カレイドスコープ | Kaleidoscope

I knew as soon as I heard the first few seconds of this that I had to translate it.

★ Title: カレイドスコープ
☆ Album: 廻 -Meguri-
★ Album Artist: 凋叶棕
☆ Vocals: nano.czkey (紫月菜乃)
★Lyrics and arrangment: RD-Sounds
☆ Original Title: Maiden’s Capriccio ~ Dream Battle (少女綺想曲 ~ Dream Battle)
★ Website: http://www.rd-sounds.com/


―そっと息を潜めて。
絡み合う指と指の間から、
表情だけで伝わるものを
大事にしてたいから。

―sotto iki o hisomete.
karami au yubi to yubi no sukima kara,
hyoujou dake de tsutawaru mono o
daiji ni shitetai kara.

―Quietly hold your breath.
Because from the openings of our intertwined fingers,
I want to treat importantly the things that are passed along
by body language alone.

言葉以上に語りかける
その瞳はタカラバコ。

kotoba ijou ni katari kakeru
sono hitomi wa takarabako.

Saying more than words do
those eyes are a treasure chest.

二色以上の彩を魅せてよ。

nishoku ijou no iro o misete yo.

Show me no less than two colours and enchant them.

例えるなら、そう…熱い紅茶を、
ありったけの砂糖でいただくように。

tatoeru nara, sou… atsui koucha o,
arittake no satou de itadaku you ni.

If we were to compare, yes… it’s just like,
receiving tea with all the sugar in the world.

甘いようで、苦いようで、
熱いようで、痛いようで、

amai you de, nigai you de,
atsui you de, itai you de,

Like it’s sweet, like it’s bitter,
like it’s hot, like it hurts,

ええ…そんな感じよね。
きっと。

ee… sonna kanji yo ne.
kitto.

Yes… that kind of feeling.
Certainly.

ときに厳しくもあり、
ときに撓垂れ掛かるように、
…何も理解らない、言葉だけじゃ。
きっと。

toki ni kibishiku mo ari,
toki ni shinadare kakeru you ni,
…nani mo wakaranai, kotoba dake ja.
kitto.

Sometimes it’s intense,
sometimes it’s like snuggling flirtatously,
…I don’t understand or comprehend anything, with just words alone.
Surely.

憎らしいほど口下手。

nikurashii hodo kuchi beta.

I’m tongue tied to the point where it’s hateful.

言葉では伝わりきらない
部分がもうたくさんあるから
ずっと覗いていたい
紅と白の万華鏡を

kotoba de wa tsutawari kiranai
bubun ga mou takusan aru kara
zutto nozoiteitai
aka to shiro no mangekyou o

Because there’s already enough parts that
aren’t conveyed thoroughly through words
Forever I want to peek through this
red and white kaleidoscope

笑顔もいいわね。
見たことの無い姿を見せてよ
少し永く生き過ぎた、私にだけ。

egao mo ii wa ne.
mita koto no nai sugata o misete yo
sukoshi nagaku iki sugita, watashi ni dake.

Smiles are fine too aren’t they?
Show yourself as I’ve never seen before
You’ve lived a little too long, for me alone.

だから、息を潜めて。
絡み合う指と指の間から、
表情だけで伝わるものを
大事にしてたいから。

dakara, iki o hisomete.
karami au yubi to yubi no sukima kara,
hyoujou dake de tsutawaru mono o
daiji ni shitetai kara.

Therefor, quietly hold your breath.
Because from the openings of our intertwined fingers,
I want to treat importantly the things that are passed along
by body language alone.

言葉以上に語りかける
その瞳はタカラバコ。

kotoba ijou ni katari kakeru
sono hitomi wa takarabako.

Saying more than words do
those eyes are a treasure chest.

二色以上の彩を魅せてよ。

nishoku ijou no iro o misete yo.

Show me no less than two colours and enchant them.

例えるなら、そう…そこにいるのに、
空に浮かぶ透明な空気のように。

tatoeru nara, sou… soko ni iru noni,
sora ni ukabu toumei na kuuki no you ni.

If we were to compare, yes… though you’re right there,
you’re like transparent air that floats in the sky.

