One of my top five Asriel songs. Not an easy one to translate, but this is probably the best it’s going to get.

☆ Title: Veladonna
★ Album: 汝を照らす朧のアリア
☆ Album Artist: Asriel
★ Vocals and lyrics: KOKOMI
☆ Arrangement and composition: 黒瀬圭亮 (Kurose Keisuke)

キミは何も知らないの
Fake　瞬間の逢瀬ひと時愛でなさい
残念　傷は浅く治るから
Make　遊びましょう其の手で好きなだけ

kimi wa nani mo shiranai no
Fake shunkan no ouse hitotoki medenasai
zannen kizu wa asaku naoru kara
Make asobimashou sono te de suki na dake

You don’t know a thing
(Fake) A brief rendezvous, cherish me in this moment
Unfortunate – The wound is shallow and will heal
(Make) Let’s have some fun, as much as you’d like, with your own hands

無意識≠罪？重ねズルくなるほどに
痛みも感じず　胸に隠す
自称 Marionnette？誰かの意の侭に
渾沌へ導く『近づいて？』

muishiki ≠ tsumi? kasane zuruku naru hodo ni
itami mo kanjizu mune ni kakusu
jishou marionnette? dare ka no i no mama ni
konton e michibiku 『chikadzuite?』

Unconsciousness ≠ sin? Feeling no pain
I hide it in my heart, to the point of becoming increasingly cunning
A self-proclaimed marionette? Leading towards chaos
under the will of someone else ‘Come closer?’

試してみたい…誘惑の車輪
動かす力とその覚悟があると言うなら
邪魔な瞳を閉じ　一太刀にして　向かい合ってアゲル
貴方のように成れないけれど／貴方基準で価値付けないで
誇り高き妖の華『惨めにはしないでね？』veladonna…
世界で一つ凛と仰いだ／醜い華に見合う薬を
注いで　息を移して
生死を懸けて共に毒を飲んで？

tameshite mitai… yuuwaku no sharin
ugokase chikara to sono kakugo ga aru to iu nara
jama na me o toji hitotachi ni shite mukai atte ageru
anata no you ni narenai keredo ／ anata kijun de kachi tsukenai de
hokori takaki you no hana 『mijime ni wa shinai de ne?』veladonna…
sekai de hitotsu rin to aoida ／ minikui hana ni mi au kusuri o
sosoide iki o utsushite
seishi o kakete tomo ni doku o nonde?

I want to give it a try… If you insist you have the power
and the resolve to move the wheel of temptation
I’ll close my meddling eyes and have at you with a single stroke of the sword
Although I can’t be like you / don’t judge my value by your standards
A proud bewitching flower – ‘Don’t make me out to be miserable, okay?’ veladonna…
A drug fit for an ugly flower / The only one in the world I looked to with dignity
How about we pour it out, exchange the air in our lungs,
and put our lives on the line drinking poison together?

キミを搔き乱すくらい
Fake　数こなせば嘘も上手くなるわ
痛快　事実『慣れ』って大事で
Make　動揺→陥落のルールに従じて甘受を

kimi o kaki midasu kurai
Fake kazu konaseba uso mo umaku naru wa
tsuukai jijitsu『nare』tte daiji de
Make douyou → kanraku no ruuru ni juujite kanju o

With enough lying
(Fake) I’ll become good enough at it to throw you off
Exhilarating – The fact is, ‘getting used to it’ is important
(Make) Follow the rule of being shaken → downfall, and submit

邪魔をしないで　Fake me
優艶のとき　　　Make you
車輪はまわされて　動き出した

jama o shinai de Fake me
yuuen no toki Make you
sharin wa mawasarete ugoki dashite

Don’t get in the way, fake me
It’s a beguiling time, make you
The wheel started moving, having been spun

気付かぬよう言葉を逃す唇　裏に
『もう少し素直になってみたりね？』

kidzukanu you kotoba o nogasu kuchibiru ura ni
『mou sukoshi sunao ni natte mitari ne?』

Behind my lips that let words slip out so you won’t notice
‘How about being a little more honest with yourself?’

