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…

そしていつかまた出逢って ~Eternal Flower | Thus Someday They’ll Meet Again ~ Eternal Flower

Let me just throw out a disclaimer right now, this is a largely experimental translation. Lots of classical grammar in this, which is not my forte.

I was a huge fan of the original non-vocal song, then I discovered that this existed just today,  and felt largely compelled to attempt it.

★ Title: そしていつかまた出逢って ~Eternal Flower
☆ Album: 改 -Aratame-
★ Album Artist: 凋叶棕
☆ Vocals: Meramipop (めらみぽっぷ)
★ Lyrics and arrangment: RD-Sounds
☆ Original Titles: Lovely Mound of Cherry Blossoms ~ Flower of Japan (桜花之恋塚 ~ Flower of Japan)
★ Website: http://www.rd-sounds.com/


おぼつかぬ足取り
見るだに頼り無く

obotsukanu ashi tori
miru dani tayorinaku

It’s an uncertain path
even sight is undependable

その目に見て取るは
ただただ日の浅さ

sono me ni mite toru wa
tada tada hi no asasa

All your eyes will take in is
only, only the shortness of the days

―いつか
何処かで生まれ 何処かへ消える
夢幻のように

―itsu ka
doko ka de umare doko ka e kieru
mugen no you ni

―In time
they’ll be born somewhere, they’ll disappear somewhere
just like dreams and fantasies

何処かで生きて 何処かへ逝くは
泡沫のように

doko ka de ikite doko ka e yuku wa
utakata no you ni

They’ll live somewhere, they’ll die somewhere
just like bubbles soon to burst

揺れる花
ひとつ大きく咲いた花でさえも
いつかその身散らすのは

yureru hana
hitotsu ookiku saita hana de sae mo
itsu ka sono mi chirasu no wa

The swaying flowers
even the single flowers that bloomed grandly
someday will scatter themselves

振れる花
烈しく生きたその命が褪せるも
それは定めと想うのみ

fureru hana
hageshiku ikita sono iro ga aseru mo
sore wa sadame to omoi nomi

The waving flowers
whose colours of life that lived so brightly will too fade
I only imagine that as fate

そうして、遙かな時の流れを思うとき。
現は、夢の如く。

sou shite, haruka na toki no nagare o omou toki.
utsutsu wa, yume no gotoku.

Like that, when you think of the far stream of time.
Reality, will seem as a dream.

花は幻想のまま、在るが故に。
全てはありのままに。

hana wa gensou no mama, aru ga yue ni.
subete wa ari no mama ni.

The flowers will remain as fantasies, therefore.
Everything will remain as is.

―そして
いつか出逢って いつか別離れて
全ては廻る

―soshite
itsu ka de atte itsu ka wakarete
subete wa meguru

―Thus
someday they’ll meet, someday they’ll part
and everything will cycle

萌える花
受け継いだその命を抱えながら
貴女らしく咲かせよと

moeru hana
uke tsuida sono iro o kakaenagara
anata rashiku sakaseyo to

The budding flowers
while bearing the inherited colours of life
They say to make them bloom just like you

震う花
まだ何も知らぬと言うに等しくば
その命若くいとおしく

furuu hana
mada nani mo shiranu to iu ni hitoshikuba
sono iro wakaku itooshiku

The trembling flowers
if it’s similar to saying they know not yet a thing
then their colours of life are young and precious

そうして、あまねく花と同じく育つなら。
現は、夢の如く。

sou shite, amaneku hana to onajiku sodatsu nara.
utsutsu wa, yume no gotoku.

Like that, if they all grow the same as flowers far and wide.
Reality, will seem as a dream.

いつしかその命、空に還すまで
願うはたった一つ

itsu shika sono iro, sora ni kaesu made
negau wa tatta hitotsu

Until before long, and they return their colours of life to the sky
I only wish for one thing

咲き誇れ、大輪の花。ただ強く、凛と。

saki hokore, tairin no hana. tada tsuyoku, rin to.

Bloom with pride, grand flowers. With naught but strength, and dignity.

遙かな時の流れを思うとき。
現は、夢の如く。

sou shite, haruka na toki no nagare o omou toki.
utsutsu wa, yume no gotoku.

When you think of the far stream of time.
Reality, will seem a dream.

花は幻想のまま、在るが故に。
全てはありのままに。

hana wa gensou no mama, aru ga yue ni.
subete wa ari no mama ni.

The flowers will remain as fantasies, therefore.
Everything will remain as is.