嬉しいようで、悲しいようで、
楽しいようで、辛いようで、

ureshii you de, kanashii you de,
tanoshii you de, tsurai you de,

Like being happy, like being sad,
like having fun, like being in pain,

ええ…そんな感じよね。
たぶん。

ee… sonna kanji yo ne.
tabun.

Yes… that kind of feeling.
Probably.

けして容を為さない。
けして姿を見せない。
…何も認識えない、言葉だけじゃ。
たぶん。

keshite katachi o nasanai.
keshite sugata o misenai.
…nani mo shirienai, kotoba dake ja.
tabun.

Never taking a form.
Never showing a shape.
…I can’t know or recognize anything, with words alone.
Probably.

全てはその瞳の中。

subete wa sono hitomi naka.

Everything lies in those eyes.

言葉では伝えられないものが
二人の世界を紡いで
どこまでも続いてく
この幻想のずっと果てまで

kotoba de wa tsutaerarenai mono ga
futari no sekai o tsumuide
doko made mo tsudzuite ku
kono keshki no zutto hate made

All the things that can’t be told through words
weave up our world
lasting on through any place
to the ends of this forever fantasy landscape

泣き顔も素敵ね。
人らしさはまだ忘れちゃ駄目よね。
少し遠くに行き過ぎない、為にも。

naki gao mo suteki ne.
hito rashisa wa mada wasurecha dame yo ne.
sukoshi tooku ni iki suginai, tame ni mo.

A face full of tears is lovely as well.
It’s no good to forget how human you are just yet.
For the sake of not going a little too far, as well.

もっと、息を潜めて。
絡み合う指と指の間から、
表情だけで伝わるものを
大事にしてたいから。

motto, iki hisomete.
karami au yubi to yubi no sukima kara,
hyoujou dake de tsutawaru mono o
daiji ni shitetai kara.

Longer, quietly hold your breath.
Because from the openings of our intertwined fingers,
I want to treat importantly the things that are passed along
by body language alone.

言葉以上に語りかける
その瞳はタカラバコ。

kotoba ijou ni katari kakeru
sono hitomi wa takarabako.

Saying more than words do
those eyes are a treasure chest.

二色以上の彩を魅せてよ。

nishoku ijou no iro o misete yo.

Show me no less than two colours and enchant them.

憂いを帯びて
熱っぽくもあり
不満さえもありありと
映し出すカレイドスコープ
私にだけは本当の姿を
全て見せてもらいますわ。

urei o obite
netsuppoku mo ari
fuman sae mo ariari to
utsushi dasu kareidosukoopu
watashi ni dake wa hontou no sugata o
subete misete moraimasu wa.

With a trace of grief
there’s feverishness as well
even unfulfilledness
the kaleidoscope clearly projects
Only to me do you completely
reveal your true true form.

言葉では伝わりきらない
部分がたくさんありすぎて
ずっと覗いていたい
紅と白の万華鏡を

kotoba de wa tsutawari kiranai
bubun ga takusan ari sugite
zutto nozoiteitai
aka to shiro no mangekyou o

Because there’s too many parts that
aren’t conveyed thoroughly through words
Forever I want to peek through this
red and white kaleidoscope

笑顔も泣き顔も。
全部全部まるごと私に見せてよ
少し永く生き過ぎた、私のため。

egao mo naki gao mo.
zenbu zenbu marugoto watashi ni misete yo
sukoshi nagaku iki sugita, watashi no tame.

Your smiles and your face full of tears.
Show me, show me everything in it’s entirety.
You’ve lived a little too long, for my sake.

言葉では伝えられないものが
二人の世界を紡ぐの
どこまでも続いてく
この幻想のずっと果てまで

kotoba de wa tsutaerarenai mono ga
futari no sekai o tsumugu no
doko made mo tsudzuite ku
kono keshiki no zutto hate made

All the things that can’t be told through words
weave up our world
lasting on through any place
to the ends of this forever fantasy landscape

きっとそこに映るどれもが
本当のあなたの姿で
その全てを余すこと無く見たいから―

kitto soko ni utsuru dore mo ga
hontou no anata no sugata de
sono subete o amasu koto naku mitai kara―

Surely anything that’s reflected there
you’re in your true form
Because I want to see it all without a thing left over―

―そっと息を潜めて。
絡み合う指と指の間から、
表情だけで伝わるものを
大事にしてたいから。

―sotto iki o hisomete.
karami au yubi to yubi no sukima kara,
hyoujou dake de tsutawaru mono o
daiji ni shitetai kara.

