汝は白狼なりや? | Art Thou a White Wolf?

Requested by The Hakurou Tengu, been a while since I heard a Shinra-Bansho.

Having started to read light novels in Japanese, I have to say again that I still find it funny how much more complete the grammar is in actual writing compared to lyrics. Japanese can be a vague language, sure, but only when it wants to be, and I try to best reflect that vagueness (i.e. lack of pronouns or subjects) in translations whenever possible (whenever it doesn’t kill the English). I’m not sure whether that’s good or bad, but eh.

★ Title: 汝は白狼なりや?
☆ Album: あの日の夢のアリス
★ Album Artist: Shinra-bansho (森羅万象)
☆ Vocals: Meramipop (めらみぽっぷ)
★ Lyrics: azuki
☆ Arrangement: kaztora (カズトラ)
★ Original Title: Fall of Fall ~ Autumnal Waterfall (フォールオブフォール ~ 秋めく滝)
Website: http://liz-tora.com/liz-tora/SB/alice-carol/


濡れ羽色した 透き通るような羽
一目見てから 吸い込まれて
あの日から私は 世界を見続けていた
目の前に広がる あなただけを

nure ba iro shita suki tooru you na hane
hitome mite kara sui komarete
ano hi kara watashi wa sekai o mi tsudzuketeita
me no mae ni hirogaru anata dake o

Sucked in after a single glance
at jet black feathers that seemed transparent
Ever since that day, I continued to gaze at the world
Only at you, filling the space before my eyes

遠回りをしても 追いつけるはずなら
行く宛の無い旅 たまには一緒に行きませんか?

toomawari o shitemo oi tsukeru hazu nara
iku ate no nai tabi tama ni wa issho ni ikimasen ka?

Even if I go the long way, I should be able to catch up
so every now and then won’t you go on an aimless trip with me?

涙を拭く汝は 白狼なりや?
見通す先 求め願い幾年
話せなくてもいい そばにいれるだけで
近づいて 離れてもきっと
見えてる世界が 全てじゃない
空 越えて

namida o fuku nanji wa hakurou nari ya?
mi toosu saki motome negai ikutose
hanasenakutemo ii soba ni ireru dake de
chikadzuite hanaretemo kitto
mieteru sekai ga subete janai
sora koete

Art thou, wiping her tears, a white wolf?
At the end of seeing clearly, for some years wishing to seek
It’s alright if you can’t speak, just by being able to be with me
we’ll draw close, even if far, I’m sure
The visible world isn’t everything
Transcend the sky

閉じてる瞳じゃ 何も見える訳が無い
確かめもせず 信じるんだ
積み重ねてきた あれやこれ
いっそ壊してしまいましょう
真っ新になって やり直そう

tojiteru hitomi ja nani mo mieru wake ga nai
tashikame mo sezu shinjiru n da
tsumi kasanete kita are ya kore
isso kowashite shimaimashou
massara ni natte yari naosou

There’s no way to see anything with closed eyes
without checking to see for oneself, just believing
This and that has come to be piled up
Let’s instead completely destroy it all
and start over again, making it brand new

近道とかしても 追いつけないのなら
終わらない旅路の はじめの一歩を踏みませんか?

chikamichi toka shitemo oi tsukenai no nara
owaranai tabiji no hajime no ippo o fumimasen ka?

If it’s that even a shortcut can’t result in catching up
won’t you take the first step of an endless journey?

光を負う汝は 白狼なりや?
飛び立つ先 乞われ焦がれ幾年
話せなくてもいい そばにいれただけで
ぶつかった視線から そっと
交わる世界に 今生きてる

hikari o ou nanji wa hakurou nari ya?
tobi tatsu saki koware kogare ikutose
hanasenakutemo ii soba ni ireta dake de
butsukatta shisen kara sotto
majiwaru sekai ni ima ikiteru

Art thou, bearing light, a white wolf?
At the end of jumping off, for some years yearning to be begged
It’s alright if you can’t speak, just by being able to have been with me
from gazes that clashed, to peacefully
now living in crossing worlds

涙で腫れた 赤い赤い瞳
見通すことが出来なかった
「ここにいます」と 声を出せる だから
いつまでも此処から
スタートラインは どんな時もほら一緒だから

namida de hareta akai akai hitome
mitoosu koto ga dekinakatta
「koko ni imasu」 to koe o daseru dakara
itsu made mo koko kara
sutaato rain wa donna toki mo hora issho dakara

