Back Down

I’m glad nomico’s starting to make regular appearances in Alst again, but I’m not sure I want another Pop Culture album.
Comiket comes around again! Once I get the scans for this and the Zytokine albums, you can expect a marathon.

☆ Title: Back Down
★ Album: POP | CULTURE 4
☆ Album Artist: Alstroemeria Records
★ Vocals: nomico
☆ Arrangement: Masayoshi Minoshima
★ Lyrics: Haruka
☆ Original Title: A Maiden’s Illusionary Funeral ~ Necro-Fantasy (少女幻葬 ~ Necro-Fantasy)
★ Website: http://alst.net/


日は沈んで 光薄れて
砕け散る願い事を 残さず 集めて
光の裏の 影の私と
出会えずにいままでもまだ 二人は背を向けて

hi wa shizunde hikari usurete
kudake chiru negaigoto o nokosazu atsumete
hikari no ura no kage no watashi to
de aezu ni ima demo mada futari wa se o mukete

The sun sets, the light fades away
gathering up shattered wishes, none left behind
Unable to meet my shadow self behind the light
even now, we still have our backs to each other

離れられず まだ傍にいる
それが答え 変えられないの
光と影 二人で一人
揃うならば 苦しみも乗り越えられる

hanarerarezu mada soba ni iru
sore ga kotae kaerarenai no
hikari to kage futari de hitori
sorou naraba kurushimi mo nori koerareru

Remaining unable to separate, still close together
That’s the answer, it can’t be changed
Light and shadow, together we’re one
When both present, we can even overcome grief

貴方は一人だけ 誰にも変わることない
想いは一つだけ 叶うならばそれでいい
貴方はそこにいる それが事実変わらない
願いと想いなら 必ずひとつになる

anata wa hitori dake dare ni mo kawaru koto nai
omoi wa hitotsu dake kanau naraba sore de ii
anata wa soko ni iru sore ga jijitsu kawaranai
negai to omoi nara kanarazu hitotsu ni naru

You’re only one person, there’s no becoming anyone else
You only have one feeling, if it gets fulfilled, I’m fine with that
You’re right there, that’s a fact, it won’t change
When it comes to our feelings and wishes, they will certainly become one

光あれば 私もそこに
貴方から離れずいる いまでも いつでも
光の影の 想いと願い
出会えずにいまでもまだ 二人は背を向ける

hikari areba watashi mo soko ni
anata kara hanarezu ni iru ima demo itsu demo
hikari no kage no omoi to negai de aezu ni
ima demo mada futari wa se o mukeru

As long as there’s light, I’m also there
existing unseparated from you, now and forever on
Unable to see the wishes and feelings of light’s shadow
even now, we still have our backs to each other

離れられず まだ出会えずに
砕け散る願い事を 残さず集めて
見えなくなる 貴方の影は
想い続け 光あるうち
光と影 二人で一人
揃うならば 悲しみは安らぎになる

hanarerarezu mada de aezu ni
kudake chiru negaigoto o nokosazu atsumete
mienaku naru anata no kage wa
omoi tsudzuke hikari aru uchi
hikari to kage futari de hitori
sorou naraba kanashimi wa yasuragi ni naru

Unable to separate, still without being able to meet
gathering up shattered wishes, none left behind
Your shadow, becoming invisible,
will continue to feel, as long as there’s light

Light and shadow, together we’re one
When both present, sorrow will become peaceful

私は一人だけ 他の誰にもなれない
想いは一つだけ 叶うならばそれでいい
私はここにいる 気づくことが出来るなら
貴方と私なら ひとつの答えになる

watashi wa hitori dake hoka no dare ni mo narenai
omoi wa hitotsu dake kanau naraba sore de ii
watashi wa koko ni iru kidzuku koto ga dekiru nara
anata to watashi nara hitotsu no kotae ni naru

I’m only one person, I can’t become anybody else
I only have one feeling, if it gets fulfilled, I’m fine with that
I am right here, if you can notice that,
when it comes to you and I, the answer will become just one

Lost Emotion

Knowing the lyrics to this song, I love it 1000x more now.
I hope I was able to properly put the emotion that’s so essential to a translation of this song into it.
A major theme of the song is denial. Thinking that it shouldn’t matter, that it’ll be Heaven, when in fact, it’s quite the opposite: Hell.