―Quietly hold your breath.
Because from the openings of our intertwined fingers,
I want to treat importantly the things that are passed along
by body language alone.

言葉以上に語りかける
その瞳はタカラバコ。

kotoba ijou ni katari kakeru
sono hitomi wa takarabako.

Saying more than words do
those eyes are a treasure chest.

二色以上の彩を魅せてよ。

nishoku ijou no iro o misete yo.

Show me no less than two colours and enchant them.

最果てのコトバ | Words of the Farthest Ends

A beautiful story about two people at the end of the world. The video for this down below is also very very well made, so pay attention to that too.

★ Title: 最果てのコトバ
☆ Album: 最果てのコトバ
★ Album Artist: Yuuhei Satellite (幽閉サテライト)
☆ Vocals: senya
★ lyrics: kamase-tora (かませ虎)
☆ Arrange: Iceon
★ Original Title: Illusionary Night ~ Ghostly Eyes (幻視の夜 ~ Ghostly Eyes)
☆ Website: http://www.yuuhei-satellite.jp/


空から「終わり」の音色が
セカイを覆い、響くだけ
最果てのコトバ
言えるその時を 願って

sora kara 「owari」 no neiro ga
sekai o ooi, hibiku dake
saihate no kotoba
ieru sono toki o negatte

Down from the sky the variety of sounds of the “end”
shrowd the world, and only resounds
Words of the farthest ends
I wish for the time when I can say them

この星の生命は
おそらく二人で最期になるだろう
溜息をつきながら
君は今、遠く彼方でちっぽけさ

kono hoshi no seimei wa
osoraku futari de saigo ni naru darou
tameiki o tsukinagara
kimi wa ima, tooku kanata de chippoke sa

The life of this planet
will likely come to its final breath with us together won’t it
While I let out a sigh
you’re now, far off, a small figure in the distance

本能より理性が先回りで
恋焦がれたあの時から 言葉をかけるきっかけも無いまま
歴史を閉じました

honnou yori risei ga saki mawari de
koikogareta ano toki kara kotoba o kakeru kikkake mo nai mama
mabuta o tojimashita

Rather than instinct, reason took the lead
ever since that time when I burned with love there have remained no chances to speak these words
I closed my eyes, sealed my history

隠した想いをこのままかき消して…

kakushita omoi o kono mama kaki keshite…

I drown out and erase hidden feelings like this…

地平線しか見えなくて
身体を隠すモノも無くて
最果てのコトバ
言えそうにないわ
今でも…

chiheisen shika mienakute
karada o kakusu mono mo nakute
saihate no kotoba
iesou ni nai wa
ima demo…

Unable to see anything but the horizon
there’s nothing left to hide our bodies
Words of the farthest ends
I can’t seem to be able to say them
even now…

少しずつセカイから
光や温度さえ薄れてゆく日々
零からの逃亡が二人の隙間を埋めるようになった

sukoshi zutsu sekai kara
hikari ya ondo sae usurete yuku hibi
zero kara no toubou ga futari no sukima o umeru you ni natta

Little by little, from the world
day after day even light and temperature begin to fade
It’s come the point at which an escape from absolute zero fills the gap between us

目の前の命を助けることに
君は躊躇をしないから
私に渦巻く場違いな感情
隠せなくなった

me no mae no inochi o tasukeru koto ni
kimi wa chuucho o shinai kara
watashi ni uzumaku bachigai na kanjou
kakusenaku natta

You don’t hesitate when it comes to
saving the lives before your eyes
I became unable to hide my out of place feelings
whirling inside me

二人の歴史を重ねて逸らして 嗚呼

futari no mesen o kasanete sorashite aa

We again avert each other’s gazes, our histories, ah

地平線しか見えなくて
身体を隠し、問いかけ合う
最果てのコトバ 喉まで出掛かり 言えない…

chiheisen shika mienakute
karada o kakushi, toi kake au
saihate no kotoba nodo made de kakari ienai…

