虹の彼方 | Over the Rainbow

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Requested by ix leza, it wasn’t the easiest to find the lyrics of this song, especially with fifty others with close to the same name, but I managed, and here we are.

★ Title: 虹の彼方
☆ Album: 虹の彼方-seven colors variations-
★ Publisher: SCHOLE INC.
☆ Vocals: lasah
★ Arrangement, composition and lyrics: Akira Kosemura (小瀬村晶)
☆ Website: http://www.scholecultures.net/


水平線の
その先に
君を連れて行くのさ
Today, tonight
悲しみだけ
置き去りに
君と歩いて行くのさ
What day? Some day
見上げた空の
その先に揺る
虹の彼方へ
行く
二人で
花の香りに
心を寄せて
夏の星座
夢いつか

suiheisen no
sono saki ni
kimi o tsurete yuku no sa
Today, tonight
kanashimi dake
oki zari ni
kimi to aruite yuku no sa
What day? Some day
mi ageta sora no
sono saki ni yuru
niji no kanata e
yuku
futari de
hana no kaori ni
kokoro o yosete
natsu no seiza
yume itsu ka

Beyond the
horizon
I’ll take you, you see
Today, tonight
Leaving behind
only sadness
I’ll walk with you, you see
What day? Some day
Over the rainbow
flickering beyond the
sky we looked up to
We’ll go
together
I let my heart go out to
the fragrance of the flowers
The constellations of summer
will someday be a dream

水平線の
その先に
僕ら何を見るのだろう
What do you see?
君と二人
寄り添って
僕ら　どこへでも行ける
Forever with you
見上げた空の
その先に揺る
虹の彼方へ
行く
二人で
思い描いた
僕らの未来
ここからきっと
始める

suiheisen no
sono saki ni
bokura nani o miru no darou
What do you see?
kimi to futari
yori sotte
bokura doko e demo yukeru
Forever with you
mi ageta sora no
sono saki ni yuru
niji no kanata e
yuku
futari de
omoi egaita
bokura no mirai
koko kara kitto
hajimeru

Beyond the
horizon
I wonder what we’ll see
What do you see?
With you
we’ll draw close together
We’re able to go anywhere
Forever with you
Over the rainbow
flickering beyond the
sky we looked up to
We’ll go
together
The future of ours
that we envisioned
from here on out surely
it begins

虹の彼方へ　虹の彼方へ
何の先前　何の先前
夢の続きは　夢の続きは
語り渡そう　語り渡そう
虹の彼方へ　虹の彼方へ
何の先まで　何の先まで
夢の続きは　夢の続きは
Ha…

niji no kanata e niji no kanata e
nani no saki mae nani no saki mae
yume no tsudzuki wa yume no tsudzuki wa
katari watasou katari watasou
niji no kanata e niji no kanata e
nani no saki made nani no saki made
yume no tsudzuki wa yume no tsudzuki wa
Ha…

Over the rainbow, over the rainbow
What comes before it? What comes before it?
The contiunation of our dreams, the contiunation of our dreams
try to carry across their talk, try to carry across their talk
Over the rainbow, over the rainbow
To what ends? To what ends?
The contiunation of our dreams, the contiunation of our dreams
Ha…

見上げた空の
その先に揺る
虹の彼方へ
行く　二人で
花の香りに
心を寄せて
夏の星座
夢いつか
見上げた空の
その先に揺る
虹の彼方へ
行く　二人で
思い描いた
僕らの未来
ここからきっと
始める

mi ageta sora no
sono saki ni yuru
niji no kanata e
yuku futari de
hana no kaori ni
kokoro o yosete
natsu no seiza
yume itsu ka
mi ageta sora no
sono saki ni yuru
niji no kanata e
yuku futari de
omoi egaita
bokura no mirai
koko kara kitto
hajimeru

Over the rainbow
flickering beyond the
sky we looked up to
We’ll go together
I let my heart go out to
the fragrance of the flowers
The constellations of summer
will someday be a dream
Over the rainbow
flickering beyond the
sky we looked up to
We’ll go together
The future of ours
that we envisioned
from here on out surely
it begins

夢の雫 | Droplets of Dreams

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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

靴の音を、響かせて、その手を | Those Hands, Let Resound, the Sound of These Shoes

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The touhou wiki has the song title as “Let the Sounds of Those Shoes Resound, with Your Hands”  in English, but personally, I think that’d be more fitting if it said 「その手で」 in the title instead, so here we are with this one. Lets see, this song would seem to be about Meiling all alone back in China, waiting to be taken in by someone (Who, as we know, would come to be Remilia). It’s neat to see how it changes from “for someone” to “for you” throughout the song.