Swollen with tears were my red, red eyes
I was unable to see clearly
Because it’s possible to say “I’m right here”
forever here on out
at the startline, no matter what time, look, we’ll be together so

だからこそ
いつかの汝は 白狼なりや?
狭い道も手を繋げば渡れる
二人の心音すら 聞こえる距離感じて
あなたにも 私にも ずっと
視えてる世界の全て
どこまでも青く澄んで
やり直しましょう

dakara koso
itsu ka no nanji wa hakurou nari ya?
semai michi mo te o tsunageba watareru
futari no shinon sura kikoeru kyori kanjite
anata ni mo watashi ni mo zutto
mieteru sekai no subete
doko made mo aoku sunde
yari naoshimashou

precisely for that reason
will thou someday be a white wolf?
If we join hands, we should be able to cross even a narrow path
I feel the distance from which I can even hear the sound of our heartbeats
Everything of the world
that you and I can look at
as far as we can see clears to blue
Let’s do it over again

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.

スペル=時空転生回路 | Spell=Space-Time Reincarnation Cycle

Requested by Ageng, this song will be remembered for it’s ellipses, and seemingly unusual usage of とs, and だけs.

★ Title: スペル=時空転生回路
☆ Album: VIA
★ Album Artist: monochrome-coat
☆ Vocals: Meramipop (めらみぽっぷ)
★ Arrangement and lyrics: Kamiyashiro (カミヤシロ)
☆ Original Title: Cheat Against the Impossible Danmaku (不可能弾幕には反則を)
★ Website: http://mono-coat.com/14th.html


fu…

途切れる風に 耳を塞ぐ夜に
舞う涙の雫 踊る鬼人と
スペルのカードが…答えさえ曖昧に見せて…
転生は修羅の如し…ah…

togireru kaze ni mimi o fusagu yoru ni
mau namida no shizuku odoru kijin to
superu no kaado ga… kotae sae aimai ni misete…
tensei wa shura no gotoshi…ah…

In the pausing wind, in the night of closed ears
drops of tears swirl, the dancing Kijin
and the spell card… even show an answer, vaguely…
Reincarnation can be likened to fighting… ah…

戻れない…帰れずに…逃げ路を探すのよ…

modorenai… kaerezu ni… nigemichi o sagasu no yo…

Unable to go back… unable to go home… searching for an escape…

廻る…回路は儚さと
君への想いだけ募るだけ…もうすぐねぇ、時が止まる…
君にねぇ…逢えた事を想い泣きながら転生を空へ願う…

mawaru… kairo wa hakanasa to
kimi e no omoi dake tsunoru dake… mou sugu nee, toki ga tomaru…
kimi ni nee… aeta koto o omoi nakinagara tensei o sora e negau…

Going around… the cycle just gets worse
proportional to my feelings towards you and the transience… Any moment, hey, time will stop…
While I cry thinking about how I was able to meet you, I wish to the sky for rebirth

スペルのカード 逆さまな心 停止させないでと 鬼人が唄う
凍りつくように 体が止まって 君の瞳さえ 見えなくなるようで…

superu no kaado sakasama na kokoro teishi sasenai de to kijin ga utau
koori tsuku you ni karada tomatte kimi no hitomi sae mienaku naru you de…

The spell card, the flipped heart, “don’t let it stop,” Kijin chants
As if being frozen, my body stops, it feels like I can’t even see your eyes anymore…

スペルのカード 逆さまな心 停止させないでと 鬼人が踊る
凍りつくように 体が止まって 君の瞳さえ 見えなくなるようで…

superu no kaado sakasama na kokoro teishi sasenai de to kijin ga odoru
koori tsuku you ni karada tomatte kimi no hitomi sae mienaku naru you de…

The spell card, the flipped heart, “don’t let it stop,” Kijin dances
As if being frozen, my body stops, it feels like I can’t even see your eyes anymore…

fu…

途切れる風に 目を塞ぐ間に
舞う涙の夢と 踊る鬼人と
スペルのカードが…答えさえ曖昧に揺れて…
転生は修羅の如し…ah…

togireru kaze ni me o fusagu aida ni
mau namida no yume to odoru kijin to
superu no kaado ga… kotae sae aimai ni yurete…
tensei wa shura no gotoshi…ah…

In the pausing wind, while eyes are closed,
dreams of dancing tears, the dancing Kijin
and the spell card… even the answer sways vaguely…
Reincarnation can be likened to fighting… ah…

