blossom

Man, this is a good song.
Again, lyrics in brackets are transcribed by ear and aren’t included in the booklet.

★ Title: blossom
☆ Album: LITTLE WHEEL ALMANDINE
★ Album Artist: ZYTOKINE
☆ Vocals: cold kiss (Nana Takahashi (高橋 菜々))
★ Arrangement and lyrics: Linjin (隣人)
☆ Original Title: Tomorrow Will Be Special; Yesterday Was Not (明日ハレの日、ケの昨日)
★ Website: http://zytokine-web.com/
今はもう 記憶に埋もれて 思い出せずに
(気持ちが落ちる 光に紛れて)
少しだけでいい 笑いかけてくれたなら
(気持ちが揺れる 記憶を解かして)
まだ 揺れ てる まだ まだ 痛いよ

ima wa mou kioku ni umorete omoi dasezu ni
(kimochi ga ochiru hikari ni magirete)
sukoshi dake de ii warai kakete kurata nara
(kimochi ga yureru kioku o tokashite)
mada yure teru mada mada itai yo

By now already buried in memories, unable to be recalled
(Feelings fall, slipping into the light)
Just a little would be fine, if you gave me a smile
(Feelings sway, unraveling memories)
Still sway ing, still, still, it hurts

孤独は灰になり 宙を舞う

kodoku wa hai ni nari chuu o mau

Solitude becomes ash and dances in the air

take me outside, we could be the one so stop asking why
君へと届く歌を 今でも探している
take me outside, let me show another possibility now
後悔の行く先を 静かに眺めている
take me outside, we could be the one so stop asking why
何もかも失っても 心さえ失っても
take me outside, we will never gotta know
まだ痛む傷跡を 笑顔で隠したままで

take me outside, we could be the one so stop asking why
kimi e to todoku uta o ima demo sagashiteiru
take me outside, let me show another possibility now
koukai no yukusaki o shizuka ni nagameteiru
take me outside, we could be the one so stop asking why
nani mo kamo ushinattemo kokoro sae ushinattemo
take me outside, we will never gotta know
mada itamu kizuato o egao de kakushita mama de

take me outside, we could be the one so stop asking why
I am searching even now for a song that’ll reach you
take me outside, let me show another possibility now
Silently gazing at the whereabouts of regret
take me outside, we could be the one so stop asking why
Even if we lose everything, even if we lose our very own hearts
take me outside, we will never gotta know
as we hid our yet painful scars with a smile

(Baby don’t cry, wake up
Just we’re reaching for the sky
No stars are still not here
Baby it’s like shooting stars)

何もかも 美しく 鮮やかに 砕け散って
(気持ちが落ちる 光に紛れて)
形も残らないくらいに 忘れたくても
(気持ちが揺れる 記憶を解かして)
また 泣い てる まだ まだ いたいよ

nani mo kamo utsukushiku azayaka ni kudake chitte
(kimochi ga ochiru hikari ni magirete)
katachi mo nokoranai kurai ni wasuretakutemo
(kimochi ga yureru kioku o tokashite)
mata nai teru mada mada itai yo

Everything breaks apart beautifully and vividly
(Feelings fall, slipping into the light)
Even if you want to forget to the point not even a form remains
(Feelings sway, unraveling memories)
Again cry ing, still, still, it hurts

冷たい暁に 夢を視る

tsumetai akatsuki ni yume o miru

During cold dawns, I witness my dream

take me outside, we could be the one so stop asking why
瞳の色は変わり もう二度と戻れない
take me outside, let me show another possibility now
偽りに閉ざされた ひび割れた未来へと
take me outside, we could be the one so stop asking why
何もかも失っても 心さえ失っても
take me outside, we will never gotta know
まだ癒えぬ傷跡は 咲き誇る花のようで

take me outside, we could be the one so stop asking why
hitomi no iro wa kawari mou nido to modorenai
take me outside, let me show another possibility now
itsuwari ni tozasareta hibi wareta mirai e to
take me outside, we could be the one so stop asking why
nani mo kamo ushinattemo kokoro sae ushinattemo
take me outside, we will never gotta know
mada ienu kizuato wa saki hokoru hana no you de

take me outside, we could be the one so stop asking why
The colour of our eyes change, never to turn back again
take me outside, let me show another possibility now
Trapped by deceit, leading towards a broken future
take me outside, we could be the one so stop asking why
Even if we lose everything, even if we lose our very own hearts
take me outside, we will never gotta know
Yet unhealed scars resemble flowers blooming proudly