One of the stranger words from this song would have to be 生まれ溢れて. Actually, its whole stanza there feels pretty ugly in English as I have it, but there’s not much you can do there I don’t think.

★ Title: 靴の音を、響かせて、その手を
☆ Album: 彩 -Irodori-
★ Album Artist: 凋叶棕
☆ Vocals: Meramipop (めらみぽっぷ)
★Lyrics and arrangment: RD-Sounds
☆ Original Title: Shanghai Alice of meiji 17 (明治十七年の上海アリス)
★ Website: http://www.rd-sounds.com/


今はまだ、どこかに埋もれる
価値のない
ガラクタのようなものでも、

ima wa mada, doko ka ni umoreru
kachi no nai
garakuta no you na mono demo,

Still as of now, buried off somewhere
though comparable
to trash with no value,

拾い上げて覗いてみれば、ほら。
輝くものを
大事に抱えています。

hiroi agete nozoite mireba, hora.
kagayaku mono o
daiji ni kaketeimasu.

if you were to pick it up and try taking a peek, just look.
You’ll find that you’re
preciously holding something shining.

“我一直在这里等着你”

“wǒ yīzhí zài zhèlǐ děngzhe nǐ”

“I’ll always be here waiting for you”

それは私のどこからか
いつか生まれ溢れて、
心、満ちゆく音色。

sore wa watashi no doko kara ka
itsu ka umare aferete,
kokoro, michi yuku uta

Someday to overflow with birth
that’s my from somewhere,
heart, filling song.

届けたいな。
伝えたいな。

todoketai na.
tsutaetai na.

I want to send it out.
I want to transmit it.

ねぇ、耳を傾けて？

nee, mimi o katamukete

Hey, will you lend an ear?

いつか
であうべき人のため
この身を捧ぐ人のため

itsu ka
de aubeki hito no tame
kono mi o sasagu hito no tame

Someday
for the sake of the one whom I should meet
for the sake of the one whom I offer to this body

迎えられるその日を
いつか、いつかと、待ち焦がれて

mukaerareru sono hi o
itsu ka, itsu ka to, machi kogarete

For the day when I’m received
when that is, when that is, I eagerly await

どうか
靴の音を響かせて
この心へと響かせて

douka
kutsu no ne o hibikasete
kono kokoro e to hibikasete

Would you please
let the sound of these shoes resound?
Let it resound towards this heart

名も持たぬこの私に
どうかその手を伸ばして

na mo motanu kono watashi ni
douka sono te o nobashite

Towards I who have no name
would you please reach out that hand?

もしも願いが、叶うのだとしたら
この身にしか
為しえぬことを為したいと、

moshi mo negai ga, kanau no da toshitara
kono mi ni shika
nashienu koto o nashitai to,

If my wish, were to come true
I say I’d want to succeed in
what only this body can do,

訪れ来るあまねく人々を
迎えられる様な
「呼び鈴」でありたい。

otozure kuru amaneku hitobito o
mukaerareru you na
「yobi rin」 de aritai.

I want to be a “calling bell”
that can call out for people
that come and visit from far and wide.

“我一直在这里等着你”

“wǒ yīzhí zài zhèlǐ děngzhe nǐ”

“I’ll always be here waiting for you”

夢を手繰って夢葛
想い添えて、いつしか、
華ひらくようにと。

yume o tagutte yume kazura
omoi soete, itsu shika,
hana hiraku you ni to.

Dream vines to pull in dreams
If you add your feelings, before you realize,
they say it’ll be like flowers blooming

願いたいな。
叶えたいな。

negaitai na.
kanaetai na.

I want to make a wish.
I want it to be granted.

ねぇ、耳を傾けて？

nee, mimi o katamukete?

Hey, will you lend an ear?

いつか
であうべき人のため
この身を捧ぐ人のため

itsu ka
de aubeki hito no tame
kono mi o sasagu hito no tame

Someday
for the sake of the one whom I should meet
for the sake of the one whom I offer to this body

その手に抱かれる日を
いまか、いまかと、待ち焦がれて

sono te ni dakareru hi o
ima ka, ima ka to, machi kogarete

For the day when I’m embraced by those arms
if that’s now, if that’s now, I eagerly await

どうか
靴の音を響かせて
この心へと響かせて

douka
kutsu no ne o hibikasete
kono kokoro e to hibikasete

Would you please
let the sound of these shoes resound?
Let it resound towards this heart

名も持たぬこの私に
どうかその手を伸ばして

na mo motanu kono watashi ni
douka sono te o nobashite

Towards I who have no name
would you please reach out that hand?

