Touhou

月明かりは儚くて | The Moonlight is Fleeting

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I’ve become a big Sally fan since I went on my translation break, and at this point, this is probably my favourite song of theirs. Despite Sally songs generally having difficult lyrics, I’m planning on taking on a bunch of them. Shuriken especially is known for his crazy lyrics though, so I’m not sure how well it’ll go.

★ Title: 月明かりは儚くて
☆ Album: アイス
★ Album Artist: Sally (サリー)
☆ Vocals and lyrics: Meramipop (めらみぽっぷ)
★ Arrangement: Shrimp (シュリンプ)
☆ Original Title: Apparitions Stalk the Night (妖魔夜行)
★ Website: http://sally.dojin.com/


永遠なんてなかったこと
私はそれでも構わない

eien nante nakatta koto
watashi wa sore demo kamawanai

There was no such thing as eternity
Despite that, I don’t give a care

すべてが変わった　夢じゃないの
掴んで離して触れてみるの

subete ga kawatta yume janai no
tsukande hanashite furete miru no

Everything is different, it’s no dream
I try to get a grip, let go, and feel

最初は戸惑いばかり
二度目はきっと大丈夫

saisho wa tomadoi bakari
nidome wa kitto daijoubu

At first I was just lost and confused
This time around I’m sure I’ll be just fine

お気に入りの赤いリボンを付けて
この広い宇宙をお散歩するの
大好きなお月様にくちづけて
私を太陽まで連れてって

oki ni iri no akai ribon o tsukete
kono hiroi uchuu o osanpo suru no
daisuki na otsuki sama ni kuchi dzukete
watashi o taiyou made tsuretette

I put on my favourite red ribbon
I’m going for a walk through this vast universe
Throw a kiss to my beloved moon
Take me all the way to the sun

赤いルージュ甘い魔法をかけ
少しだけ違う鏡の向こう

akai ruuju amai mahou o kake
sukoshi dake chigau kagami no mukou

With a cast of a sweet, red, rouge magic spell
beyond the mirror where it feels a little off

照れ笑い　優しい声
ふたりの大切な日

tere warai yasashii koe
futari no taisetsu na hi

I see your shy smile, hear your gentle voice
It’s our special day

今日は黒いドレス大人の気分で
ちょっぴり背伸びもたまにはいいよね
大好きなお月様と一緒なら
私はいつだって変われるから

kyou wa kuroi doresu otona no kibun de
choppiri senobi mo tama ni wa ii yo ne
daisuki na otsuki sama to issho nara
watashi wa itsu datte kawareru kara

Today, feeling like an adult, I wear my black dress
It’s alright to act a bit older than you are every now and then
As long as I’m with my beloved moon
I can change anytime after all

ずっとずっと昔の話
光、恐れた少女
ひとりぼっちでいた　暗い部屋の奥
あなたに出会ってah　扉を開いた

zutto zutto mukashi no hanashi
hikari, osoreta shoujo
hitori bocchi de ita kurai heya no oku
anata ni deatte ah tobira o hiraita

It’s a story from long ago
about a girl who feared the light
She was all alone, inside a dark room
Upon meeting you, ah, she opened the door

重力に引き寄せられ
大きな闇が迫る

juuryoku ni hiki yoserare
ooki na yami ga semaru

Being drawn in by gravity
a great darkness approaches

あなたがくれた赤いリボンを付けて
この広い宇宙から護ってみせる
心も体もすべて無くなって
それでもずっとあなたと一緒に

anata ga kureta akai ribon o tsukete
kono hiroi uchuu kara mamotte miseru
kokoro mo karada mo subete naku natte
sore demo zutto anata to issho ni

I put on the red ribbon that you gave me
I’ll show you that I’ll protect it from this vast universe
Even upon losing a heart and body and everything
I’ll always be together with you

So long forever

Lunicode

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Requested by Flaemes, I’m starting to get a lot of requests piled up now. Cue sirens blaring in the background, I’ve gone against the original order I was supposed to do them in. Being very overdue on working on requests, I figured I’d start off here with what looks like the shortest one. I can’t recall if Kafka said he’d do 昊飛ぶ郵便屋さん, but if so, that might be an extra one off the list, and a very tough looking one, at that.

