われると記したい

sekai ni ruuru o hitotsu dake kaki taseru to shitara
subete ga kanarazu mukuwareru to shirushitai

If I could add just one rule to this world
I’d like to inscribe that everything shall pay off without fail

この痛みも何もかも得て来たものだから
誰一人にだってくれてやるものか

kono itami mo nani mo kamo ete kita mono dakara
dare hitori ni datte kurete yaru mono ka

My pain and everything else is what I’ve earned,
so like hell I’ll give it away to anyone, no matter who

初めて火を灯した
星へと願いを込めた

hajimete hi o tomoshita
hoshi e to negai o kometa

When I first lit a fire
When I wished upon the stars

あの日のことを!

ano hi no koto o!

It was that day!

優しくないこんな世界に憧れたあの日から
積み上げ続けてきた全てを握りしめ

yasashikunai konna sekai ni akogarete ano hi kara
tsumi age tsudzukete kita subete o nigiri shime

Tightly holding onto everything I’ve continued to build up,
since the day that I began to adore an unkind world like this

この苦しみも何もかも私のものだから
誰一人にだってくれてやるものか

kono kurushimi mo nani mo kamo watashi no mono dakara
dare hitori ni datte kurete yaru mono ka

My suffering and everything else belongs to me,
so like hell I’ll give it away to anyone, no matter who

……誰一人にだって見せてやるものか。

……dare hitori ni datte misete yaru mono ka.

……like hell I’ll show it to anyone, no matter who

Torch

In the blink of an eye, things changed completely.

☆ Title: Torch
★ Album: 東方オトハナビ
☆ Album Artist: COOL&CREATE
★ Vocals and lyrics: Ayame
☆ Arrangement: Masayoshi Minoshima
★ Original: The Princess Who Slays Dragon Kings
(龍王殺しのプリンセス)

微かな記憶の片隅
名前も知らないあの花

kasuka na kioku no katasumi
namae mo shiranai ano hana

In the faint corners of my memory
That flower whose name I don’t know

違う別の知らない世界が何処かにあって
やり直せるならば何を思う

chigau betsu no shiranai sekai ga doko ka ni atte
yari naoseru naraba nani o omou

If there were a different, unknown world out there somewhere
and I could do things over again, what would I think

混ざらない色はひとつも無くて
綺麗に塗ることは少し難しい

mazaranai iro wa hitotsu mo nakute
kirei ni nuru koto wa sukoshi muzukashii

It’s a little difficult to paint neatly
when every colour mixes together

都合のいい可能性だけを残し
夢を見ていただけ

tsugou no ii kanousei dake o nokoshi
yume o miteita dake

I had only been dreaming
ignoring inconvenient possibilities

壊れた想いが揺らめき続けて
瞬く間に変わってしまった
幾千の願い途絶えたあの日に
描いた未来の行方は

kowareta omoi ga yurameki tsudzukete
matataku aida ni kawatte shimatta
ikusen no negai todaeta ano hi ni
egaita mirai no yukue wa

Shattered hopes continued to flicker
In the blink of an eye, things changed completely
The day the thousands of wishes ceased
was the turning point for the future I pictured

違う別の知らない世界が何処かにあって
やり直せるならば何を思う

chigau betsu no shiranai sekai ga doko ka ni atte
yari naoseru naraba nani o omou

If there were a different, unknown world out there somewhere
and I could do things over again, what would I think

壊れた想いが揺らめき続けて
瞬く間に変わってしまった
幾千の願い途絶えたあの日に
描いた未来の行方は

kowareta omoi ga yurameki tsudzukete
matataku aida ni kawatte shimatta
ikusen no negai todaeta ano hi ni
egaita mirai no yukue wa

Shattered hopes continued to flicker
In the blink of an eye, things changed completely
The day the thousands of wishes ceased
was the turning point for the future I pictured

Time Flows

Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

☆ Title: Time Flows
★ Album: 東方幻想峠最速伝説 ~ プロジェクトDownHill Queen
☆ Album Artist: とらのあな
★ Vocals: Ayakura Mei (綾倉盟)
☆ Lyrics: Haruka
★ Arrangement: Masayoshi Minoshima
☆ Original: The Maid and the Pocket Watch of Blood
(メイドと血の懐中時計)


夢を見てた この時はいつも続かず
過ぎて行った この胸に寂しさ残して
私が今 この時をすべて止めても
手にしてたい このままで

yume o miteta kono toki wa itsu mo tsudzukazu
sugite itta kono mune ni samishisa nokoshite
watashi ga ima kono toki o subete tometemo
te ni shitetai kono mama de

I had a dream where this moment never continued
It passed leaving behind a feeling of loneliness in my heart
Even if I were to completely stop time now
there’s something I’ve been wanting to have, as it is

一番大事な物は 今も壊れたままなの
止めた時間 戻らない事実
今もここで 失くしているまま
時は動き続け

ichiban daiji na mono wa ima mo kowareta mama nano
tometa jikan modoranai jijitsu
ima mo koko de nakushiteiru mama
toki wa ugoki tsudzuke

What’s most important to me still remains broken
It’s a fact that I can’t turn back frozen time
Even now, here in a state of loss,
time continues to move

夢を見た 今この時に失くした物を
戻せるのなら 今でもこの手で
時計の針を 何度も止めてみたの
時は流れるのに

yume o mita ima kono toki ni nakushita mono o
modoseru no nara ima demo kono te de
tokei no hari o nando mo tomete mita no
toki wa nagareru noni

If I could restore what I lost during this moment I dreamt of
I’d do it myself right now
Over and over I tried to stop the hands on the clock,
however time flows on

夢を見ても この時はいつも残らず
過ぎて行った 胸の中寂しさ残して
私だけが この時間すべて止めてた
動き出せぬ 想いだけ私が止めてた

yume o mitemo kono toki wa itsumo nokorazu
sugite itta mune no naka samishisa nokoshite
watashi dake ga kono jikan subete tometeta
ugoki dasunu omoi dake watashi ga tometeta

Even while dreaming, time had passed by,
never leaving anything behind except loneliness in my heart
Only I had completely stopped time
All I had stopped was unmovable feelings

消えた物は 変わる事はない
止めた時間 戻らない事実
今も時は 刻み続けてた
止まることを忘れ

kieta mono wa kawaru koto wa nai
tometa jikan modoranai jijitsu
ima mo toki wa kizami tsudzuketeta
tomaru koto o wasure

There’s no change in what’s disappeared
It’s a fact that I can’t turn back frozen time
Even now time was continuing to tick
Forgetting to stop

流れ行く 時は今でも失くした物を
戻らないまま 刻み続けてた
時計の針を 何度も止めてみたの
時は流れるのに

nagare yuku toki wa ima demo nakushita mono o
modoranai mama kizami tsudzuketeta
tokei no hari o nando mo tomete mita no
toki wa nagareru noni

Still unable to restore what I lost,
time flowed and continued to tick
Over and over I tried to stop the hands on the clock,
however time flows on