試してみたい…誘惑の車輪
動かす力とその覚悟があるでしょうね
邪魔な瞳を閉じ　一太刀にして　向かい合ってホシイ
貴方とあたし別のものでも／貴方基準に染められるなら
誇り高き毒の華を　『後悔はしてない？』veladonna…
世界で一つ凛と仰いだ／醜い華を変えられるなら
注いで　キミの全てを
搔き乱して呪縛を解いて？

tameshite mitai… yuuwaku no sharin
ugokasu chikara to sono kakugo ga aru deshou ne
jama na me o toji hitotachi ni shite mukai atte hoshii
anata to atashi betsu no mono demo anata kijun ni somerareru nara
hokori takaki doku no hana o 『koukai wa shitenai?』veladonna…
sekai de hitotsu rin to aoida ／ minikui hana o kaerareru nara
sosoide kimi no subete o
kaki midashite jubaku o hodoite?

I want to give it a try… I don’t doubt you have the power
and the resolve to move the wheel of temptation
I want you to close your meddling eyes and have at me with a single stroke of the sword
Even though you and I are different / if I’m to be coloured by your standards
give me a proud poisonous flower – ‘You don’t have any regrets?’ veladonna…
If I can change an ugly flower / the only one in the world I looked to with dignity,
how about we pour it out, shake you to your core,
and undo the curse binding you?

試してみる？このレールの上を共に走る
覚悟を決めたなら　veladonna…
貴方のように成れないけれど／貴方基準で価値付けないで
誇り高き妖の華『惨めにはしないでね？』veladonna…
世界で一つ凛と仰いだ／醜い華に見合う薬を
注いで　息を移して
生死を懸けて共に毒を飲んで？

tameshite miru? kono reeru no ue o tomo ni hashiru
kakugo o kimeta nara veladonna…
anata no you ni narenai keredo ／ anata kijun de kachi tsukenai de
hokori takaki you no hana 『mijime ni wa shinai de ne?』veladonna…
sekai de hitotsu rin to aoida ／ minikui hana ni mi au kusuri o
sosoide iki o utsushite
seishi o kakete tomo ni doku o nonde?

Want to give it a try? We’ll run together on this rail
If you’ve made up your mind, veladonna…
Although I can’t be like you / don’t judge my value by your standards
A proud bewitching flower – ‘Don’t make me out to be miserable, okay?’ veladonna…
A drug fit for an ugly flower / The only one in the world I looked to with dignity
How about we pour it out, exchange the air in our lungs,
and put our lives on the line drinking poison together?

Commissioned translation. This one is more abstract. The fixation on blades, scars, and a gentle flow gives me the impression of self-harm.

Largemente: with slowness and breadth.

☆ Title: Largamente
★ Album: 汝を照らす朧のアリア
☆ Album Artist: Asriel
★ Vocals and lyrics: KOKOMI
☆ Arrangement and composition: Kurose Keisuke (黒瀬圭亮)

haki suteta kotoba
mi orosu ganka no sora
kuukyo na mune ni kanjita itami
furi kaeru to mou yukisaki wa mi atarazu
obieta mune ni oboeta itami no yaiba

Words I spat out
The sky I look down on beneath me
The pain I felt in my empty heart
No longer able to find where to go when I look back
The blade of familiar pain in my frightened heart

研ぎ澄まされた
切っ先がなぞる真紅の痕は　放った分の代償
同調していく　形を　その姿を　I Lost…

togi sumasareta
kissaki ga nazoru shinku no ato wa hanatta bun no daishou
shinkuro shite yuku katachi o sono sugata o I Lost…

Sharpened
The blade’s tip traces a crimson scar – the price paid for what was released
Synchronizing form, the shape I lost…

その深みに埋もれ　消えるべくなく
その広さは無限
そう　遠くなるばかり

sono fukami ni umore kieru beku naku
sono hirosa wa mugen
sou tooku naru bakari

Buried in the depths, it shouldn’t disappear
Its width is infinite
Yes, it just keeps going further