Notes: 「そんな夢に　ah…」 is effectively untranslatable, given the grammatical structure of English. There is no verb. I put it as “I’ll see your dream and ah…,” but there is no “see,” I only wrote that there to allow me to put “and” in as well, so I could add in the vagueness of the original line. To give a more literal translation, it’d be “I’ll ___ your dream.”

★ Title: Lunicode
☆ Album: Perpetual Devotion
★ Album Artist: EastNewSound
☆ Vocals: Yura Hatsuki(葉月ゆら)
★ Lyrics: Kaito (海兎)
☆ Arrangement: Kirin (きりん)
★ Original Titles: Strange, Strange Instruments (不思議な不思議な道具達)
☆ Website: http://www.e-ns.net/


閉ざした景色は　逆さまデタラメ
好きとか嫌いじゃ　視えない裏と表
口には出せない　貴方のコトだと
本当は何にも変わっていないはずで

tozashita keshiki wa sakasama detarame
suki toka kirai ja mienai ura to omote
kuchi ni wa dasenai anata no koto da to
hontou wa nan ni mo kawatteinai hazu de

This sealed off scenery is upside down, all nonsense
Love and hate, they’re both unseeable sides of the same coin
I can’t express how I feel about you
all because I thought nothing would be different

ありふれたエブリデイ　唐突に過ぎて
忘れられたサムデイ　”私、此処にいるよ”

arifureta eburidei toutotsu ni sugite
wasurerareta samudei “watashi, koko ni iru yo”

Everyday, plain as always, passes by all of a sudden
Someday, forgotten, “I’ll be right here”

否定したいよ　こんな結末
何時か貴方の為に　そんな夢に　ah…

hitei shitai yo konna ketsumatsu
itsu ka anata no tame ni sonna yume ni ah…

I don’t want to accept an ending like this
Someday, for your sake, I’ll see your dream and ah…

二人　笑い合うエブリデイ　壊れてしまうよ
裏表のサムデイ　”私、此処にいるよ”

futari warai au eburidei kowarete shimau yo
uraomote no samudei “watashi, koko ni iru yo”

Everyday, with us smiling at each other, accidentally fell apart
Someday, double dealing, “I’ll be right here”

スターシーカー | Star Seeker

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Having taken an astronomy class lately, the stars have earned a special place in my heart; I’ve been loving this song a lot lately. There’s also a remix from 改 -Aratame-. This song is part of a series, you can see the next part over at Kafka’s place, here.

★ Title: スターシーカー
☆ Album: 憩 -Ikoi-
★ Album Artist: 凋叶棕
☆ Vocals: Meramipop (めらみぽっぷ)
★Lyrics and arrangment: RD-Sounds
☆ Original Title: Love-coloured Magic (恋色マジック)
・Vessel of Stars ~ Casket of Star (星の器　～ Casket of Star)
★ Website: http://www.rd-sounds.com/


Look at the sky.
What a starry night.

uh…

いつか
息詰まるような暮らしの中
描いた夢は

itsu ka
iki dzumaru you na kurashi no naka
egaita yume wa

Someday
I’ll live without having my dream bound
by anyone

誰にも縛られることなく生きる
私の姿

dare ni mo shibarareru koto naku ikiru
watashi no sugata

The dream that I came up with in the middle of a
smothering life

それはまるで
甘い星型弾のように魅力的で

sore wa maru de
amai konpeetoo no you ni miryokuteki de

It was captivating
almost as if it was like a sweet star shaped candy

世界を変えるだけの力を
私は求め始めた

sekai o kaeru dake no chikara o
watashi wa motome hajimeta

so I began to seek the power to
change the world

果てしなく続いてく
遙かなる道を
私らしく、一歩ずつ
しっかりと進んでいくんだ―！

hate shinaku tsudzuite ku
haruka naru michi o
watashi rashiku, ippo zutsu
shikkari to susunde yuku n da―!

Down this distant road
Continuing without an end
Just like me, I’ll advance
one small, firm step at a time―!

