alstroemeria translations

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[translation] Reversible Doll - wowaka feat. Hatsune Miku

MORE wowaka content, i’ve been meaning to translate this one for years bc it’s very Relatable but god from the very first line it was... a doozy. what is it with wowaka’s lyrics and being impossible to translate? a lot of the subjects are hazy (who shot the speaker in the first line? is the night calling or someone calling out in the night? WHAT), weird sentence formulations/orders, super unconventional verbs being used (what does 大嫌いが躓いた even MEAN???)... etc. so this really is just. an interpretation, because so many of the subjects are unclear and in japanese that was absolutely done on purpose. it really just doesn’t ring the same. wowaka why were you like this... but i love you anyway

translation under cut

３年前わたしを撃った 声なき声に誘われて 肝心の歌からずっと逃げ出してる 単純で無意味な線を のばし疲れたその最後 傲慢な音をかじって吐いて捨てる

Three years ago, I was shot Beckoned in by a soundless voice Always running away from an important song At the end of a simple, meaningless line that I was so tired of extending I bit down on those haughty sounds, spit them out and threw them away

３秒間、止まる世界で 心内環境絡まって 真っ向の勝負を放って歩かされる なんべんもこうやって わたしを売った 自意識めいた価値観を 冗談で切り捨てたって ついてくるの

In three seconds, the outside world stopped and became inseparable from the world inside me, forcing me to turn around and walk away from the game before me So many times, I did the same thing, selling myself just like this, unconsciously throwing away my values like they were nothing but jokes, and following mindlessly

｢間違った答えを呟いた わたしってどうしようもないわ。｣ そんなこと言ったって 聞く耳なんて持たないでしょう

“I can’t really do anything but mumble the wrong answers.” If you’re going to say something like that, you probably won’t listen to anyone else, huh?

始まったことなんだ 全部？ 無くなったものなんて無いよ？ ああ、疲れたな。 いい気になった人形が 踊る、回る、跳ねる 縦横無尽！ 

Is this really the beginning of everything? Did I really lose anything at all? Ah, I’m so tired. A doll that lives only to please, dancing, spinning, contorting itself, this way and that!

大好きって言いたいだけ 束になった音、並べまくった 愛情って今どうやって 空になって消えてくれる？ ｢大嫌いが躓いた｣って 話したんだ。 この時間に沿って さんはいって駆けてったんだ 何も無い部屋で妄想、妄想

All I wanted to say was “I love you” A bundle of sounds, lined up one after the other What do I do now with this affection? Why can’t it just evaporate into thin air? “Feeling hatred is really hard for me,” you said, as we talked. And simultaneously, on the count of three, I was already running, leaving nothing but delusions in this empty room

３年前わたしを撃った 声なき声に誘われて ３年後渡したペンでなぞる背中、 どうやって単純で無意味な線を 繋げたもんか考える 傲慢な欲を衒った道が閉じる

Three years ago, I was shot Beckoned by a soundless voice Tracing your back with the pen you lent me three years later, How on earth do I connect these simple, meaningless lines? I turned the question around and around in my head and closed off the path to my self-centered desires

ああ 何もかも全部 沈む部屋にしまいこんだ。 後ろ向きの挨拶で 鳴る夜を言い包める

Ah, everything I’ve ever known is finally ending here, in this sinking room. Explaining away the calling sounds in the night As someone shouting a greeting to whoever was behind them

｢さあ、ここからはどうぞ お好きに何でもしちゃって。｣ どうなった？ それからちょっと行方不明

“So, go ahead; you can do anything you want to me.” How did this happen? Everything after that is sort of a blur

誰だっけこんなに渦巻いた この感じ振りまいてたのは そんなこと聞いたって 感想なんて持たないでしょう？

Who was that? All of it just swirled together; Who was it that lavished that feeling upon me? Asking that kind of question Must really mean I don’t really feel anything about it, huh?