―そしていつか出逢って いつか別離れて 全てまた廻る

―soshite itsu ka de atte itsu ka wakarete subete mata meguru

―Thus, someday they’ll meet, someday they’ll part, and everything will cycle again

A-Yah-YAh-YaH-YAH!

Requested by Matias Albertini, I’m not the biggest fan of Aya, but even so, this song and these lyrics sure are great.

★ Title: A-Yah-YAh-YaH-YAH!
☆ Album: 綴 -Tuduri-
★ Album Artist: 凋叶棕
☆ Vocals: Meramipop (めらみぽっぷ)
★ Lyrics and arrangment: RD-Sounds
☆ Original Titles: Wind God Girl (風神少女)
★ Website: http://www.rd-sounds.com/


夢は現 誠も偽
されば何を真とす
追い求め続けるものは形無き真実

yume wa utstsu makoto mo nise
sareba nani o shin to su
oi motome tsudzukeru mono wa katachi naki shinjitsu

Dreams are reality, both true and false
If so, what do you take as real?
That which I continue to pursue is a formless truth

シャッターを切る音が私を熱くする
そうして、生まれる素敵なフォトグラフ

shattaa o kiru oto ga watashi o atsuku suru
sou shite, umareru suteki na fotogurafu

The sound of the shutter’s click fills me with passion
Like that, a lovely new photograph is born

移ろい変わることのないその風景
そう、それは揺るぎ無き信念の証

utsuroi kawaru koto no nai sono fuukei
sou, sore wa yurugi naki shinnen no akashi

The scene is one never to change
Yes, that’s a shakeless proof of belief

瞳に映る私は一体誰?
それこそ、紛い物のイマジネイション

hitomi ni utsuru watashi wa ittai dare?
sore koso, magai mono no imajineishon

Just who am I, seen in their eyes?
That there, is a false imagination

視線の先に映る私は
どれほど歪んでいるのだろう?

shisen no saki ni utsuru watashi wa
dore hodo yugandeiru no darou?

Just how distorted am I
seen down their line of sight?

まるで「あられもないモノを写す者」と
決め付けているようで・・・

maru de 「arare mo nai mono o utsusu mono」 to
kime tsuketeiru you de…

It seems they assume it’s as if I’m a
“photographer of foolish things…”

負けられない気持ちを胸に
私は奔り続けて

makerarenai kimochi o mune ni
watashi wa hashiri tsudzukete

I will continue to drive my undefeatable feelings
towards my heart

旋風よ!
どうか声を乗せて届けてほしい
人の心に響くのならば

kaze yo!
douka koe o nosete todokete hoshii
hito no kokoro ni hibiku no naraba

Oh, whirl wind!
Somehow, please, I want you to send my voice
if it’ll resound in the people’s hearts

追い求めるモノを写し続けていたい
どうか信じてほしいこの言葉

oi motomeru mono o utsushi tsudzuketeitai
douka shinjite hoshii kono kotoba

I want to continue to photograph that which I pursue
Please have faith in these words

この名は真実を伝える者の証
そう信じて私は叫び続ける

kono na wa shinjitsu o tsutaeru mono no akashi
sou shinjite watashi wa sakebi tsudzukeru

This name is proof of one that reports truth
I believe so and continue to shout

A-Yah-YAh-YaH-YAH!

言葉を紡ぐ手が私を奮わせる
そうして、生まれる麗しのアーティクル

kotoba o tsumugu te ga watashi o furuwaseru
sou shite, umareru uruwashi no aatikuru

The hands that weave words cause me to rouse
Like that, a beautiful new article is born

誰にも壊されることのないその文字
そう、それは誇り高き追求の証

dare ni mo kowasareru koto no nai sono moji
sou, sore wa hokori takaki tsuikyuu no akashi

The letters of which nobody can destroy
Yes, that’s the proof of a proud pursuit

何物を信じない人々の声
それこそ、拠り所も不確かなのに

nani mono o shinjinai hitobito no koe
sore koso, yoridokoro mo futashika na noni

The voice of the people who believe nothing
That there, is unreliable from the foundation, but even so

脳裏に思い描く私は
どれほど歪んでいるのだろう?

nouri ni omoi egaku watashi wa
dore hodo yugandeiru no darou?

How distorted am I
that they imagine in their heads?