ゆるやかに下る流れの
その終点を目指してみないか
Largamente　傷もフィクションならこの世に生まれた確率＝数は？
ゆるやかに漂う流れ
拡がりは何処に向かうだろう
Largamente　嘘も真実ならどんなに楽なのだろう　騙して

yuruyaka ni kudaru nagare no
sono shuuten o mezashite minai ka
Largamente kizu mo fikushon nara kono yo ni umareta kakuritsu kazu wa?
yuruyaka ni tadayou nagare
hirogari wa doko ni mukau darou
Largamente uso mo shinjitsu nara donna ni raku nano darou damashite

Why not try aiming for the end
of the gently descending flow?
Largamente – If even wounds are fictitious, what’s the probability of being born into this world? What’s the count?
Where could the expanse
of the gently drifting flow be headed?
Largamente – How much easier would it be if even lies were real? Deceive me

そう　遠くなる程に痛みは
その重さを増してく　回路の
プロセスを
その繋がりは刃
いま鋭く光る　I Lost… 瞬間を

sou tooku naru hodo ni itami wa
sono omosa o mashite ku kairo no
purosesu o
sono tsunagari wa yaiba
ima surudoku hikaru I Lost… shunkan o

Yes, the further it gets
the more the pain weighs
The process of a circuit
The connections are blades
Now they shine sharply – I lost the moment…

ゆるやかに下る流れの
その終点を目指してみないか
Largamente　傷もフィクションならこの世に生まれた確率＝数は？
ゆるやかに漂う流れ
拡がりは何処へ向かうだろう
Largamente　嘘も真実ならどんなに楽なのだろう　最後まで

yuruyaka ni kudaru nagare no
sono shuuten o mezashite minai ka
Largamente kizu mo fikushon nara kono yo ni umareta kakuritsu kazu wa?
yuruyaka ni tadayou nagare
hirogari wa doko e mukau darou
Largamente uso mo shinjitsu nara donna ni raku nano darou saigo made

Why not try aiming for the end
of the gently descending flow?
Largamente – If wounds aren’t real, what’s the probability of being born into this world? What’s the count?
Where could the expanse
of the gently drifting flow be heading towards?
Largamente – How much easier would it be if even lies were real? Until the end

騙して　幻を見せて　永久の空を
どこにもない弧を描いた地図
なぞる刃の切っ先の線
どこにもないその姿の痕　なぞる刃空しく

damashite maboroshi o misete towa no sora o
doko ni mo nai ko o egaita chizu
nazoru yaiba no kissaki no sen
doko ni mo nai sono sugata no ato nazoru yaiba munashiku

Deceive me and show me an illusion, an eternal sky
A map with an arc drawn that can’t be found anywhere
The line traced by the blade’s tip
A scar of a shape that can’t be found anywhere, the blade traces in futility

研ぎ澄ましたその切っ先　触れたなら
放つ痛みを知る　同調していく（ah）
形を変えその姿を変えて　流れのままに流れ　I Lost…
ゆるやかに下る流れの
その終点を目指して僕達は
Largamente 傷を負い凌ぎ合った

togi sumashita sono kissaki fureta nara
hanatsu itami o shiru shinkuro shite yuku (ah)
katachi o kae sono sugata o kaete nagare no mama ni nagare I Lost…
yuruyaka ni kudaru nagare no
sono shuuten o mezashite bokutachi wa
Largamente kizu o oi shinogi atta

If you touch the sharpened tip of the blade
you’ll know of the pain it releases, synchronizing (ah)
Changing shape and form, going with the flow, I lost…
Aiming for the end
of the gently descending flow
Largamente – together we endured bearing our wounds

吐き捨てた言葉
見下ろす眼下の空
振り返るともう　行き先は見当たらず

haki suteta kotoba
mi orosu ganka no sora
furi kaeru to mou yukisaki wa mi atarazu

Words I spat out
The sky I look down on beneath me
No longer able to find where to go when I look back