Unable to see anything but the horizon
we hide our bodies and come together with questions
Words of the farthest ends, caught in my throat, I can’t say them

二人はいつしか永遠を手探り

futari wa itsu shika eien o tesaguri

Before we knew it, we were fumbling over eternity

二人の手と手は嘘をつけぬ病となり

futari no te to te wa uso o tsukenu yamai to nari

The hand-with-hand of ours becomes that of an unable to lie illness

粗末なアダムとイヴが
ここから始まったと言えよう
歪なロマンス 観測者は不在

somatsu na adamu to ivu ga
koko kara hajimatta to ieyou
ibitsu na romansu kansokusha wa fuzai

Poor Adam and Eve
You could say that they began from here
In this twisted romance, there’s no one left to observe

愛が始まり
花が咲き 地平線は隠れてゆく
道徳を語り セカイは再生してゆく

ai ga hajimari
hana ga saki chiseisen wa kakurete yuku
doutoku o katari sekai wa saisei shite yuku

Love begins
flowers blossom, the horizon starts to be hidden
We speak of morals and the world proceeds to be born again

神空ハイブレイド | Divine Sky High Blade

Requested by Alv, I asked a friend the other day what the title even means, and all she said was “it’s chuuni,” which inspired me to give up thinking deeply about what kind of message is supposed to be in this song.

Notes: I’m really terrible at putting lines with an を and no verb into English, because there’s no equivalent way to express that at all. I’m talking about 「存在証明を」 of course. For a quick, basic Japanese lesson, the particle を is usually used to mark the target of action verbs. For example, if you were to put “Eat the apple” into Japanese sentence structure, it’d look like “Apple を eat”. Without a verb in a sentence like that, you’re just left with “(Non-existing verb) the thing.”

★ Title: 神空ハイブレイド
☆ Album: Moon River
★ Album Artist: Emotional & Reason
☆ Vocals: Kanan (かなん)
★ Arrangement and lyrics: yu-go
☆ Original Title: The Capital City of Flowers in the Sky (天空の花の都)
★ Website:http://emortional-reason.tumblr.com/


白鳥の如く
深い空へ舞い堕ちる
重ねた愛が動き出した
遥か長い幻想の狭間で

hakuchou no gotoku
fukai sora e mai ochiru
kasaneta ai ga ugoki dashita
haruka nagai gensou no hazama de

Just as a swan does
dancing and descending into the deep sky
All the piled up love began to move
at the gap of a far, long fantasy

雲を超えてゆく
陽の光より早く
霞んだ記憶 幼き日に見た浮かぶ理想郷は遠く

kumo o koete yuku
hi no hikari yori hayaku
kasunda kioku osanaki hi ni mita ukabu risoukyou wa tooku

Crossing over the clouds
Faster than the light of the sun
Hazed memories, the floating paradise I saw during my childhood days is far off

離れてゆく

hanarete yuku

drifting away

範疇外の三重奏が色付けば
時を裂いて 風を巻いて
神空ハイブレイド
細胞が横隔膜が燃えるほど
遥か高く 遥か高く
存在証明を

hanchuugai no sanjuusou ga irodzukeba
toki o saite kaze o maite
shinkuu hai bureido
saibou ga oukakumaku ga moeru hodo
haruka takaku haruka takaku
sonzai shoumei o

If the categoryless instrumental trio changes colours,
cleave through time, and coil the wind
divine sky high blade
To the point at which my cells, my diaphragm burns
far and high, far and high,
…the proof of existence

片手に一輪の
花を持って問いかける
[向かい合わせる閃光の嵐を切り抜ける覚悟はお有りかい?]

katate ni ichirin no
hana o motte toi kakeru
[mukai awaseru senkou no arashi o kiri nukeru kakugo wa oari kai?]

In a one hand
I hold a single flower and ask the question
“Do I have the will to cut through the light storm facing me?”