まるで「偽りを書き連ね記す者」と
決め付けているようで・・・

maru de 「itsuwari o kaki tsurane shirusu mono」 to
kim tsuketeiru you de…

It seems they assume it’s as if I’m a
“reporter that notes down lies…”

負けられない気持ちを胸に
私は示し続けて

makerarenai kimochi o mune ni
watashi wa shimeshi tsudzukete

I will continue to show my undefeatable feelings
to my heart

疾風よ!
どうか声を乗せて届けてほしい
人の心に届くのならば

kaze yo!
douka koe o nosete todokete hoshii
hito no kokoro ni todoku no naraba

Oh, wind gust!
Somehow, please, I want you to send my voice
if it’ll reach the people’s hearts

追い求めるモノを記し続けていたい
どうか信じて欲しいこの言葉

oi motomeru mono o shirushi tsudzuketeitai
douka shinjite hoshii kono kotoba

I want to continue to report that which I pursue
Please have faith in these words

この名は真実を伝える者の誇り
そう信じて私は叫び続ける

kono na wa shinjitsu o tsutaeru mono no hokori
sou shinjite watashi wa sakebi tsudzukeru

This name is the pride of one that reports truth
I believe so and continue to shout

A-Yah-YAh-YaH-YAH!

――私が私であるために、
――誇りを持ち続けて行くために、
――清く正しいその姿のために、

――watashi ga watashi de aru tame ni,
――hokori o mochi tsudzukete iku tame ni,
――kiyoku tadashii sono sugata no tame ni,

――For me to be myself
――For me to go and continue to hold pride
――For that form to be purely truth

私の名を示し続けたい

watashi no na o shimeshi tsudzuketai

I want to continue representing my name

神風よ!
どうか声を乗せて届けてほしい
人の心に届けてほしい

kaze yo!
douka koe o nosete todokete hoshii
hito no kokoro ni todokete hoshii

Oh, divine wind!
Somehow, please, I want you to send my voice
I want it to reach the hearts of the people

夢は現 誠も偽
されば何を真とす
追い求め続けるものは形無き真実

yume wa utstsu makoto mo nise
sareba nani o shin to su
oi motome tsudzukeru mono wa katachi naki shinjitsu

Dreams are reality, both true and false
If so, what do you take as real?
That which I continue to pursue is a formless truth

いつかたどり着く真実に
私は立っているのだと頑なに信じ続けて

itsu ka tadori tsuku shinjitsu ni
watashi wa tatteiru no da to katakuma ni shinji tsudzukete

I firmly continue to believe
that someday I’ll be standing
on the truth I reach

この名を聞けよ音に風に声枯れんばかりに
私は叫び続ける

kono na o kike yo oto ni kaze ni koe kare n bakari ni
watashi wa sakebi tsudzukeru

Listen up for this name, my voice will just die in the wind and sound
so I’ll continue to shout

A-Yah-YAh-YaH-YAH!

ブラック・ロータス | Black・Lotus

This song looks to me that it reflects the backstory of a certain religious leader who had a close experience with death, and upon realizing that things weren’t as blessful after all, abandoned her teachings to live on.

★ Title: ブラック・ロータス
☆ Album: 屠 -Hohuri-
★ Album Artist: 凋叶棕
☆ Vocals: Meramipop (めらみぽっぷ)
★ Lyrics and arrangment: RD-Sounds
☆ Original Titles: Emotional Skyscraper ~ Cosmic Mind (感情の摩天楼 ~ Cosmic Mind)
★ Website: http://www.rd-sounds.com/


今際のときにさえ
その道を説くこと

imawa no toki ni sae
sono michi o toku koto

Even at the brink of death
preaching that path

その心に幾ばくかの影 在れば或いはと

sono kokoro ni ikubaku ka no kage areba arui wa to

“If there are some shadows in your heart, or otherwise…”

いとしきその名を呼び
どれほど惜しんでも

itoshiki sono na o yobi
dore hodo oshindemo

Even if you called out that name dear to you
no matter how much you don’t want to move on

その声が此処を向くことは 終ぞ此の時
ありはしなかった

sono koe ga kochira o muku koto wa tsuizo kono toki
ari wa shinakatta

that voice wasn’t facing this way anymore
not at all

せめて 最後には 応える言葉を
一言二言さえあれば
あるいはそれが かなしむ胸中
取除いて くれたかと
嘆きの哭 呼びさますことも
できずに 届かぬ距離を錯覚う

semete saigo ni wa kotaeru kotoba o
hitokoto futakoto sae areba
arui wa sore ga kanashimu mune
tori nozoite kureta ka to
nageki no oto yobi samasu koto mo
dekizu ni todokanu kyori o omou

“At least if I had even one or two
words to respond in the end
or otherwise if they took away
my grieving heart”
I deludedly think about the unreachable distance
from which no voice or sound of anguish can call awake

私はこうして独りになっていった。

watashi wa kou shite hitori ni natteita.