まだ 咲い てる まだ まだ 綺麗だね

mada sai teru mada mada kirei da ne

Still in bloom, still, still, pretty

失意に踊らされ 地に還る

shitsui ni odorasare chi ni kaeru

Made to dance by despair, we return to the earth

take me outside, we could be the one so stop asking why
君へと届く歌を 今でも探している
take me outside, let me show another possibility now
後悔の行く先を 静かに眺めている
take me outside, we could be the one so stop asking why
何もかも失っても 心さえ失っても
take me outside, we will never gotta know
まだ痛む傷跡を 笑顔で隠したままで

take me outside, we could be the one so stop asking why
kimi e to todoku uta o ima demo sagashiteiru
take me outside, let me show another possibility now
koukai no yukusaki o shizuka ni nagameteiru
take me outside, we could be the one so stop asking why
nani mo kamo ushinattemo kokoro sae ushinattemo
take me outside, we will never gotta know
mada itamu kizuato o egao de kakushita mama de

take me outside, we could be the one so stop asking why
I am searching even now for a song that’ll reach you
take me outside, let me show another possibility now
Silently gazing at the whereabouts of regret
take me outside, we could be the one so stop asking why
Even if we lose everything, even if we lose our very own hearts
take me outside, we will never gotta know
as we remained hiding our yet painful scars with a smile

(Baby don’t cry, wake up
Just we’re reaching for the sky
No stars are still not here
Baby it’s like shooting stars)

Galaxy Flower

More Sound Holic! This is a really solid album. I’m enjoying it a lot more than the last.
With all the < text like this > and English, this song didn’t make out for as smooth a translation as others, since I can’t shuffle things around as easily, resulting in butchered sentence structure. The worst of it is in the last three lines of the first stanza, but eh, what can you do?

★ Title: GALAXY FLOWER
☆ Album: 封 -FUU-
★ Album Artist: SOUND HOLIC
☆ Vocals and lyrics: Nana Takahashi (高橋菜々)
★ Arrangement: SHU x GUCCI
☆ Original Title: The Wheelchair’s Future in Space (車椅子の未来宇宙)
・Demystify Feast
★Website: http://www.sound-holic.com/


科学 < hardly unknown >
だって < like a emotion >
精神性無しでは 語れない
生命 < normal heart beat >
リズム < cosmic energy >
共鳴させながら

kagaku < hardly unknown >
datte < like a emotion >
kokoro nashi de wa katarenai
seino < normal heart beat >
rizumu < cosmic energy >
kyoumei sasenagara

Science is < hardly unknown >
because it’s < like a emotion >
I can’t speak of it without heart

Life < normal heart beat >
Rhythm < cosmic energy >
All while making them resonate

さあ 偉大な核に辿りつきたいのならば
エボリューションを自分の胸に

saa idai na kaku ni tadori tsukitai no naraba
eboryuushon o jibun no mune ni

Come, if you want to reach the great core
you’ve gotta feel evolution in your heart

人は < 母なる宇宙 >
時の銀河に < 遥か銀河に >
抱かれて 身を委ねてゆく
哀しみは < 必然のもの >
いつも伴い < 痛み伴い >
運命と 向き合い 生きる

hito wa < haha naru uchuu >
toki no ginga ni < haruka ginga ni >
dakarete mi o yudanete yuku
kanashimi wa < hitsuzen no mono >
itsu mo tomonai < itami tomonai >
unmei to muki ai ikiru

People are < in a motherly universe >
by the galaxy of time < by a far galaxy >
embraced, leaving their bodies in its care
Sadness < an inevitable thing >
always accompanies < accompanies pain >
living face to face with fate

億光年の彼方へと < 限界なき道 >
可能性を導く < 未来の為 >
bloom your ability

okukounen no kanata e to < genkai naki michi >
kanousei o michibiku < mirai no tame >
bloom your ability

Beyond the millions of light years < a limitless path >
guiding possibility < for the future >
bloom your ability

真理 < don’t be proved yet >
それは < like the risky way >
好奇心だけじゃ 掴めない
紡ぐ < stake my precious life >
セオリー < truly fantasy >
魂と引き換えに

shinri < don’t be proved yet >
sore wa < like the risky way >
koukishin dake ja tsukamenai
tsumugu < stake my precious life >
seorii < truly fantasy >
tamashii to hiki kae ni