範疇外の三重奏が色付けば
雨弾いて 華を撃って
神空ハイブレイド
細胞が横隔膜が燃えるほど
もっと早く もっと早く
突き刺すように

hanchuugai no sanjuusou ga irodzukeba
ame hajiite hana o utte
shinkuu hai bureido
saibou ga oukakumaku ga moeru hodo
motto hayaku motto hayaku
tsukisasu you ni

If the categoryless instrumental trio changes colours,
repel the rain, and shoot the flowers
divine sky high blade
To the point at which my cells, my diaphragm burns
faster, faster
in order to pierce through

深くまで深くまでそのスピードで
暗闇さえ越えてしまえ
神空ハイブレイド
何十回も何百回も君の名を
叫び続けるだろう
空に舞う時代の渦へ

fukaku made fukaku made sono supiido de
kurayami sae koete shimae
shinkuu hai bureido
nanjuukai mo nanbyakukai mo kimi na o
sakebi tsudzukeru darou
sora ni mau jidai no uzu e

Until I’m deep, until I’m deep, with that speed
transcend even the darkness
divine sky high blade
Tens of times, hundreds of times, I’ll continue to
shout out your name won’t I?
Towards the swirl of times of dancing in the sky

夢の雫 | Droplets of Dreams

This is a song with lots of dream imagery. I’ve actually thought about working on this a while back, but I completely forgot about it. Now, lets go into some lyric analysis, it’s been a while since I’ve done this it seems, or that I felt I’ve needed to do this.

-The first stanza, try looking at that as the colour to drip being the next dream to come. What could the old door knob be? Perhaps that refers to the previous dream. Being about to end, it calls for the next dream so that the speaker can go through the doorway. With that assumption, it’s easy to understand what the third line means.

-The second stanza refers to the ticking and ringing of a clock, if that wasn’t too clear.

-The third stanza seems to be saying that the speaker’s dreams contain memories from her past.

And that’s all that really needs clarification in this song I think.

★ Title: 夢の雫
☆ Album: Excelsior
★ Album Artist: Pizuya’s Cell (ぴずやの独房)
☆ Vocals: 3L
★ Arrangement and lyrics: pizuya
☆ Original Title: The Maid and the Pocket Watch of Blood (メイドと血の懐中時計)
★ Website: http://www.pizuya.com/


古いドアノブが 次の世界へと
呼びかける色零してる
また新しい時の輪を数えてる

furui doanobu ga tsugi no sekai e to
yobi kakeru iro koboshiteru
mata atarashii toki no wa o kazoeteru

The colour, that the old door knob calls out
to the next world for, drips
Counting the loop of another new time

響く鐘の声ずっと変わらずに
刻み続ける針の音

hibiku kane no koe zutto kawarazu ni
kizami tsudzukeru hari no oto

Without the ringing bell ever changing
the sound of needle continues to tick away

誰もいないの?
忘れ去られた思い出のアルバム

dare mo inai no?
wasure sarareta omoide no arubamu

Is anyone there?
It’s an album of memories that was left behind

流れ着いた世界の果て
消えない虹まで Ah

nagare tsuita sekai no hate
kienai niji made Ah

At the end of the world that I washed up on
all the way to the unvanishing rainbow, Ah

生暖かい風の中で
永い夢を見つめている

nama atatakai kaze no naka de
nagai yume o mitsumeteiru

In this freshly warm wind
I intently dream this long dream

変わらない光
変わらない音

kawaranai hikari
kawaranai oto

The lights never change
The sounds never change

変わらない日常
でも少しずつ…

kawaranai nichijou
demo sukoshi zutsu…

Regular life never changes
But little by little…

無くした声無くした鍵
今は一つだけ Ah

nakushita koe nakushita kagi
ima wa hitotsu dake Ah

I lost my voice, I lost my key
now there’s only just one, Ah

集めている夢の雫
仮の時計刻み始め

atsumeteiru yume no shizuku
kari no tokei kizami hajime

I gather up the droplets of this dream
The temporary clock begins to tick

流れ着いた世界の果て
消えない虹まで Ah

nagare tsuita sekai no hate
kienai niji made Ah

At the end of the world that I washed up on
all the way to the unvanishing rainbow, Ah

生暖かい風の中で
永い夢を見つめている

nama atatakai kaze no naka de
nagai yume o mitsumeteiru

In this freshly warm wind
I intently dream this long dream