始まったことなんだ 全部。 無くなったものなんて無いよ。 ｢ああ、苦しいな。｣ 遊ぶ 捨てる 拾う くるくる

Right now is only the beginning. And I haven’t lost anything yet. “Ah, it hurts.” Playing with a toy, throwing it away, finding a new one, round and round…

大好きって言いたいだけ 束になった音並べまくった 愛情って今どうやって 空になって消えてくれる？ ｢大嫌いが躓いた。｣って 話したんだ。 この時間に沿って さんはいって駆けてったんだ 何も無い部屋で妄想、妄想

All I wanted to say was “I love you”; A bundle of sounds, lined up one after the other What do I do now with this affection? Why can’t it just evaporate into thin air? “Feeling hatred is really hard for me,” you said, as we talked. And simultaneously, on the count of three, I was already running, leaving nothing in that room but delusions

大好きって言葉だけ 音に乗せて沈んでいきたいよ 感情ってただこうやって 詰め込まれて不意に言う

I want to be carried away By the words “I love you”, and drown in them I can’t do anything but this with these feelings; I pack them closely together but suddenly they spill out

大嫌いを崩すんだって 叫ぶだけの人形になった。 さんはいって逃げてったんだ 何も無い空でもう、そう、最後。

Because I can’t say no to anything anymore, I’ve become a doll that can do nothing but scream. On the count of three, I’d already run away The sky is empty, really, when all’s said and done.

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[translation] Telecaster and Daydream - Natsume Chiaki (Matsudappoiyo cover by sixlightyears)

for my fiance’s cover of telecaster and daydream for matsudappoiyo’s 10th anniversary, i did the translation in the subtitles! here’s the full text under the cut

暗い暗い部屋の中で   ふと回る僕の世界は       取り留めもなくただ       くだらない　期待　浮かべて沈む   

Inside this dark, dark room, in my carelessly spinning world, useless expectations float to the surface, then sink again without rhyme or reason.

誰からの理解がなくても   ひたすら繰り返すこの中で　見つけた   

Even if no one else could understand, I always dug them out from inside, singlemindedly.

本当は今にも汚いこの現実を壊したい   それでも何故か僕は何もしないんだ   このまま変わらずやがて時は過ぎるんだ   いつしか忘れてしまうよ   

To be honest, even now, I want to destroy this tainted world we live in But still, I know I can't particularly do anything. At this rate, if nothing changes, this time will pass and I'll end up forgetting it too.

        狭い狭い心の隅   知られらたくない事ばかり   気付かれない場所に今も   ずっとずっと隠している   

In a tiny, tiny corner of my heart, I've always been hiding all these things I don't want anyone to know, in a place even I haven’t found yet.

過去一度きりの告白   僕だけの青き日の陰に　咲いてた   

That single confession in the past Bloomed like a flower for me, in the cool shadow of the sun.

もしも言葉も何も知らない僕がいたなら   あの気持ちどんな形で伝えるのか   どれほど言葉を並べても違うんだ   いつしか気付いてしまうよ   

If I existed without knowing language, or words, or anything, What kind of form would those faraway feelings take, if I were to try to convey them? No matter how many words I line up and pore through, they all seem off somehow Maybe I'll figure it out someday without realizing.

        悪魔　7th　涙　ジレンマ       ドラマ　掌　秘密　午前6時       メモリー　黒猫　意識　カメリア   慰める音が消えた   

Demons, a 7th chord, tears, a dilemma Drama, the palm of a hand, secrets, six in the morning Memories, a black cat, consciousness, camellias All the sounds that used to comfort me have disappeared.

        本当は今にも汚いこの現実を壊したい   それでも何故か僕は何もしないんだ   このまま変わらずやがて時は過ぎるんだ   いつしか忘れて      

To be honest, even now, I want to destroy this tainted world we live in But still, I know I can't particularly do anything. At this rate, if nothing changes, this time will pass and I'll end up forgetting--

もしも言葉も何も知らない僕がいたなら   あの気持ちどんな形で伝えるのか   どれほど言葉を並べても違うんだ   いつしか気付いてしまうよ   

If I existed without knowing language, or words, or anything, What kind of form would those faraway feelings take, if I were to try to convey them? No matter how many words I line up and pore through, they all seem off somehow Maybe I'll figure it out someday, and not even know it

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[translation] Montage Girl - hitorie

another hitorie translation under cut

くだらない想いを一粒 心、で咲かせているんだ。 余りに色が飽和して聞こえない。聞こえない。

A single drop of meaningless thought Bloomed a flower inside my heart. It’s not that deep in color, and I can’t hear it, I can’t hear it.

隣の席に舞い込んだ灯り、を仕舞い込んでるんだ？ あたしは未だ冗談に聞こえない、聞こえないよ。

The light at the desk next to me, when did it get there? I still can’t hear, can’t hear any of your jokes.

つまらない期待はいつしか綻びとなっていくんだ。 哀れな持論持ちだして、 認めない。認めない。認めない。

These boring expectations I’ve held fell apart at some point. Bringing out such pitiful arguments, I won’t acknowledge it. I won’t. I won’t.