戻れない…帰れない…ワタシ何処…行けばいい?…

modorenai… kaerenai… watashi doko… ikeba ii?…

Unable to go back… unable to go home… where… should I go?…

永久に…回路は儚さと
君への想いだけ走るだけ…もうすぐねぇ、時が止まる…
君にねぇ…逢えた事を想い泣きながら転生を空へ願う…

towa ni… kairo wa hakanasa to
kimi e no omoi dake hashiru dake… mou sugu nee, toki ga tomaru…
kimi ni nee… aeta koto o omoi nakinagara tensei o sora e negau…

Eternally… the cycle runs on
proportional to my feelings towards you, and the transience… Any moment, hey, time will stop…

While I cry thinking about how I was able to meet you, I wish to the sky for rebirth

スペルのカード 逆さまな心 停止させないでと 鬼人が唄う
凍りつくように 体が止まって 君の瞳さえ 見えなくなるようで…

superu no kaado sakasama na kokoro teishi sasenai de to kijin ga utau
koori tsuku you ni karada tomatte kimi no hitomi sae mienaku naru you de…

The spell card, the flipped heart, “don’t let it stop,” Kijin chants
As if being frozen, my body stops, it feels like I can’t even see your eyes anymore…

スペルのカード 逆さまな心 停止させないでと 鬼人が踊る
凍りつくように 体が止まって 君の瞳さえ 見えなくなるようで…

superu no kaado sakasama na kokoro teishi sasenai de to kijin ga odoru
koori tsuku you ni karada tomatte kimi no hitomi sae mienaku naru you de…

The spell card, the flipped heart, “don’t let it stop,” Kijin dances
As if being frozen, my body stops, it feels like I can’t even see your eyes anymore…

葬迎 | Burial Meeting

More related to Dolls in Pseudo Paradise. Having actually read it now, I can make some commentary.

This would seem to be talking about the most cowardly, evidence being that he is the one who had “died” and been reborn, and whose lover vanished. This explains some lines such as being “a former dead man” and how he’s in love with who he meets. From this reasoning, the one he meets is likely the most beautiful.

Thinking back on the lyrics, they’re so vague that they seem like they could come from either the most beautiful’s perspective of the most cowardly’s. In other words, it’s up to you to decide what’s going on now. Did the coward find the most beautiful and capture her? Or was the coward the one caught? Did the slaughtered bodies give away the position of the most beautiful as revenge on her? Or were they serving her pointing out the most cowardly?

★ Title: 葬迎
☆ Album: 屠 -Hohuri-
★ Album Artist: 凋叶棕
☆ Vocals: Meramipop (めらみぽっぷ)
★Lyrics and arrangment: RD-Sounds
☆ Website: http://www.rd-sounds.com/


そして永きに渡る日々の果て
消しきれない記憶の深層の底から
どこか歪なその人形たちが
いつか連れ立って迎えに来るのだ

soshite nagaki ni wataru hibi no hate
keshi kirenai kioku no ido no soko kara
doko ka ibitsu na sono ningyoutachi ga
itsu ka tsure datte mukae ni kuru no da

And now at the end of the days that went on forever
from the bottom of the pits of unerasable memories
somewhere those twisted dolls will
someday come together for a meeting

―何処までも。

―doko made mo.

―as far as it takes.

墓標に刻んだかつての亡骸
そうして一人だけ生きながらえても
記憶となって残り続ける限り
必ず何処かで探し出される

bohyou ni kizanda katsute no nakigara
sou shite hitori dake iki nagaraetemo
kioku to natte nokori tsudzukeru kagiri
kanarazu doko ka de sagashi dasareru

A former dead man that engraved into tombstones
despite having lived long all alone like that
as long as the memories continue to remain
they’ll be on the hunt, out somewhere

―逃がさない。

―nigasanai

―with no chance of escape.

暗闇の向こうから
屠ったはずの幻想が
その身のもとへと今手を伸ばして

kurayami no mukou kara
hohutta hazu no katamari ga
sono mi no moto e to ima te o nobashite

From beyond the darkness
the cluster of phantasms that ought to have been slaughtered
now reach out their hands towards that body’s place

―嗚呼、命取り。

―aa, inochi tori.

―Ah, life taking.