☆ Title: Lost Emotion
★ Album: POP | CULTURE 3
☆ Album Artist: Alstroemeria Records
★ Vocals: nomico
☆ Arrangement: Masayoshi Minoshima
★ Lyrics: Haruka
☆ Original Title: The Lost Emotion (亡失のエモーション)
★ Website: http://alst.net/


巡り巡った季節の中 戻ることさえ出来ないのなら
Last Dance Heaven
踊り続けて夢の中で 壊れ崩され消える心が
Last Dance Heaven
泣いているのは表面だけ 心の中は笑い続けた
Last Dance Heaven
自由になれるそんな願い 貴方 私壊れるのは誰
Last Dance Heaven, Last Dance Hell.

meguri megutta kisetsu no naka modoru koto sae dekinai no nara
Last Dance Heaven
odori tsudzukete yume no naka de koware kuzusare kieru kokoro ga
Last Dance Heaven
naiteiru no wa hyoumen dake kokoro no naka wa warai tsudzuketa
Last Dance Heaven
jiyuu ni nareru sonna negai anata watashi kowareru no wa dare
Last Dance Heaven, Last Dance Hell.

Within the revolving seasons, if even going back is impossible, then it’s
Last Dance Heaven
Continuing to dance in a dream, my heart is breaking, crumbling, fading
Last Dance Heaven
It’s merely my face that’s crying, the inside of my heart has been smiling
Last Dance Heaven
With a wish like being able to be free, who will break, you or me?
Last Dance Heaven, Last Dance Hell.

ひとつのもの ひとつのこと ほかにない 自分だけ
変えられない 憂鬱な時 時だけが過ぎ
ひとつだけは ひとつだけが 大切な ものじゃない
他にもある 必ずある 信じていた

hitotsu no mono hitotsu no koto hoka ni nai jibun dake
kaerarenai yuuutsu na toki toki dake ga sugi
hitotsu dake wa hitotsu dake ga taisetsu na mono janai
hoka ni mo aru kanarazu aru shinjiteita

One single item, one single thing, there’s nothing else, just myself
During this unchangeable hopeless time, time just passes
It’s just one thing, just that thing, it’s not all that important
There are others, there has to be, I had believed

もうここにいない あの頃の私
時は 流れて
もうそこにはない あるはずのものも
全て消えてゆく夢の中から

mou koko ni inai ano koro no watashi
toki wa nagarete
mou soko ni wa nai aru hazu no mono mo
subete kiete yuku yume no naka kara

My old self from those days is no longer here
Time flows on
It’s not there anymore, that which should be
That and everything else will vanish from this dream

巡り巡った季節の中 戻ることさえ出来ないのなら
Last Dance Heaven
踊り続けて夢の中で 壊れ崩され消える心が
Last Dance Heaven
泣いているのは表面だけ 心の中は笑い続けた
Last Dance Heaven
自由になれるそんな願い 貴方 私壊れるのは誰
Last Dance Heaven, Last Dance Hell.

meguri megutta kisetsu no naka modoru koto sae dekinai no nara
Last Dance Heaven
odori tsudzukete yume no naka de koware kuzusare kieru kokoro ga
Last Dance Heaven
naiteiru no wa hyoumen dake kokoro no naka wa warai tsudzuketa
Last Dance Heaven
jiyuu ni nareru sonna negai anata watashi kowareru no wa dare
Last Dance Heaven, Last Dance Hell.

