九十九の世界 | tsukumo no sekai | Tsukumo World

It feels slightly clunky, but I think it turned out alright. More confidence with it than “bEAT GATHER” at least. The lyrics are pretty great and full of hype here, but “Maze” is still my favourite from the album I think.

Notes: SO apparently the kanji for the name Tsukumo is actually 九十九, while I had thought that it literally translated to mean Ninety-nine this whole time. Yup, that means this post had to go fixed right up a bunch.

★ Title: 九十九の世界
☆ Album: 輝 -HIKARI-
★ Album Artist: SOUND HOLIC
☆ Vocals: YURiCa (ユリカ)
★ Lyrics: Blue E
☆ Arrangement: 8STYLE
★ Original Title: Magical Storm (マジカルストーム)
– Illusionary Joururi (幻想浄瑠璃)
☆ Website: http://www.sound-holic.com/


ああ 暗黒の魔力で 熱き覚醒を
瞬間 奏でよ
契は血より強く
二人の夢を重ねた

aa yami no chikara de atsuki mezame o
ima kanadeyo
chikiri wa chi yori tsuyoku
futari no yume o kasaneta

Ah, with the magic of darkness, in a moment
play the feverous awakening
Fate is stronger than blood
Both of our dreams have overlapped together

ああ 永遠に等しき 時間の旋律を
刹那 奏でよ
光の弦を弾き
艶やかな音を重ねた 幾重も

aa towa ni hitoshiki toki no shirabe o
ima kanadeyo
hikari no tsuru o hajiki
adeyaka na ne o kasaneta ikue mo

Ah, the melody of time is forever similar,
for a moment play it now

Plucking the strings of light
a glorious sound overlapped, overtoned

そう 使役の理
運命を覆せ 今こそ

sou shieki no kotowari
sadame o kutsugaese ima koso

Yes, it’s the way of cause and effect
overthrow fate, now is the time

張り裂けるほどに
九十九の願望が甦る夜に
憧れの世界を 描く歌を 紡ぐ歌を
何時迄も 唄い続けて
二つの願望が宿る歌を
ただ 繰り返すだけさ

hari sakeru hodo ni
tsukumo no negai ga yomigaeru yoru ni
akogare no sekai o egaku uta o tsumugu uta o
itsu made mo utai tsudzukete
futatsu no negai ga yadoru uta o
tada kurikaesu dake sa

To the point of bursting open
during the night when the desires of the Tsukumo resurrect
Forever continue to sing the song that designs, that weaves
the world that we yearn for
We’ll only just repeat and repeat
the song that our wishes live in

ああ 透ける陰影に その眼凝らして
現在 奏でよ
祈祷を虚空に放ち
厳かな音を重ねた 幾度も

aa sukeru katachi ni sono me korashite
ima kanadeyo
inori o sora ni hanachi
ogosoka na ne o kasaneta ikudo mo

Ah, focus those eyes of yours at the transparent shadows
and now play the music
Firing off our wishes into the clear sky
a majestic sound overlapped, with frequency

そう 奇跡の矛先
生命を取り戻せ 今こそ

sou kiseki no hokosaki
inochi o tori modose ima koso

Yes, it’s a spearheard of miracles
take back and regain life, now is the time

駆り立てるほどに
九十九の野心が燃え上がる夜に
憧れの未来を 描く歌を 紡ぐ歌を
何処迄も 唄い続けて
二つの野心が宿る歌を
ただ 響かせるだけさ

kari tateru hodo ni
tsukumo no negai ga moe agaru yoru ni
akogare no mirai o egaku uta o tsumugu uta o
doko made mo utai tsudzukete
futatsu no negai ga yadoru uta o
tada hibikaseru dake sa

To the point of impelling
during the night when aspirations of the Tsukumo flare up
No matter where, continue to sing the song that designs, that weaves
the future that we yearn for
We’ll only just make it resound
the song our ambitions reside in