さあ こっちへおいで みんなでキミを呼んでいたんだ

saa kocchi e oide minna de kimi o yondeita n da

Come now, over this way, everyone together has been calling for you

さあ 手の鳴る方へ 何も怖くなんかないからね

saa te no naru hou e nani mo kowaku nanka nai kara ne

Come now, to the sound of my hands, there’s nothing to be scared of after all

さあ こっちへおいで みんながキミを待っているんだ

saa kocchi e oide minna ga kimi o matteiru n da

Come now, over this way, everyone is waiting for you

さあ 手の鳴る方へ キミだけ仲間はずれになんてしないからね

saa te no naru hou e kimi dake nakama hazure ni nante shinai kara ne

Come now, to the sound of my hands, you’re the only one I won’t leave out after all

その手を取って愛の告白を
それか或いはこのまま誓いを交わそう
捨てた方はたとえ忘れたとしても
捨てられた方は永久に忘れはしないと

sono te o totte ai no kokuhaku o
sore ka arui wa kono mama chikai o kawasou
suteta hou wa tatoe wasureta toshitemo
suterareta hou wa towa ni wasure wa shinai to

To take your hand and a confession of love
That, or otherwise let us exchange our vows like this
If we say that you forget things that you throw away
then being thrown away is something you will never forget

―わかったろ?

―wakattaro?

―don’t you understand?

正直者の名残が
強い妄執に裏打たれて
仲良しの幻想にずっと縋っては

shoujikimono no nagori ga
tsuyoi kizuna ni ura utarete
naka yoshi no gensou ni zutto sugatte wa

The remains of the honest men are
struck from behind by their delusions of strong bonds
To always cling to the fantasy of getting along is

―嗚呼、命取り。

―aa, inochi tori.

―ah, life taking.

さあ もどっておいで
僕らが   を忘れるもんか

saa modotte oide
bokura ga omae o wasureru mon ka

Go now, turn back and go
As if we would ever forget you

さあ この手を取って このすばらしい楽園へ

saa kono te o totte kono subarashii rakuen e

Come now, take my hand, we’re off towards a wonderful paradise

さあ もどっておいで
僕らが   を手放すもんか

saa modotte oide
bokura ga omae o tebanasu mon ka

Go now, turn back and go
As if we would ever let go of you

さあ この手を取って
どうせ帰る場所はここしかないんだからね

saa kono te o totte
douse kaeru basho wa koko shika nai n dakara ne

Come now, take this hand
there’s nowhere for us to return to but here after all

ねえ、僕だけは、キミのこと。
誰よりも大事に思っていたんだよ わかってよ。
今ならきっと、言えるかな。
今度こそ、終わらない、人形戯曲を、始めよう!

nee, boku dake wa, kimi no koto.
dare yori mo daiji ni omotteita n da yo wakatte yo.
ima nara kitto, ieru kana.
kondo koso, owaranai, ningyou asobi o, hajimeyou!

Hey, I’m the only one, that had thought of you.
As more precious than anyone else, know that.
I wonder if surely now, I can say it.
This time around, it won’t end, let us begin, the toy theater!

―さぁ、捕まえた。

―saa, tsukamaeta.

―Look, I caught you.

さあ 一緒に行こう
もう一度みんなでやり直そう

saa issho ni ikou
mou ichido minna de yari naosou

Come, let’s go together
Let’s do it over with everyone one more time

さあ 一緒に帰ろう
どこでもずっと一緒だからね

saa issho ni kaerou
doko demo zutto issho dakara ne

Come, let’s go home together
we’ll always be together after all

さあ こっちへおいで
何も怖くなんか無いだろう?

saa kocchi e oide
nani mo kowaku nanka nai darou?

Come now, over this way
there’s nothing to be scared of is there?

さあ 一緒になろう
死んだって終わりになんてならないんだからね

saa issho ni narou
shinda tte owari ni nante naranai n dakara ne

Come now, let’s be together
being dead doesn’t mean that it’s the end after all

絶対 離れないから
最後に僕らが得をするんだ

zettai hanarenai kara
saigo ni bokura ga toku o suru n da

Because I absolutely won’t leave
in the end we’ll come out ahead

絶対 逃がさないから
こうして最後には大団円へ

zettai nigasanai kara
kou shite saigo ni wa happy end e

Because I absolutely won’t let you escape
in doing this we head towards the final act, a happy end

絶対 離さないから
この楽園から逃がさないよ

zettai hanasanai kara
kono rakuen kara nigasanai yo

Because I absolutely won’t let go
I won’t let you escape from this paradise

素敵な幻想郷で暮らそうよ

suteki na hakaba de kurasou yo

Let’s live in this lovely graveyard, Gensokyo

おかえり、楽園へ!

okaeri, rakuen e!

Welcome home, to paradise!

おかえり、幻想郷へ

okaeri, gensoukyou e