Truth < don’t be proved yet >
That is < like the risky way >
Curiousity alone can’t get you a firm grasp

Weaving < stake my precious life >
theory < truly fantasy >
in exchange for my soul

ただ 綺麗なものに出逢いたいだけならば
ナンセンスな旅路だと言える だから

tada kirei na mono ni deaitai dake naraba
nansensu na tabiji da to ieru dakara

If you just want to come across pretty things
you’ll be able to say it’s a nonsensical journey after all

闇に < 清らかな夢 >
情熱の花を < 真紅の花を >
散りばめ 解き明かしてゆく
悔しさは < 涙を超えて >
いつか消えるよ < きっと消えるよ >
広がる < blooming all around >
ロマン < Galaxy Flower >

yami ni < kiyoraka na yume >
jounetsu no hana o < shinku no hana o >
chiri bame toki akashite yuku
kuyashisa wa < namida o koete >
itsu ka kieru yo < kitto kieru yo >
hirogaru < blooming all around >
roman < Galaxy Flower >

In the dark < a pure dream >
passionate flowers < deep red flowers >
I set them, shedding light on the truth
Regret < transcending tears >
will someday disappear < it’ll certainly disappear >
Spreading out < blooming all around >
a romantic < Galaxy Flower >

強大な磁気嵐に阻まれても負けずに
ミステリアスに隠された答え 探せ

kyoudai na arashi ni habamaretemo makezu ni
misuteriasu ni kakusareta kotae sagase

Don’t give up, even if you’re hindered by a strong magnetic storm
Search on for the answer hidden in the mysterious

人は < 母なる宇宙 >
時の銀河に < 遥か銀河に >
抱かれて 身を委ねてゆく
哀しみは < 必然のもの >
いつも伴い < 痛み伴い >
運命と 向き合い 生きる

hito wa < haha naru uchuu >
toki no ginga ni < haruka ginga ni >
dakarete mi o yudanete yuku
kanashimi wa < hitsuzen no mono >
itsu mo tomonai < itami tomonai >
unmei to muki ai ikiru

People are < in a motherly universe >
by the galaxy of time < by a far galaxy >
embraced, leaving their bodies in its care
Sadness < an inevitable thing >
always accompanies < accompanies pain >
living face to face with fate

非統一魔法世界論 | Un-Unified Magic World Theory

Another Dimensional Dream song! Lot’s of jargon in this one.
Not embedding the full song this time, but instead a PV, because it’s cool.

I thought I saw a translation of this somewhere before, but I couldn’t find it again, so here we are.

Notes: I disagree with the “official” title translation, “Disunified Field Theory of Magic,” personally, but you’ll commonly see that used.

★ Title: 非統一魔法世界論
☆ Album: 夢 -YUME-
★ Album Artist: SOUND HOLIC
☆ Vocals: Nana Takahashi (高橋菜々)
★ Lyrics: Blue E
☆ Arrangement: SHU x GUCCI
★ Original Title: Sailor of Time
・Strawberry Crisis!!
☆Website: http://www.sound-holic.com/


”Crashin’ the Gate!!”

今 起こりうること
すべて受け入れてしまえば
何も恐くはない
そうでしょ?

ima okori uru koto
subete uke irete shimaeba
nani mo kowaku wa nai
sou desho?

If you completely accept
all that can possibly happen now
there’s nothing to be afraid of
Isn’t that right?

まだ 常識の檻に
囚われたままでいたなら
哀れな子羊ね

mada joushiki no ori ni
torawareta mama de ita nara
aware na kohitsuji ne

If I had remained still trapped
in the cage of common sense
wouldn’t I be a pitiful lamb

光の速さで 追い越すほどアツい加速
時空乱流 乗りこなして
タラレバの願望 辿り着けたら
夢見のリアル

hikari no hayasa de oi kosu hodo atsui kasoku
jikuu ranryuu nori konashite
tarareba no yokubou tadori tsuketara
yume mi no riaru

At the speed of light, with heated acceleration to the extent of going beyond
riding and breaking through space-time turbulance
when we can reach our hypothetical aspiration,
our dreamt reality

”可能性世界” 並行世界
”変性意識で” 通常意識で
”アクセスしてみたい”
Because I…
Wanna get the true love
Wanna get to be myself

“kanousei sekai” heikou seikai
“hensei ishiki de” tsuujou ishiki de
“akusesu shite mitai”
Because I…
Wanna get the true love
Wanna get to be myself