そう 使役の理
運命を覆せ 今こそ

sou shieki no kotowari
sadame o kutsugaese ima koso

Yes, it’s the way of cause and effect
overthrow fate, now is the time

張り裂けるほどに
九十九の願望が甦る夜に
憧れの世界を 描く歌を 紡ぐ歌を
何時迄も 唄い続けて
二つの願望が宿る歌を
ただ 繰り返すだけさ

hari sakeru hodo ni
tsukumo no negai ga yomigaeru yoru ni
akogare no sekai o egaku uta o tsumugu uta o
itsu made mo utai tsudzukete
futatsu no negai ga yadoru uta o
tada kurikaesu dake sa

To the point of bursting open
during the night when the desires of the Tsukumo resurrect
Forever continue to sing the song that designs, that weaves
the world that we yearn for
We’ll only just repeat and repeat
the song that our wishes live in

駆り立てるほどに
九十九の野心が燃え上がる夜に
憧れの未来を 描く歌を 紡ぐ歌を
何処迄も 唄い続けて
二つの野心が宿る歌を
ただ 響かせるだけさ

kari tateru hodo ni
tsukumo no negai ga moe agaru yoru ni
akogare no mirai o egaku uta o tsumugu uta o
doko made mo utai tsudzukete
futatsu no negai ga yadoru uta o
tada hibikaseru dake sa

To the point of impelling
during the night when aspirations of the Tsukumo flare up
No matter where, continue to sing the song that designs, that weaves
the future that we yearn for
We’ll only just make it resound
the song our ambitions reside in

 

Gonna play the song

More cheating by me, another non-Japanese song.

★ Title: Gonna play the song
☆ Album: 輝 -HIKARI-
★ Album Artist: SOUND HOLIC
☆ Vocals: A~YA
★ Arrangement: Swing Holic Band
☆ Lyrics: Blue E
★ Original Title: Thunderclouds of Magical Power (魔力の雷雲)
☆ Website: http://www.sound-holic.com/

 

Everything has its spirit at the inside
And it only sleeps until called by anyone
The wonderful instruments, we are just it
Oh, Spiritual ! you will say out
The power of this world

So then we wake in silence to start the party dance
Yes, We’re made from the miracle
We’re gonna make you happy

Gonna play the song, Wanna let you glad in the moment
Gonna play the song, just to get high right away
Gonna play the song,  Wanna let you glad more better
Time and time, we’re gonna play the song

Gonna play the song, Wanna let you glad in the moment
Gonna play the song, just to get high right away
Gonna play the song,  Wanna let you glad more better
Now why don’t you dance with us?
Ah, wanna hold you hand

with love

Everything has its spirit at the inside
And it only sleeps until called by anyone
The wonderful instruments, we are just it
Oh, Spiritual ! you will say out
The power of this world

So then we wake in silence to start the party dance
Yes, We’re made from the miracle
We’re gonna make you happy

Gonna play the song, Wanna let you glad in the moment
Gonna play the song, just to get high right away
Gonna play the song,  Wanna let you glad more better
Time and time, we’re gonna play the song

Gonna play the song, Wanna let you glad in the moment
Gonna play the song, just to get high right away
Gonna play the song,  Wanna let you glad more better
Now why don’t you dance with us?
Ah, wanna hold you hand

Make a circle and let’s dance together, friend
Please take a hand, the endless party time

Gonna play the song, Wanna let you glad in the moment
Gonna play the song, just to get high right away
Gonna play the song,  Wanna let you glad more better
Time and time, we’re gonna play the song

Gonna play the song, Wanna let you glad in the moment
Gonna play the song, just to get high right away
Gonna play the song,  Wanna let you glad more better
Now why don’t you dance with us?
Ah, wanna hold you hand

Dance with us ?
Ah, wanna hold your hand with love
with love… with love…

Maze

♪I’m a wonderer of love, wandering about love♪

I don’t think I’ve encountered a song with such a gripping beginning before. 3L’s beautiful voice just grabs you right from the start. This is a pretty straightforward song, so no exposition needed here.