如何にも、な顔してどうだい！ 言葉は意味を失った。 それでも未だ答えは聞こえない。聞こえないや。

Go ahead, keep making that face like you can’t find it anywhere! All these words have lost their meaning And yet in the end I can’t hear, I can’t hear the answer.

目眩の様な明るみに閉じ込めた素顔、隠して 笑い続けた女の子の行く末に泣く日々を、ね。

Hiding a dizzying light in her rare unpainted face, That forever-smiling girl has lost sight of where she wants to go.

「当たり前だった、輪郭を切り取って。 足りないなりに何かを貼\り合わせよとしていた！ 運命に申\し込んで、簡単に絡まった、 揚げ足取りの今日が始まる！」

“Yeah, it’s obvious that I stopped contouring my face. These things aren’t good enough on their own, so I’m just throwing them together. I’ll just leave it up to fate, since it’s so simple to get caught up, And spend today picking out all my own faults!”

虚しさ、を繰り返して今 浮かぶはあの娘の笑顔か？ 涙の色の正体に気附けない、気附けない。

Emptiness is all that’s on repeat now Was it that girl’s face that I keep remembering? I don’t notice, I don’t notice the true color of my own tears.

迂闊な間違いはいつしか 無関心、に変わってきたんだ？ 挙句の果てにお決まりの勘違い、勘違いを。

Those thoughtless mistakes I made; when did I stop caring about them? At the very, very end, they’re all the same old misunderstandings.

狭い路地の向こう側に飛び込めば、 空が落ちていく。 斜め前からの顔を見せてほしいな、今直ぐに。さあ。

If you jump the gate to the other side of this narrow path You’ll notice the sky is falling. Let me see your face from before your life went sideways— Please, right now. Come on.

「たった今知りました。答えが観えたんだ。 咲きたい、だけを頼りにその先を見詰めていた？ に、したって哀しいや。 冗談、交えたいな。 泣き虫ばかりの今日を閉じるよ？」

“I just figured it out. I know the answer now. If you just want to flourish, if you’re banking on that, what is there to see past that? Or something. So now I’m really sad... Just kidding. Let’s keep talking. I’ve cried too much today, I should cut it out already.”

-当たり前だった輪郭を切り取って -足りないなりに何かを貼\りあわせよとしていた -運命に申\し込んで簡単に絡まった揚げ足取りの今日が始まる。

- Of course, I quit contouring my face, - These things aren’t good enough on their own, so I’m trying to sew them all together. - I’m leaving it up to fate, because it’s so simple to get caught up, - And spend today picking out all my faults.

「あたしだけだった。 此処で待っていたんだ。 足りないなりの何かを心に貼\り付けて、さ。 簡単なことでした。 泣き濡れて笑いました。」

“It’s just been me. I’ve been waiting here. I’ve just been sticking all sorts of unfulfilling things on my heart, so... It was such a simple thing. My face was soaked with tears, but I just laughed."

おしまい、の色をはきだして。

— Spitting out an ending-like color.

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[translation] SisterJudy - Hitorie

this summer i’m starting a project of translating the entire hitorie discography because wowaka put so much of his heart into this band and after his loss i’ve been just a bit salty about people who say they were huge wowaka fans but didn’t care at all about hitorie. so they’ll be going up here until i get around to making a separate site.

translation under the cut.

ワケ有りの関係の中で 君はいつも何を唄っている 飛び込みは上手く決まりそうかい？ 其処で音が止まった。

In the middle of this imperfect relationship What is it you’re always singing about? Did you figure out when your cue is yet? That was where the music stopped.

1 2 3 四の五の言う前に起こす、 次の数秒間のお伽話を用意してるんだ 今すぐ耳を傾けておくれ。

One, two, three, and after four-five, it starts And I’ve prepared a fairytale for the next few seconds, So won’t you listen?

初めてのソ\レはどうだ、シスター 君はいつも何を嗤っている 飲み込まれるよな音を鳴らして 何を、何を唄おっか。

How was it at first, Sister? What are you always laughing about? With a voice that could swallow anyone up What are you going to sing?

さあ、3 2 1  でゴーのサインを出そう  それじゃ、次はお先にどうぞ  踊り疲れはしない世界へ  今こそ、君を連れ込むんだ。

“Alright, on the count of three-two-one, we’ll start.” “Oh well, next time, please go first.” Like always, you’re sucked into a world that never tires of dancing.

始まりの擬態を今すぐ！ なけなしの期待を担って！ 諦めの視線を嫌った私を振り回しているんだ。

“Do it again like you did the first time!” “You should be able to meet expectation this low!” Hating that exhausted look in my eyes, you kept running me round and round.