Look at the sky.
What a starry night.

小さな両の手では
到底収まりきらぬ無数の星屑たち

chiisa na ryou no te de wa
toutei osamari kiranu musuu no hoshikuzu tachi

There are countless specs of stardust
unable to possibly fit in both my hands

全てこの手へと
飛べない私だけれども、いつか、きっと…！

subete kono te e to
tobenai watashi da keredomo, itsuka, kitto…!

Everything will be mine
I might not be able to fly, but one day, I’m sure…!

いつか
色を失った暮らしの中
描いた夢は

itsu ka
iro o ushinatta kurashi no naka
egaita yume wa

Someday
I’ll live without having my dream being bossed
by anyone

誰にも命じられることなく生きる
私の姿

dare ni mo meijirareru koto naku ikiru
watashi no sugata

The dream that I came up with in the middle of a
colourless life

それは　まるで
眩い閃光のよう雑じり気が無く

sore wa maru de
mabayui senkou no you majiri ki ga naku

Without feeling
like it was crossed with dazzling lights

世界を変えるだけの力を
私は探し始めた

sekai o kaeru dake no chikara o
watashi wa sagashi hajimeta

I began to search for the power to
change the world

自由が、ああ、こんなにも
美しいものなら
燦然たるその輝きを
この瞳にも宿そう―！

jiyuu ga, aa, konna ni mo
utsukushii mono nara
sanzen taru sono kagayaki o
kono hitomi ni mo yadosou―!

If freedom is, ah, this much
of a beautiful thing
I feel like the luminant light of the stars
might dwell in my eyes too―!

Look at the sky.
What a starry night.

遠く星雲の向こう側を目指し
はては”Where no man has gone before.”

tooku seiun no mukougawa o mezashi
hate wa saigo no furontia

Aiming far beyond the nebulae
the ends of which are the final frontier “Where no man has gone before.”

夢を追いかける
それは”たられば”ではなく、形を持つ…！

yume o oi kakeru
sore wa “tarareba” de wa naku, katachi o motsu…!

I’ll chase my dream
It’s not a “what if” kind of thing, it’s for real…!

天の川のように。
恋に恋をするように。
あの流れ星のように。

ama no kawa no you ni.
koi ni koi o suru you ni.
ano nagareboshi no you ni.

Like the milky way.
Like falling in love with love.
Like that shooting star.

描いた夢
私の全て
ずっと、抱きしめるんだ―！

egaita yume
watashi no subete
zutto, daki shimeru n da―!

The dream I imagined
Everything of mine
Forever, I’ll embrace them―!

Look at the sky.
What a starry night.

狭いこの家と、この棚と、
そんな全てに逆らって

semai kono ie to, kono shigarami to,
sonna subete ni sakaratte

This cramped house, and these shelves and bonds,
I’ll turn my back against it all

ここから始まっていく
二つとはない私の物語が

koko kara hajimatte iku
futatsu to wa nai watashi no monogatari ga

It all starts from here on
My story as a whole

Look at the sky.
What a starry night.

幻想に跨って
そうだ私こそは永遠のスターシーカー

gensou ni matagatte
sou da watashi koso wa eien no sutaa shiikaa

Stretching into fantasy
That’s right, I, right here, am an eternal star seeker

そして星になる
誰の手も届かぬところへいつか、きっと…！

soshite hoshi ni naru
dare no te mo todokanu tokoro e itsuka, kitto…!

And then I’ll become a star
and one day go where nobody’s hand can reach, for sure…!

lalala…

不思議の国のクリスマス | Christmas in Wonderland

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I’m back, and with a Christmas special! I still haven’t made much progress on my light novel though, someone needs to slap me. From now on, I’ve decided to take a less conservative approach to translating songs. I think things are going to look much better here on out.
Thanks for all my supporters, this hobby wouldn’t be so fun without you, and merry Christmas!