Within the revolving seasons, if even going back is impossible, then it’s
Last Dance Heaven
Continuing to dance in a dream, my heart is breaking, crumbling, fading
Last Dance Heaven
It’s merely my face that’s crying, the inside of my heart has been smiling
Last Dance Heaven
With a wish like being able to be free, who will break, you or me?
Last Dance Heaven, Last Dance Hell.

全て今壊れてく 全て今消されてく
逃げ出すことが出来ず 心が壊れて

subete ima kowarete ku subete ima kesarete ku
nige dasu koto ga dekizu kokoro ga kowarete

Everything will break now, everything will be wiped away
There’s no running away, my heart will fall apart…

想い募った君の事も 今は誰かもわからないから
Last Dance Heaven
眠り続けた夢の中で 壊れ続けた自分の想い
Last Dance Heaven
泣いていたのは気のせいだと 乾いた笑顔見せ続けて
Last Dance Heaven
自由になれるそんな日々を 信じ続けて貴方を捨てた
Last Dance Heaven, Last Dance Hell.

omoi tsunotta kimi no koto mo ima wa dare ka mo wakaranai kara
Last Dance Heaven
nemuri tsudzuketa yume no naka de koware tsudzuketa jibun no omoi
Last Dance Heaven
naiteita no wa ki no sei da to kawaita egao mise tsudzukete
Last Dance Heaven
jiyuu ni nareru sonna hibi o shinji tsudzukete anata o suteta
Last Dance Heaven, Last Dance Hell.

I don’t even know who you are anymore, now that your feelings are out of control, so it’s
Last Dance Heaven
I continued to sleep in a dream, my feelings continued to fall apart
Last Dance Heaven
As if to say that it was in your imagination that I cried, I continue to show off a dry smile
Last Dance Heaven
Continuing to believe there will be days when I can become free, I cast you away
Last Dance Heaven, Last Dance Hell.

Infinite Being

Looks like this song isn’t on youtube yet, somehow. I just love the name of this song, it’s a very awe-inspiring title. An “infinite being” sounds even more powerful than a god, if you were to ask me. The final stanza is the best part of it.

☆ Title: Infinite Being
★ Album: Dolls
☆ Album Artist: Alstroemeria Records
★ Vocals: nomico
☆ Lyrics: Haruka
★ Arrangement: Masayoshi Minoshima
☆ Original Title: Legendary Illusion ~ Infinite Being (神話幻想 ~ Infinite Being)
★ Website: http://alst.net/


Time goes by, and follow
There is always me in a dream
Gather in a dark night
I don’t need to die in a dream

Dream does not fade away
Dance a beloved servant a dark night
Gather in a dark night
Because there is the fantasy

Time goes by, and follow
There is always me in a dream
Gather in a dark night
I don’t need to die in a dream

悲しい夢は 見せないわ
癒してあげる 私が
幻想の地で 舞えばいい私と
夢幻の時と 罰と闇
終わらぬ時が あるから
幻想の地の 永遠よ 私は

kanashii yume wa misenai wa
iyashite ageru watashi ga
gensou no chi de maeba ii watashi to
mugen no toki to batsu to yami
owaranu toki ga aru kara
gensou no chi no eien yo watashi wa

I won’t show you any sad dreams
I’ll be the one to heal all of your wounds
It’s best to dance on these fantastic grounds here with me
The time, punishment, and darkness is dreamlike
We have unlimited time after all
I am the eternity of this land of fantasy

Alice Maestera

Haruka will always be the master of emo lyrics and nobody can tell me otherwise, they’re a guilty pleasure of mine. Kafka probably already has this song translated, like with 99% of Alst songs, but I decided to give this a go just because of the Amateras x Alstroemeria remix album.