閉じ籠りの発想転換、 積み重なる興味の連鎖、 味を占めた傍観者になってしまっているんだ。

The paradigm shift I needed locked away inside me And the chains of interest piling up on me; I got a taste of what it’s like to be a bystander.

さめざめと泣き崩れたシスター 君は何を、何を唄っている 間違いを正し続けて今、音は等しく鳴くんだ ハウツー、倒れ込んでしまわぬこと その先に見えている像を照らし続けた終いの今日だ

Sobbing until you fall apart, Sister, What is it, what is it you’re singing? Each mistake of mine you corrected became another cry for help. This is my guide on how to never stop failing and falling; Today the image of me you kept chasing after stopped looking so perfect—

今にも消えてしまいそだった。

And even now, it seems like it’s disappearing.

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[translation] [REMAKE] The “Wanderlast” (2019: A Self Odyssey) - sasakure.UK feat. Megurine Luka

THANK YOU BASED SASAKURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tumblr doesn’t support embedding nicovideo links but once a yt link is up i’ll embed that. for now here’s the video 

this song means the world to me but for some reason i don’t think there are any really great translations out there even for the original so i made one real quick. here you go: under the cut.

ふと旅に出たくなるように　ヒトは皆 眠る場所を求めるものだと　君は云うけど―。

“The moment anyone sets out on a journey, they’re immediately looking for a place to rest” is what you said, but—

僕が"終末"を知ったときには　此処はもう 暖かくも寒くもない速度で落ちていた

The moment I became aware that this place was “the end”, it was already Falling apart at a speed that was neither cold or warm

"カミサマ"が　もしも居たとしても 大きな空　溢れるほどの虹　架けてくれなくても良い

Even if a “god” exists in the world, There’s really no reason for it to create  Enough rainbows to fill the entire sky

『唯一つ　願いをかけるとしたら…？』

“If I could be granted just one wish…?”

君のもとへ"うた"を届けたい メグル　メグル　最後の　廻音（メロディ）

I would want this “song” to reach you, This endlessly revolving, final melody

君が笑ってくれるのなら　僕は 消えてしまっても　構わないから

If you would only smile at me, I really wouldn’t mind disappearing just like this

君が涙の海に身を投げても 握りしめた手　離さないから

Even if you throw yourself into an ocean of tears, I won’t let go of your hand that so tightly clasps mine

白い嘘だらけの世界なんてもう 消えてしまっても　構わないから

This world is so full of white lies, so I really don’t mind if it disappears

『旅の終わりの夢に見た存在（もの）に　僕は－ なれますように　なれますように』

“Whatever it was that I saw in my dream, at the journey’s end— I want to become it. I want to become it.”

オワラナイ　ウタヲ　ウタオウ 僕ガ　終ワッテ　シマウ　マエニ　… オワラナイ　ウタヲ　ウタオウ 僕ガ　終ワッテ　シマウ　マエニ　… オワラナイ　ウタヲ　ウタオウ 僕ガ　終ワッテ　シマウ　マエニ　… オワラナイ　ウタヲ　ウタオウ 僕ガ　終ワッテ　シマウ　マエニ　… オワラナイ　ウタヲ　ウタオウ 僕ガ　終ワッ　…

let’s sing an endless song, before i reach the end… let’s sing an endless song, before i reach the end… let’s sing an endless song, before i reach the end… let’s sing an endless song, before i reach the end… let’s sing an endless song, before i rea—

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[translation] Empty Broken Things - HITORIE

edited again on march 25, 2020. when was this posted? fuck, probably before he passed away.

god i love this song more than i love a lot of things. still of the opinion that the original album version is better than the retake tho.

i’ve edited and re-edited this translation so many times since the first time i did it in january 2017 (!!!!) and i still feel like i can’t get it entirely. it’s one of those songs that feels impossible to fully convey the emotion in. wowaka’s work and lyrics in general are just Like This. i have so much trouble all the time with translating him, even after 10+ years of listening... it really just makes me think.

translation under cut-- i lost the japanese and romaji somewhere.