“The possible worlds” The parallel worlds
“with altered consciousness” with normal consciousness
“I want to try accessing them”
Because I…
Wanna get the true love
Wanna get to be myself

”多世界解釈を” 矛盾解釈を
”抽象レべルで” 情報レべルで
”レイヤーしてみたら”
However…
Gonna be jus’ alright
Gonna be the greatest fate
パラレルの軌跡

“tasekai kaishaku o” mujun kaishaku o
“chuushou reberu de” jouhou reberu de”
“reiyaa shite mitara”
However…
Gonna be jus’ alright
Gonna be the greatest fate
parareru no kiseki

“The many-worlds interpretation” A paradoxical interpretation
“on the abstract level” on the information level
“I better try to layer it”
However…
Gonna be jus’ alright
Gonna be the greatest fate
Parallel trajectories

”Crashin’ the Gate!!”

ただ 心の中に
新たな宇宙が生まれて
消えて また 生まれる
それだけ

tada kokoro no naka ni
arata na uchuu ga umarete
kiete mata umareru
sore dake

It’s just that in my heart
new universes are born
disappear and are born again
That’s all

異を唱える勇気で
嘲りの中を逞しく
生き抜いて来たから

i o tonaeru yuuki de
azakeri no naka o takamashiku
iki nuite kita kara

With the courage to challenge the norm
I boldly lived through the ridicule
and came here after all

歩き疲れた哀れな驢馬 サムい孤独
歪曲率 激化させて
デモシカの感情 辿り着けたら
夢見がリアル

aruki tsukareta aware na roba samui kodoku
waikyokuritsu gekika sasete
demoshika no kanjou tadori tsuketara
yumemi no riaru

Like a donkey tired from walking, in cold solitude
causing the distortion rate to intensify
when we can reach the only emotion to be had,
our dreamt reality

”多重次元世界” 余剰次元世界
”量子力学で” 波動力学で
”アナウンスしてみよう”
Of course, I…
Wanna get the true love
Wanna get to be myself

“tajuu jigen sekai” yojuu jigen sekai
“ryoushirikigaku de” hadourikigaku de
“anaunsu shite miyou”
Of course, I…
Wanna get the true love
Wanna get to be myself

“Multi-dimensional worlds” Extra dimensional worlds
“with quantum mechanics” with wave mechanics
“let’s try to announce it”
Of course, I…
Wanna get the true love
Wanna get to be myself

”演繹理論を” 帰納理論を
”天文レべルで” 素粒子レべルで
”アナライズしてみよう”
Whenever…
Gonna be jus’ alright
Gonna be the greatest fate
シリアルな履歴

“eneki riron o” kinou riron o
“tenmon reberu de” soryuushi reberu de
“ananraizu shite miyou”
Whenever…
Gonna be jus’ alright
Gonna be the greatest fate
shiriaru na rireki

“A deductive theory” An inductive theory
“on the astronomical level” on the elementary particle level
“let’s try to analyze it”
Whenever…
Gonna be jus’ alright
Gonna be the greatest fate
Serial hysteresis

”Crashin’ the Gate!!”

光の速さで 追い越すほどアツい加速
時空乱流 乗りこなして
タラレバの願望 辿り着けたら
夢見のリアル

hikari no hayasa de oi kosu hodo atsui kasoku
jikuu ranryuu nori konashite
tarareba no yokubou tadori tsuketara
yume mi no riaru

At the speed of light, with heated acceleration to the extent of going beyond
riding and breaking through space-time turbulance
when we can reach our hypothetical aspiration,
our dreamt reality

”可能性世界” 並行世界
”変性意識で” 通常意識で
”アクセスしてみたい”
Because I…
Wanna get the true love
Wanna get to be myself

“kanousei sekai” heikou seikai
“hensei ishiki de” tsuujou ishiki de
“akusesu shite mitai”
Because I…
Wanna get the true love
Wanna get to be myself

“The possible worlds” The parallel worlds
“with altered consciousness” with normal consciousness
“I want to try accessing them”
Because I…
Wanna get the true love
Wanna get to be myself

”多世界解釈を” 矛盾解釈を
”抽象レべルで” 情報レべルで
”レイヤーしてみたら”
However…
Gonna be jus’ alright
Gonna be the greatest fate
パラレルの軌跡

“tasekai kaishaku o” mujun kaishaku o
“chuushou reberu de” jouhou reberu de”
“reiyaa shite mitara”
However…
Gonna be jus’ alright
Gonna be the greatest fate
parareru no kiseki

“The many-worlds interpretation” A paradoxical interpretation
“on the abstract level” on the information level
“I better try to layer it”
However…
Gonna be jus’ alright
Gonna be the greatest fate
Parallel trajectories

”Crashin’ the Gate!!”