夢を見る
いつか、その扉を開けて、
運命の人が現れて、
遠い場所へ、連れて行って、
居場所を与えてくださるのだと、

yume o miru
itsu ka, sono tobira o akete,
unmei no hito ga arawarete,
tooi basho e, tsurete itte,
ibasho o ataete kudasaru no da to,

I have a dream
someday, I’ll open that door,
the one of my fate will appear,
she’ll take me away, to a far place,
she’ll kindly give to me a place where I belong,

…夢を見る。

…yume o miru.

…that’s what I dream.

いつか
であうべき人のため
この身を捧ぐ人のため

itsu ka
de aubeki hito no tame
kono mi o sasagu hito no tame

Someday
for the sake of the one whom I should meet
for the sake of the one whom I offer to this body

うつくしき音色を
お求めになるのでしたらば

utsukushiki utagoe o
omotome ni naru no de shitaraba

If it comes to seeking out
a beautiful singing voice

きっと
誰よりも素敵な音色を
あなたの為に鳴らしましょう。

kitto
dare yori mo suteki na ne o
anata no tame ni narashimashou.

surely
more so than anyone else
for your sake I shall sing a lovely sound

名も持たぬこの私に
命の意味を与えて

no mo motanu kono watashi ni
inochi no imi o ataete

To I who have no name
give my life a meaning

であうべきあなたのため
この身を捧ぐあなたのため

de aubeki anata no tame
kono mi o sasagu anata no tame

For the sake of you whom I should meet
For the sake of you whom I offer to this body

その身に仕える日を
いまか、いまかと、待ち焦がれて

sono mi ni tsukaeru hi o
ima ka, ima ka to, machi kogarete

For the day when I serve you
if that’s now, if that’s now, I eagerly await

どうか
靴の音を響かせて
この心へと響かせて

douka
kutsu no ne o hibikasete
kono kokoro e to hibikasete

Would you please
let the sound of these shoes resound?
Let it resound towards this heart

名も持たぬこの私に
どうかその手を伸ばして

na mo motanu kono watashi ni
douka sono te o nobashite

Towards I who have no name
would you please reach out that hand?

Peaceful Distance

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Phew, I’ve been thinking about trying my hand out on one of RD’s songs for a while, and here we are. It really is a peaceful song though, and hardly sounds like Merami on vocals (I swear she almost sounds just like Chata in this). Anyways, maybe it’s just me, but I feel like this turned out pretty smoothly. If you look at the booklet page, this song could very well be interpreted as a song about Patchouli and Alice.

★ Title: Peaceful Distance
☆ Album: 憩 -Ikoi-
★ Album Artist: 凋叶棕
☆ Vocals: Meramipop (めらみぽっぷ)
★Lyrics and arrangment: RD-Sounds
☆ Original Title: Voile, the Magic Library (ヴワル魔法図書館)
・The Doll Maker of Bucuresti (ブクレシュティの人形師)
★ Website: http://www.rd-sounds.com/


静かにたゆたう
言葉の要らない空間に二人寄り添いながら…

shizuka ni tayutau
kotoba no iranai kuukan ni futari yori soi nagara…

Peacefully swaying back and forth
while snuggling close in this room that requires no words…

―そっと、ページをめくるおと。
遠く続く、空間の残響。

―sotto, peeji o mekuru oto.
tooku tsudzuku, kuukan no hibiki.

―Gently, was the sound of the page turning.
It continues far, this room’s echo.

そこは、けして壊されることのない、静謐が。
ずっと悠久を湛えている。

soko wa, keshite kowasareru koto no nai, seihitsu ga.
zutto yuukyuu o tataeteiru.

In that place, it’ll certainly never be destroyed, that peacefulness.
Continuing to forever fill eternity.

―そっと、紅茶を啜るおと。
遠く続く、空間の音響。

―sotto, koucha o susuru oto.
tooku tsudzuku, kuukan no hibiki.

―Gently, was the sound of sipping on black tea.
It continues far, this room’s sound.

そこは、けして崩されることのない、静寂が。
果てしなく続いている。

soko wa, keshita kuzusareru koto no nai, seijaku ga.
hate shinaku tsudzuiteiru.

In that place, it’ll certainly never be demolished, that silence.
Continuing without an end.