☆ Title: Alice Maestera
★ Album: Harmony
☆ Album Artist: Alstroemeria Records
★ Vocals: nomico
☆ Lyrics: Haruka
★ Arrangement: Masayoshi Minoshima
☆ Original Title: Alice Maestra (アリスマエステラ)
★ Website: http://alst.net/


夢は全て光失うの? 想いいつか君と重なるの?
1人歩き続けてる今でも 君の笑顔それはひと時の
心揺れる事を隠してる いつか別の道歩む

yume wa subete hikari ushinau no? omoi itsu ka kimi to kasanaru no?
hitori aruki tsudzuketeru ima demo kimi no egao sore wa hitotoki no
kokoro yureru koto o kakushiteru itsu ka betsu no michi ayumu

Will my dreams lose all their light? Will my feelings someday overlap with you?
Alone I continue walking on, even now your smile is momentary
Hiding my heart’s tremors, someday we’ll walk different paths

「貴方は1人じゃないよ」
笑顔で言った言葉が胸にある
私は1人じゃないの?孤独を恐れる運命を見てた

「anata wa hitori janai yo」
egao de itta kotoba ga mune ni aru
watashi wa hitori janai no? kodoku o osoreru sadame o miteta

“You’re not alone”
Those words said with a smile reside in my heart
Am I really not alone? I’ve stared down a fate filled with being scared of solitude

ああ君のそばで ああ夢を見てた
ああでも見えるの別々の道

aa kimi no soba de aa yume o miteta
aa demo mieru no betsubetsu no michi

Ah, by your side, ah, I had seen dreams
Ah, but I can see we have separate paths

時はいつか人を変えてゆく
想い告げる事も許されず
いつも彷徨い続ける?
このまま憂い残す季節そのままで
なにを伝え続け見つめるの?
私取り残されてく

toki wa itsu ka hito o kaete yuku
omoi tsugeru koto mo yurusarezu
itsu mo samayoi tsudzukeru?
kono mama urei nokosu kisetsu sono mama de
nani o tsutae tsudzuke mitsumeru no?
watashi tori nokosarete ku

Time eventually changes people
not permissing the conveyage of feelings either
Will I always continue to wander?
With seasons as they are leaving behind grief like this
what will I see myself continuing to say?
I’m going to be left behind

「貴方は1人じゃないよ」
その言葉の意味今ならわかる
私は1人じゃないと 自分を操る運命を見つめ

「anata wa hitori janai yo」
sono kotoba no imi ima nara wakaru
watashi wa hitori janai to jibun o ayatsuru sadame o mitsume

“You’re not alone”
I now understand the meaning of those words
If I’m not alone, I’ll stare down a fate in which I puppeteer myself

ああ夢の中で ああ夢を見てた
ああ今わかるの2人の気持ち

aa yume no naka de aa yume o miteta
aa ima wakaru no futari no kimochi

Ah, in the dream, ah, I had been dreaming
Ah, I now understand, both of our feelings

季節流れ私歩みだす 想い胸に秘めていつまでも
きっとそれぞれの道を これから 今はわかる強い意志を持つ
君と私別の道を行く 心交差したままで

kisetsu nagare watashi ayumi dasu omoi mune ni himete itsu made mo
kitto sorezore no michi o kore kare ima wa wakaru tsuyoi ishi o motsu
kimi to watashi betsu no michi o yuku kokoro kousa shita mama de

Seasons flow and I walk forth, I‘ll hide my feelings in my chest forever
Surely now, from now on, I’ll have a strong will with which to understand each of our paths
You and me will part ways, as our hearts are crossed

夢は全て光与えるの 想いいつも ここに変わらずに
1人歩き続けてる今でも 残る笑顔それはひと時の
心揺れる事を隠してる いつか別の道歩む

yume wa subete hikari ataeru no omoi itsu mo koko ni kawarazu ni
hitori ayuki tsudzuketeru ima demo nokoro egao sore wa hitotoki no
kokoro yureru koto o kakushiteru itsu ka betsu no michi ayumu

Dreams give all light, my feelings will always be here the same
Alone I continue walking on, even now the remaining smiles are momentary
Hiding my heart’s tremors, someday we’ll walk different paths