★ Title: MAZE
☆ Album: 輝 -HIKARI-
★ Album Artist: SOUND HOLIC
☆ Vocals: 3L
★ Arrangement: MasKaleido
☆ Lyrics: Blue E
★ Original Title: Bamboo Forest of the Full Moon (満月の竹林)
☆ Website: http://www.sound-holic.com/

 

I’m a wonderer of love 愛に彷徨う
月明かりよ 僕を照らして
笹の葉さらさら 静かに揺れるメロディ
My lonely fate

I’m a wonderer of love ai ni samayou
tsuki akari yo boku o terashite
sasa no ha sarasara shizuka ni yureru merodi
My lonely fate

I’m a wonderer of love, wandering about love
Oh moonlight, shine down upon me
The bamboo grass rustles, a melody that quietly sways
My lonely fate

風が悪戯に 傷を逆撫でる
優しい虫の音が そっと慰める

kaze ga itazura ni kizu o sakanaderu
yasashii mushi no ne ga sotto nagusameru

The wind mischievously irritates my wounds
The gentle calls of the bugs softly comforts me

目に視えない者たちが
大事な手掛かりを示してくれてるの
そんなスピリチュアル

me ni mienai monotachi ga
daiji na tekakari o shimeshite kureteru no
sonna supirichuaru

I wonder if the people that I can not see are
pointing out an important clue for me
That’s spiritual!

I’m a wonderer of love 愛に彷徨う
月明かりよ 僕を照らして
笹の葉さらさら 静かに揺れるメロディ
My lonely fate

I’m a wonderer of love ai ni samayou
tsuki akari yo boku o terashite
sasa no ha sarasara shizuka ni yureru merodi
My lonely fate

I’m a wonderer of love, wandering about love
Oh moonlight, shine down upon me
The bamboo grass rustles, a melody that quietly sways
My lonely fate

I’m just in a bamboo grove 夜に彷徨う
浮き沈みの激しい気持ちで
貴女の面影 胸に抱き締めて 廻る愛の迷路

I’m just in a bamboo grove yoru ni samayou
uki shizumi no hageshii kimochi de
anata no omokage mune ni daki shimete meguru ai no meiro

I’m just in a bamboo grove, roaming in the night
With my rising and falling feelings
I’ll hold close to my chest those traces of you, surrounded by this maze of love

雨が気紛れに 夢を滲ませる
濡れた土の香が そっと包み込む

ame ga kimagure ni yume o nijimaseru
nureta tsuchi no ka ga sotto tsutsumi komu

The rain on a whim causes my dreams to blur
Gently I’m wrapped up by the scent of the wet earth

縛られない者たちが
甘い囁きで導いてくれるの
そんなアンリアル

shibararenai monotachi ga
amai sasayaki de michibiite kureru no
sonna anriaru

Will those unbound people
show me the way with their sweet whispers for me?
That’s unreal!

I’m a wonderer of love 愛を求めて
月明かりに 心浸して
満ちる輝きに 願いを込めたメモリー
My only phrase

I’m a wonderer of love ai o motomete
tsuki akari ni kokoro hitashite
michiru kagayaki ni negai o kometa memorii
My only phrase

I’m a wonderer of love, searching for my own love
I soak my heart in the moonlight
My memory is loaded with wishes to that waxing radiance
My only phrase

I’m a wonderer of love 愛に彷徨う
月明かりよ 僕を照らして
笹の葉さらさら 静かに揺れるメロディ
My lonely fate

I’m a wonderer of love ai ni samayou
tsuki akari yo boku o terashite
sasa no ha sarasara shizuka ni yureru merodi
My lonely fate

I’m a wonderer of love, wandering about love
Oh moonlight, shine down upon me
The bamboo grass rustles, a melody that quietly sways
My lonely fate

I’m just in a bamboo grove 夜に彷徨う
浮き沈みの激しい気持ちで
貴女の面影 胸に抱き締めて 廻る愛の迷路

I’m just in a bamboo grove yoru ni samayou
uki shizumi no hageshii kimochi de
anata no omokage mune ni daki shimete meguru ai no meiro