それぞれ思い思いの
時間を過ごしてゆく

sorezore omoi omoi no
jikan o sugoshite yuku

We pass by each and every time
of doing as we please

静かにたゆたう
言葉の要らない空間に二人寄り添いながら…

shizuka ni tayutau
kotoba no iranai kuukan ni futari yori soi nagara…

Peacefully swaying back and forth
while snuggling close in this room that requires no words…

広がる充たされた空間の最中に
得がたい安息を今、感じてる

hirogaru mitasareta kuukan no sanaka ni
egatai ansoku o ima, kanjiteru

Spreading out from the innermost of this filled room
I feel an unobtainable rest, as of now

本には書かれていない、この距離感。
つかず離れずが心地よいから。

hon ni wa kakareteinai, kono kyorikan.
tsukazu hanarezu ga kokochi yoi kara.

Unwritten within books, this sense of distance.
Because maintaining this distance feels pleasant.

―そっと、ページをめくるおと。
どこか、規則的なその周期。

―sotto, peeji o mekuru oto.
doko ka, kisokuteki na sono shuuki.

―Gently, was the sound of the page turning.
Somewhere, was that routine cycle.

それは、もしかしたらその中身より、大切な。
『何か』に気をとられている証拠？

sore wa, moshikashitara sono nakami yori, taisetsu na.
『nani ka』 ni ki o torareteiru shouko?

That is, perhaps rather than the contents, important.
The evidence that my attention is caught by “something” else?

―そっと、紅茶を啜るおと。
どこか、機械的なその間隔。

―sotto, koucha o susuru oto.
doko ka, kikaiteki na sono kankaku.

―Gently, was the sound of sipping on black tea.
Somewhere, was that machine-like interval.

それは、もしかしたらその風味より、重要な。
『誰か』を気にしているから？

sore wa, moshikashitara sono fuumi yori, juuyou na.
『dare ka』 wo ki ni shiteiru kara?

That is, perhaps rather than the taste, essential.
Because of paying attention “someone” else?

尊敬と羨望と
それよりも純粋な興味

sonkei to senbou to
sore yori mo junsui na kyoumi

Respect and envy
I have interest in something more genuine than those

互いに不可侵
だけど、どうしても意識をせずには、居られない。

tagai ni fukashin
dakedo, doushitemo ishiki o sezu ni wa, irarenai.

Mutually, inviolable
however, no matter what I just can’t be without being aware.

不得手な意思の伝え方を図り合う
求め合う些細な偶然の果て

fuete na ishi no tsutaekata o hakari au
motome au sasai na guuzen no hate

We come together to plan how to convey our weak wills
at the end of the trivial coincidence that we come together to seek

不意にぶつかり合う視線の交錯
また無限の意味が生まれてく

fui ni butsukari au shisen no kousaku
mata mugen no imi ga umarete ku

Suddenly was the collide between our mixing gazes
and again infinite meanings come to be born

遠くは、乱さない程に。
近くは、感じられる程に。

tooku wa, midasanai hodo ni.
chikaku wa, kanjirareru hodo ni.

Far away, to the point of not disturbing.
Close enough, to the point of being able to feel.

心の有り様も
何もかもが快いほどの距離…安息の距離。

kokoro no ariyou mo
nani mo kamo ga kokoroyoi hodo no kyori, ansoku no kyori.

The state of our hearts
and everything else is at a pleasant distance… a restful distance.

広がる充たされた空間の最中に
得がたい安息を今、感じてる

hirogaru mitasareta kuukan no sanaka ni
egatai ansoku o ima, kanjiteru

Spreading out from the innermost of the filled room
I feel an unobtainable rest, as of now

本には書かれていない、この距離感。
つかず離れずが心地よいから。

hon ni wa kakareteinai, kono kyorikan.
tsukazu hanarezu ga kokochi yoi kara.

Unwritten within books, this sense of distance.
Because maintaining this distance feels pleasant.

もういっそずっとこのまま悠久を抱いて
いつまでも変わることのないままに

mou isso zutto kono mama yuukyuu o idaite
itsu made mo kawaru koto no nai mama ni

I’d sooner rather to forever embrace eternity like this
as everything remains forever without a change

言葉の要らない空間に寄り添う
二人だけの静寂がここに

kotoba no iranai kuukan ni yori sou
futari dake no seijaku ga koko ni

We snuggle close in this room that requires no words
The silence for just us alone is here

永遠の距離を保ちながら…

eien no kyori o tamochinagara…

while preserving this eternal distance…