★ Title: 不思議の国のクリスマス
☆ Album: 秘 -HIME-
★ Album Artist: SOUND HOLIC
☆ Vocals: 3L
★ Arrangement: MasKaleido
☆ Lyrics: Blue E
★ Original Title: Magical Girl Crusade (魔法少女十字軍)
☆ Website: http://www.sound-holic.com/


サイレントナイト
不思議の国で聖なる夜のランデヴー
ホーリーナイト
光の中で 幻が踊りだす

Silent night
fushigi no kuni de sei naru yoru no randevuu
Holy night
hikari no naka de maboroshi ga odori dasu

Silent night
It’s the rendevous of a holy night in wonderland
Holy night
Visions dance amongst the lights

オマジナイの言葉が ひとり歩きしそうな
妖しげな月明かりの夜 ふたり出かけましよう

omajinai no kotoba ga hitori aruki shisou na
ayashige na tsuki akari no yoru futari de kakemashou

It’s as if magic spells walk on their own
Let’s both go out on this myserious moonlit night

迷いの森に隠された 扉開いて覗き込む
現実と夢の狭間に 描かれた世界

mayoi no mori ni kakusareta tobira hiraite nozoki komu
genjitsu to yume no hazama ni egakareta sekai

Open and gaze into the door hidden by the forest of the lost
You’ll see a world drawn in between dreams and reality

サイレントナイト
不思議の国で聖なる夜のランデヴー
ホーリーナイト
光の中で 幻が踊りだす
夢色物語 貴女と旅したいの

Silent night
fushigi no kuni de sei naru yoru no randevuu
Holy night
hikari no naka de maboroshi ga odori dasu
yume iro monogatari anata to tabi shitai no

Silent night
It’s the rendevous of a holy night in wonderland
Holy night
Visions dance amongst the lights
I want to travel through this dream coloured story with you

粉雪の妖精が いたずらに微笑んだ
おとぎ話の 1 ページに迷い込んだみたい

konayuki no yousei ga itazura ni hohoenda
otogi banashi no ichi peeji ni mayoi konda mitai

The snow fairies smiled full of mischief
It’s as if we wandered into a page from a fairy tail

魔法の花の芳しさ　ため息の出る美しさ
哀しみがふっと癒される 真っ白な世界

mahou no hana no kaguwashisa tameiki no deru utsukushisa
kanashimi ga futto iyasareru masshiro na sekai

The aroma of the magic flowers is a beauty to make you sigh
It’s a snow white world where all your pain will be cured in a snap

サイレントナイト
鏡の国で 秘かな夜のランデヴー
ホーリーナイト
星空の下 幻が問いかける
虹色の謎掛 け 貴女と挑みたいの

Silent night
kagami no kuni de hisoka na yoru no randevuu
Holy night
hoshi zora no shita maboroshi ga toi kakeru
niji iro no nazo kake anata to idomitai no

Silent night
It’s the rendevous of a secret night in the mirror world
Holy night
Under the starry sky the visions have questions
I want to take on these rainbow coloured riddles with you

サイレントナイト
淡く煌くまほろばに導かれ
ホーリーナイト
天使が鳴らす鐘の音に耳澄ます
そうね 今日はクリスマス
ふたりで祝いますか

Silent night
awaku kirameku mahoroba ni michibikare
Holy night
tenshi ga narasu kane no ne ni mimi sumasu
sou ne kyou wa kurisumasu
futari de iwaimasu ka

Silent night
We’re guided by the faint glimmering land of harmony
Holy night
Listen for the sound of the bells the angels ring
That’s right, today is Christmas
Will you celebrate with me?

サイレントナイト 不思議の国で
(Let’s sing, sing Hallelujah)
ホーリーナイト 光の中で
(Shining star’s blessin’ tonight)
貴方とふたりきり可笑しな
Yes, Happy Xmas Night
…be with you

Silent night fushigi no kuni de
(Let’s sing, sing Hallelujah)
Holy night hikari no naka de
(Shining star’s blessin’ tonight)
anata to futari kiri okashi na
Yes, Happy Xmas Night
…be with you

Silent night in wonderland
(Let’s sing, sing Hallelujah)
Holy night amongst all the lights
(Shining star’s blessin’ tonight)
Just alone with you, an unusual
Yes, Happy Xmas Night
…be with you