スターシーカー | Star Seeker

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

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

Current Conditions


spctrm makes some of my favourite instrumental tracks, check out his circle, “fromadistance,” if you’re interested.

Ah, it’s been a long time since I wrote one of these. Let’s see, to sum up what I want to say here: I’m taking a small break until I get more time. I’ve been pretty busy with university and all lately, though I’ve been doing my best to keep the site updated (mainly by weekend translation marathons). The thing is, I bought a set of light novels last month or so and I haven’t been making progress in them at all, so I’m going to have to cut translations out of my schedule so I can get through these. I hate to do this, especially with how stagnated the Touhou music translation scene seems to be, but here’s the deal: I won’t be long. I’m aiming to finish at least 1 volume before Christmas, and right after that, I’ll be back here. As well, even if I don’t reach my goal, I’ll still come back. You see, chemistry class is my top time consumer, but I’m not planning on continuing on with it after this semester, and I’ve estimated I’ll be taking 4.5hours out of my class schedule per week, along with saving countless hours from doing homework. Chemistry homework consistently takes entire nights to finish, so things will be much more free for me once I get this all thrown out the window. Getting a bit ahead of myself here, but next year I have no plans of taking English ever again as well, which should save me even more time by not being required to read stories. So in short, I’ll be focusing on more important priorities for a while until I become gradually less busy.

In other news, we’ve recently passed the 200th song translation on this site, hooray! To be honest, I used to be a pretty bad translator back when I first started out. God knows how many mistakes I’ve made. Going back, I corrected a lot of them, but man, there were some pretty dumb ones, and I’ve probably missed over a couple. That’s not to say I’m some sort of expert now though, I’ve still got long ways to go, but I’ve definitely been seeing myself improve a lot over the months of working on all these songs. This is one of the main reasons I want to prioritize reading books for a while though: They give a sort of experience that song translating can’t give, so I see it as a sort of investment to build my song translation skill in the long term. They also immensely build up your vocabulary, which is always helpful. Right now, I’m at about an estimated 4000 words that I can read off-hand without a dictionary, so I’ve still got a long way to go before I’m anywhere near fluent, but I’m making progress. Oh yeah, I’ve also been thinking about making a short page on tips and tricks for song translating lately. I would still hardly call myself a good enough translator to write it up yet though, but in the future that’ll probably be a thing, if anyone actually cares about that sort of thing. Also, I should give a special shout out to all you youtubers out there making videos with my translations, thanks for all the support!

That about covers all I’ve got to say here, I’ll be back as soon as I can.

Thanks for keeping with me! Until next time.

 

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root_B / nephilim

Requested by Primity, been a while since I did a Syrufit song. I’m honestly very surprised this song was left untranslated though. Beautiful stuff.

★ Title: root_B / nephilim
☆ Album: Love=ALL
★ Album Artist: Syrufit (Studio “Syrup Comfiture”)
☆Vocals and lyrics: Tsubaki Ichimatsu (市松 椿)
★ Arrangement: Mano
☆ Original Title: Voile, the Magic Library (ヴワル魔法図書館)
・The Young Descendant of Tepes (ツェペシュの幼き末裔)


世界が最後の呼吸をしたら
その時神話が終わるのだろう
道なき道へと進む決意で
僕らは輝きはじめる

sekai ga saigo no kokyuu o shitara
sono toki shinwa ga owaru no darou
michi naki michi e to susumu ketsui de
bokura wa kagayaki hajimeru

When the world breathes its last breath
at that time, legends will also end won’t they
With determination to proceed down a roadless path
we begin to shine

地平を泳ぐ魚になって
土を起こして 木々を倒して
泣く夢を見たんだ

chihei o oyogu sakana ni natte
tsuchi o okoshite kigi o taoshite
naku yume o mita n da

I had a dream where I became a fish out of water
I disturbed the land, knocked down trees
and I cried

彼らが描く理想郷では
確かなものは何もないのに
誰もが幸せだ

karera ga egaku risoukyou de wa
tashika na mono wa nani mo nai noni
dare mo ga shiawase da

In the Arcadia that those guys envision
though there’s nothing that’s for certain
everyone is in happiness

何度も何度もふりかえっても
僕らは過ち繰り返してる
それでも求めずにはいられない
ああ欲深き人間だ僕は

nando mo nando mo furi kaettemo
bokura wa ayamachi kuri kaeshiteru
sore demo motomezu ni wa irarenai
aa yokubukaki ningen da boku wa

Time and time again, even though we look back
we keep repeating mistakes
Even so, we can’t help but seek
Ah, I’m such a greedy human being, aren’t I

愛のように純粋じゃないけど
人を愛すように
世界を裏切る
君を愛すように

ai no you ni junsui janai kedo
hito o aisu you ni
sekai o uragiru
kimi o aisu you ni

Although it’s not pure like love
in order to love people
I’ll betray the world
In order to love you

大地が墜ちる合図がなって
人はそれぞれ天に向かって
功績を叫んだ

daichi ga ochiru aizu ga natte
hito wa sorezore ten ni mukatte
kouseki o sakenda

Signs that the world will fall came to be
People each looked up to the heavens
and shouted out their good deeds

愛のように純粋じゃないから
人を裏切って
傷つけあうばかりで
それでも受け入れて
いくしかないならば
人を愛すように
世界抱きしめた
君を愛すように

ai no you ni junsui janai kara
hito o uragitte
kizutsuke au bakari de
sore demo uke irete
iku shika nai naraba
hito o aisu you ni
sekai daki shimeta
kimi o aisu you ni

Because it’s not pure like love
I betray mankind
we all just hurt each other
But even so, I’ll accept it
if we can do nothing but move on
In order to love people
I embraced the world
In order to love you