I’m just in a bamboo grove, roaming in the night
With my rising and falling feelings
I’ll hold close to my chest those traces of you, surrounded by this maze of love

ふっと見上げたら 迫る満月が 誘う愛の迷路

futto mi agetara semaru mangetsu ga izanau ai no meiro

When you suddenly look up you’ll see the approaching full moon inviting you to the maze of love

Turn left, right, Search for the exit
Try to learn, and try to forget
Let me go, give me the answer
I just want, I just want your love

bEAT GATHER

My Zytokine inclinations have led me to translate this.
This seems like the kind of song that could have quite a few different interpretations. As I’ve said before, I’m not all too familiar with the DDC cast, but if I recall, Raiko is the one who was a tsukumogami right? So I imagined this song being about her birth and such. It sounds almost as if she’s trying to validate her existence, and it also sounds like she wants to unite the world, with the whole “be together bEAT GATHER” thing.

Notes: Lots of wordplay going on in this song.

★ Title: bEAT GATHER
☆ Album: 輝 -HIKARI-
★ Album Artist: SOUND HOLIC
☆ Vocals: cold kiss (Nana Takahashi (高橋 菜々))
★ Arrangement and lyrics: Linjin (隣人)
☆ Original Title: Primordial Beat ~ Pristine Beat (始原のビート ~ Pristine Beat )
★ Website: http://www.sound-holic.com/


揺れる月の 光の影に 照らされる 美しさへと
人の嘆きと憂いの影が 今 再び 重なるようだ

yureru tsuki no hikari no kage ni terasareru utsukushisa e to
hito no nageki to urei no kage ga ima futatabi kasanaru you da

Towards this beauty lit up by the light of the swaying moon
It seems like the shadows of people’s grief and gloom are piling up once again

忘れたまま 知らないふりして 生きる事は 赦されても
刻む鼓動は 忘れることはない 過ぎた命の 眩しさを

wasureta mama shiranai furi shite ikiru koto wa yurusaretemo
kizamu kodou wa wasureru koto wa nai sugita inochi no mabushisa o

As I’ve forgotten, I act clueless, even if I’m forgiven for coming to life
My ticking heartbeat will not forget the dazzling life that’s passed by

こぼれ落ちていく (響くリズムが揺さぶる影に)
重ねあう2つの音(答えはまだみえないまま)

kobore ochite yuku (hibiku rizumu ga yusaburu kage ni)
kasane au futatsu no oto (kotae wa mada mienai mama)

Spilling and falling over (to the shadows shaken by the resounding rhythm)
The two sounds come to stack together (as the answer still can not be seen)

今さらなんだって 灰になったって 塵になったって いいじゃない
前を向いたって 後ろ向いたって また迷ったって いいじゃない
だからこの beat 心に 響かせたいのさ
be together “bEAT GATHER”

imasara nandatte hai ni natta tte gomi ni natta tte ii janai
mae o muita tte ushiro muita tte mata mayotta tte ii janai
dakara kono beat kokoro ni hibikasetai no sa
be together “bEAT GATHER”

That it’s been so long I’ve turned to ashes and became trash, isn’t that fine?
That I was turning back and forth and got lost again, isn’t that fine?
So I want to make this beat resonate in your heart
be together “bEAT GATHER”

飛ばしたいんだって ハイになったって 何になったって いいじゃない
何が好きかって 大事だったって 無くしちゃったって いいじゃない
だから この beat この手で 刻んでいたいのさ
be together “bEAT GATHER”

tobashitai n datte hai ni natta tte nan ni natta tte ii janai
nani ga suki ka tte daiji datta tte nakushi chatta tte ii janai
dakara kono beat kono te de kizandeitai no sa
be together “bEAT GATHER”

I wanted to send something off, so it went high, whatever it became, isn’t that fine?
Whatever I like or found important or ended up losing, isn’t it fine?
So I want to engrave this beat with my own hands
be together “bEAT GATHER”