With nothing but pointless words in her mouth A wavering girl floats, uneasily Her imagination so far away From this gutless, unmotivated life

Whatever thoughts I had are already dried up Is there nothing I can’t see straight through? Right into the depths of a backwards, transparent dream

Just when I thought I could remember It started getting dim And then it seemed to disappear My pessimistic feelings have only ever told me to laugh, dammit, So that’s all I did

How did it become like this? What is it you’re expecting from me? Lying and saying things like “it hurts,” Wearing shoes that never quite fit me Just like that, just like that, You turn your back on me As if you’re trying to hide the pain that shows on your face

I want to cry, ah, I want to sing Won’t you please notice I’m here? The faint emotions i desperately clutched at Have fallen from my hands today

I want to bloom, god, I want to laugh From the start, the ideals I believed in Were always far, far away

They’re nothing but pointless words— For some reason, I’m starting to blend into my surroundings My heart’s been used and thrown away so many times That I can’t put it into words, but

How did it become like that? What is it you’re seeking from me? Saying “I’m weak,” taking refuge in those words, It all became useless today Just like that, just like that! Then you show me your smile And I feel like maybe I can reach out my hand Even if it’s only ever lost things it held onto

I want to scream out all my sadnesses They may just come out as empty words, But the dried-up voice saying “I want to express this” Finally found its way home yesterday I’ll hold onto these worn-out meanings When I think about it, it’s always been like this So, so far away

I want to cry, god, I want to sing Won’t you please notice I’m here? The faint emotions I desperately clutched at Have fallen from my hands today

I want to bloom, ah, I want to laugh This place, it has to lead somewhere else, I just know it...

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[translation] Mora - Ayana feat. Nizimine Kakoi and Mine Laru

apparently this is my first translation i’m posting even though i’ve had this blog for a while... i really like this song. i’ve been listening to the danto arrange of it lately too which has its own emotional charge to it.

translator notes: 7 mora is a type of reclist used for VCV in UTAU.

translation under cut

壊れかけた身体のバックアップを取った 錆びた心臓が三つに増えた きみが消えてしまうのが怖くて堪らないから もうかっこつけてなんていられないのさ

You made a backup of my broken-up body And my rusty heartbeat gained three beats per minute I’m so scared that you’ll disappear, so afraid I can’t stand it There’s no need to put brackets around it anymore

きみがたくさん　それでもみたされないの ふたりでいるつもりで　ひとりごとで

There’s so much of you and yet I’ll never be complete Even though you’re here with me I’m still talking to myself

木霊もない詞ばかり吐き続けるこの口 きみの７モーラ　端から端まで愛したいのに 僕よりきみを可愛く飾れる人が他に居るらしくてさ　虚しくてさ からっぽの耳鳴り　砕いてよDarling

This mouth of mine keeps on spitting out songs with no echoes Even though I want to love from end to end these seven mora you’ve given me There’s definitely someone who can make them sound nicer than I can, so it’s useless Won’t you stop this empty ringing in my ears, darling?

お気に入りのパーツを複製して撫ぜた 枯れた吐息が八つに増えた 押し付けの価値観で汚してしまうけど もうきみを好きでいること自体がアイデンティティなのさ

You took your favorite parts of me, made copies and gently stroked them And I let out eight more rattling breaths Though I’ve already sullied the values you’ve instilled in me My very identity still depends on if you can love me

春の夢の暖色に酔って ふたりぼっちでひとりよがり わかり合えないこと　嘆いてみたって 虚空に溶けた　wav.

Intoxicated by the warm colors of spring dreams (Getting complacent when we were alone together) And lamenting fruitlessly that we couldn’t understand each other (All of it melted into empty space) 

砂の城の感触を知って 臆病な隠喩で　煮詰めてみたっけ ささくれた歌を一息で飲み干した 尖った波形を　ただ眺めていた

Knowing the way this castle of sand feels under my feet, I can’t believe we’re trying to boil it all down to cowardly metaphors I swallowed the splintered song in one single breath, and could only stare at the horribly sharp waveforms

狂ったように捧げたってきみは僕のものにはならないって 端から　端からわかっていただろ 「僕はきみの何になれるの」割れそうなくらいに抱き締めても 止まったままのきみの呼吸　応えてよDarling

Even if I’ve senselessly entrusted you with everything I am, I know you can’t become mine alone You understand it, don’t you? From one end to the other “What can I become for you?” I’m holding onto that question so tightly I could break I know you’re holding your breath, But can you let it out so I can tell if you’ve heard me, darling?

木霊もない詞ばかり吐き続けるこの口 きみの７モーラ　端から端まで愛してるのに 僕よりきみを上手く愛せる人が他に居るらしくてさ　虚しくてさ からっぽの耳鳴り　砕いてよDarling

My mouth has done nothing but spit out songs with no echoes Even though I love each one of your seven mora from end to end There’s definitely someone who you can love better than me, so it’s pointless Won’t you stop this empty ringing in my ears, darling?

Sing  Sing  Sing for me...