Like this I had become all on my own.

もう、誰もいない。独りになる。
それが恐ろしいのかと。自問えば。
そうでもあり。そうではなく。
ただなぜか戦慄く手の。
わけのわからぬまま。止められなく。
その衝動に埋もれながら。

mou, dare mo inai. hitori ni naru.
sore ga osoroshii no ka to. toeba.
sou de mo ari. sou de wa naku.
tada naze ka wananaku te no.
wake no wakaranu mama. tomerarenaku.
sono shodou ni umorenagara.

Not anymore is there anyone. I’ll be in solitude.
If I question myself whether that’s something dreadful.
Whether it is. Or if it isn’t.
I still remain unable to understand why.
Why my hands just tremble. Unable to be stopped.
While I’m buried in that instinct.

私は何を怖れている。

watashi wa nani o osoreteiru.

What am I afraid of.

握り締めていた手を
開いて見つめれば

nigiri shimeteita te o
hiraite mitsumereba

If I open up the hand I held firmly shut
and take a good look

見る影無く枯れ細った手に 老い白んだ髪

miru kage nakku kare hosotta te ni oi shiranda kami

Near unrecognizable, I see aged whitened hair in my thinned withered hand

私はあなたほど
強くも無ければと

watashi wa anata hodo
tsuyoku mo nakereba to

“If I’m not even
as strong as you…”

この心に幾ばくかの影 振り払うなど
できはしなかった

kono kokoro ni ikubaku no kage furi harau nado
deki wa shinakatta

I couldn’t even shake off a few shadows
from my heart

曰く そも受け入れ難きことにも
心の在り方を正せばと
寄辺とした 教示さえ今
空しければ 意味は無く
うつろうべく 生きることは苦と
思い至ることも必定と

iwaku somo uke ire gataki koto ni mo
kokoro no arikata o tadaseba to
yorube to shita oshie sae ima
munashikereba imi wa naku
utsurou beku ikiru koto wa ku to
omoi itaru koto mo hitsujou to

They say “if you reform your heart’s ways in things that
from the start are difficult to accept..”
If even my resorted teachings are now
empty, it’s inevitable to realize
that living for the purpose of change
without meaning is suffering

わたしはこうして独りになっていく。

watashi wa kou shite hitori ni natte iku.

Like this I am sinking into solitude.

そう、生きていたい。消えてしまう。
それが恐ろしいのだと。気付く。
何物でもなく。何者でもなく。
ただこの身だけを惜しんで。
老いて消えゆくまで。止められなく。
その衝撃に打ちのめされて。

sou, ikiteitai. kiete shimau.
sore ga osoroshii no da to. kidzuku.
nan demo naku. dare demo naku.
tada kono mi dake o oshinde.
oite kie yuku made. tomerarenaku.
sono shougeki ni uchinomesarete.

Yes, I want to keep living. I’ll end up disappearing.
That is indeed dreadful. I realize.
Without anything. Without anyone.
Holding close this body alone.
and growing old until fading away. Unable to be stopped.
I’m overwhelmed by that shock.

私は怯えているのだ。

watashi wa obieteiru no da.

I am indeed afraid.

こうして消えていくは世の倣いであるなど
わたしはもはや認められない

kou shite kiete yuku wa yo no narai de aru nado
watashi wa mo haya mitomerarenai

To fade away like this is just how the world works
No longer can I accept that

あの花の形を移したこの髪さえ
わたしはもはや認められはしない

ano hana no irodori o utsushita kono kami sae
watashi wa mohaya mitomerare wa shinai

Even the hair that changed the shape and colour of that flower
no longer can I accept

ゆえに、手繰り寄せる。この両手で
道を踏み外そうとも。それが。
信じたもの。 縋ったもの。
全てに背を向けようとも。
我を喪うこと。止められよう。
その願いさえ叶うのならば。

yue ni, taguri yoseru. kono ryoute de
michi o fumi hazusou tomo. sore ga.
shinjita mono. sugatta mono.
subete ni se o mukeyou tomo.
ware o ushinau koto. tomerareyou.
sono negai sae negau no naraba.

Therefore, I reel in. With both my hands
Even if I shall stray from my path. It’s.
what I believed in. What I clung to.
Even if I turn my back from everything.
I shall be able to prevent. Losing myself.
As long as that wish comes true.

生きてこそ至れるものへ。

ikite koso itareru mono e.

then off, towards things lead to only by living.

―もう、何も怖れない。

―mou, nani mo osorenai.

―Not anymore, am I afraid of anything.