落ちる月の 光の糸を 手繰り寄せては ひび割れて
人の炎に沈んだ闇が 今 再び 絡まるようだ

ochiru tsuki no hikari no ito o taguri yosete wa hibiwarete
hito no honoo ni shizunda yami ga ima futatabi karamaru you da

Pulling in the strings of the sinking moon’s light, a crack developed
It seems like the darkness sunk in the passion of people is entwined here once again

ここで溶けていく (響くリズムが揺さぶる影に)
不確かな2つの音(終わりはまだみえないまま)

koko de tokete yuku (hibiku rizumu ga yusaburu kage ni)
futashika na futatsu no oto (owari wa mada mienai mama)

Melting away right here (to the shadows shaken by the resounding rhythm)
The two sounds are unclear (as the end still can not be seen)

星に願ったって 振り返ったって 心許したって いいじゃない
全て夢だったって 独り泣いたって 目を覚ましたって いいじゃない
だから この beat 世界に 響かせたいのさ
be together “bEAT GATHER”

hoshi ni negatta tte furi kaetta tte kokoro yurushita tte ii janai
subete yume datta tte hitori naita tte me o samashita tte ii janai
dakara kono beat sekai ni hibikasetai no sa
be together “bEAT GATHER”

That I wished upon stars and looked back on myself and forgave my heart, isn’t that fine?
That everything was a dream and I cried alone and opened my eyes, isn’t that fine?
So I want to make this beat resonate throughout the world
be together “bEAT GATHER”

壊したいんだって ハイになったって 傷ついたって いいじゃない
みんな好き勝手 道化なんだって だからなんだって いいじゃない
だから この beat 心に 刺さって痛いのさ
be together “bEAT GATHER”

kowashitai n datte hai ni natta tte kizutuita tte ii janai
minna suki katte douke nanda tte dakara nanda tte ii janai
dakara kono beat kokoro ni sasatte itai no sa
be together “bEAT GATHER”

I want to destroy, and so it all went up high and became hurt, isn’t that fine?
Everyone’s doing as they please, they’re up to trouble, so who cares, isn’t it fine?
So I want this beat to be pierced in your heart though it hurts
be together “bEAT GATHER”

悲しささえ追いつけない 正しささえ追いつけない
世界まで 未来まで 届くなら 響くならさ
何度でも言うよ be together be together…

kanashisa sae oitsukenai tadashisa sae oitsukenai
sekai made mirai made todoku nara hibiku nara
nando demo iu yo be together be together…

I can’t even overtake this sorrow, nor can I even keep up with what is right
Far through the world, throughout the future, if it’ll reach, if it’ll be heard
no matter how many times it’ll take, I’ll say be together be together…

今さらなんだって 灰になったって 塵になったって いいじゃない
前を向いたって 後ろ向いたって また迷ったって いいじゃない
だからこの beat 心に 響かせたいのさ
be together “bEAT GATHER”

imasara nandatte hai ni natta tte gomi ni natta tte ii janai
mae o muita tte ushiro muita tte mata mayotta tte ii janai
dakara kono beat kokoro ni hibikasetai no sa
be together “bEAT GATHER”

That it’s been so long I’ve turned to ashes and became trash, isn’t that fine?
That I was turning back and forth and got lost again, isn’t that fine?
So I want to make this beat resonate in your heart
be together “bEAT GATHER”

飛ばしたいんだって ハイになったって 何になったって いいじゃない
何が好きかって 大事だったって 無くしちゃったって いいじゃない
だから この beat この手で 刻んでいたいのさ
be together “bEAT GATHER”

tobashitai n datte hai ni natta tte nan ni natta tte ii janai
nani ga suki ka tte daiji datta tte nakushi chatta tte ii janai
dakara kono beat kono te de kizandeitai no sa
be together “bEAT GATHER”

I wanted to send something off, so it went high, whatever it became, isn’t that fine?
Whatever I like or found important or ended up losing, isn’t it fine?
So I want to engrave this beat with my own hands
be together “bEAT GATHER”