Blow Us Apart

I love these kinds of Nana Takahashi songs, the ones like “Dead Souls,” and “Raising False Hopes.” I like to call Haruka the master of depressing lyrics, but Linjin can do a pretty amazing job too. Honestly, I feel a small lack of satisfaction with this translation, not because I think it’s inaccurate or a poor job or anything, but I just don’t think it’s possible to capture the beauty of the masterly crafted original Japanese here. The same can be said of a lot of RD songs as well, of course.

★ Title: BLOW US APART
☆ Album: PHOTOGRAPHIC DESTINATIONS
★ Album Artist: ZYTOKINE
☆ Vocals: cold kiss (Nana Takahashi (高橋 菜々))
★ Arrangement and lyrics: Linjin (隣人)
☆ Original Title: Wind God Girl (風神少女)
★ Website: http://zytokine-web.com/


哀しさを抱えて  寂しさに揺られて
空しさに抱かれて 宙に舞う 金色
矛盾だらけ 夢の果て 憎んではまた信じて

kanashisa o kakaete samishisa ni yurarete
munashisa ni dakarete chuu ni mau kin iro
mujun darake yume no hate nikunde wa mata shinjite

Bearing my sorrow, being shaken by the loneliness
being embraced by the emptiness, colours of gold dance in the air
At the end of a dream riddled with paradox, hatred breeds faith again

触れて信じて壊して許して歪んで夢見て信じて忘れて

furete shinjite kowashite yurushite yugande yume mite shinjite wasurete

Touch, believe, destroy, forgive, twist, dream, believe, forget

忘れたはずの 崩れた Melody
ああ バラバラ 粉々 砕け散った頃に またきっと思い出す

wasureta hazu no kuzureta Melody
aa barabara konagona kudake chitta koro ni mata kitto omoi dasu

I thought I left it in the dust, the crumbled down Melody
Ah, piece by piece, bit by bit, when it’s all shattered up, I’m sure I’ll remember it again

独り夢見ている  言の葉に舞う夢
正しさは ただ無常 胸を刺す 銀色
矛盾だらけ 成れの果て 信じてはまた憎んで

hitori yume miteiru koto no ha ni mau yume
tadashisa wa tada mujou mune o sasu gin iro
mujun darake nare no hate shinjite wa mata nikunde

All alone I have a dream, a dream dancing in words
Righteousness is plain ever-changing, colours of silver pierce my heart
A shell of my former self riddled with paradox, faith breeds hatred again

触れて信じて壊して許して歪んで夢見て信じて忘れて

furete shinjite kowashite yurushite yugande yume mite shinjite wasurete

Touch, believe, destroy, forgive, twist, dream, believe, forget

忘れたはずの 崩れた涙
ああ キラキラ ゆらゆら 砕け散った頃に またきっと思い出す

wasureta hazu no kuzureta namida
aa kirakira yurayura kudake chitta koro ni mata kitto omoi dasu

I thought I left them in the dust, all the tears that crumbled down
Ah, twinkle twinkle, shaking shaking, when it’s all shattered up, I’m sure I’ll remember again

哀しさを砕いて 吹く風に砕いて

kanashisa o kudaite fuku kaze ni kudaite

Crushing the sorrow, crushing it in the blowing wind

忘れたはずの 崩れた Melody
ああ バラバラ 粉々 砕け散った頃に またきっと思い出す

wasureta hazu no kuzureta Melody
aa barabara konagona kudake chitta koro ni mata kitto omoi dasu

I thought I left it in the dust, the collapsed Melody
Ah, piece by piece, bit by bit, when it’s all shattered up, I’m sure I’ll remember it again

死に際に 空を飛んだ鳥の夢
いまだ掴めないままで
独り 鳴いていた鳥が 落ちて 朽ちていく

shinigiwa ni sora o tonda tori no yume
imada tsukamenai mama de
hitori naiteita tori ga ochite kuchite iku

As of yet I remain unable to grasp the dream of a bird
A bird that flew through the sky on the brink of death
Resembling the figure of the falling and perishing bird

姿に似ていて

sugata ni niteite

that had been singing alone

美しくて

utsukushikute

it’s beautiful