Hi there! I don't have a tumblr but I'd like to ask if it would be ok to use translations here with full credit to subtitle a video? I'm firstly looking to subtitle a performance from DSPMSTARS second gen covering chocolat love by Band janaimon. You can also contact me at @DearstageN on twitter! Thanks!!
Hi! Sorry for the extremely belated reply. You're welcome to use them for your subtitles if you're still interested.
As a general note about all of the lyrics on here, though: I did these in my spare time, mostly about ten years ago, and looking back at them now there are a lot of mistakes and awkward translation choices (the one you asked about isn't too bad). I'd theoretically like to redo all of them but my schedule these days won't really allow it. I don't plan on deleting them because they mostly can't be found elsewhere (translated or otherwise) and I do think they are largely "good enough" to at least be "better than nothing", but wanted to add this disclaimer for future readers to be aware.
When will I be fully me?
I'm misrepresenting myself with this temporary version
I just want to love, work,
get coffee, and take selfies as my perfected self
I don't want to be chosen by someone else
I want to choose myself
Who cares about conventional cuteness?
I want a cuteness that goes beyond that
I can't walk downtown
I'm bored by downtime
Sex: don't hold back, boy
Plastic surgery: don't you want it, girl?
Two months isn't enough for a romance;
I can't go back to my old self;
I'll end up loving the whole world;
I just want to love myself
They really got me with "beauty is truth"
Thought I'd wait and see, and got pushed on in
My cuteness can't be taken away
I won't let anyone take it away
GIRL'S GIRL girls are the best
GIRL'S GIRL girls are the worst
GIRL'S GIRL girls are the best
GIRL'S GIRL girls are the worst
You assholes don't understand anything
Even that girl who looks nothing like her selfies
uses glue to give herself double eyelids
Even those ditzy, effortless models
are working hard. And so what?
You're really going to knock people down just to keep yourself comfortable?
What's so wrong with me wanting you to see the me that I see?
I'll run through downtown
A girl who knows what to do with her hourly wage
Don't hold back, a new era is coming
What's wrong with being a cutesy mom?
Do you really think having a kid turns women
into some "mother" creatures? They’re both adult babies
There's something sacred about both
my cuteness and the cuteness of a child, and why not?
I'm through with seeing sacrifice as a virtue
I want to live a cute life
GIRL'S GIRL girls are the best
GIRL'S GIRL girls are the worst
GIRL'S GIRL girls are the best
GIRL'S GIRL girls are the worst
It's not like I need you to understand me
but I do think it's screwed up that you don't get it
GIRL'S GIRL girls are the best
GIRL'S GIRL girls are the worst
GIRL'S GIRL girls are the best
GIRL'S GIRL girls are the worst
You assholes don't understand anything
i have a shockingly large amount of lyrics i’ve translated (or half-translated) over the past year or so just lying around in my “stickies” – will i ever get around to posting them? will i start using this blog more regularly? have i stopped procrastinating entirely? only time will tell…
more specifically, omori seiko’s “GIRL’S GIRL”, kikkawa yuu& pai pai dekami’s “kawaisou na onna”, and nama hamu to yaki udon’s “twintails” are coming up
This is hell–tomorrow
there's no way I'll be able to run off waving
So I'm going back to bed; today I just gotta escape
Ding-doong, there it is out of nowhere:
"Look up at the sky, your worries are so small!"
Suddenly an arm around my shoulder:
"Look up at the stars, your pride doesn't mean a thing!"
Isn't the size of a worry
something you don't just figure out and fix? It's not a cabbage
The painful thing is that they're THERE
This is hell–tomorrow
there's no way you'll understand me better
In that case I'm going back to bed; today I can only escape!
Don't try that "Behold the sky" stuff
Listen! I want you to know more about me
I've always been crazy about you
but what do you think of me?
I'm not the type who knows how
to brush things off. Is lacking strength pathetic? I'm not a screw
Does being weak mean it's all over?
This is hell–today, tomorrow, the next day
You'll never understand me
In that case I'll escape, just for a second–anything else is impossible
Don't try that "Behold the sky" stuff, listen! I want you to know more about my heart
You say you like me but I can't really believe you
Strong and steady does the trick
(Run without showing your tears)
Overcoming barriers
(Believe in yourself)
I don't care if I fall down
I'll ignore everything else
I believe in you
Etc etc etc–and what if all that stuff fails...?
This is hell–there's no way
I can or will smile any more than this
So I'm going back to bed; today I'll escape–
and isn't that what you're doing, too?
It's not about "the sky", this is me!
I have to accept my own self
And then I guess I'll confront everything
But for now, let's escape!!
This is hell–today or tomorrow
I'd like to think about you a little
『太陽見たくしておいで 地味に輝く 月のあかりなんて似合わない』
"Try to be like the sun: the moon's quiet light doesn't suit you"
『下向かないで ごらん皆同じだよ 弱々しく 涙見せないで』
"Don't get down: hey, everyone's got something. Don't let me see you cry"
i have a shockingly large amount of lyrics i’ve translated (or half-translated) over the past year or so just lying around in my “stickies” -- will i ever get around to posting them? will i start using this blog more regularly? have i stopped procrastinating entirely? only time will tell...
I could never be an announcer
You've had a wild life so
tell me how I should
have taken that breath
A 100% no-risk drug:
"This song is about me"
And it feels goo oooo ooood, oh yess
If not having a boyfriend means we're missing out
and if the only jobs we can get are at night
why can't girls play rock music?
You always say you like your girls natural
so aren't I just living naturally? I'm so lonely
Even if I get caught
in all the lies I've ever told
Please don't stop loving me
Why is Barbie girl hot pink
different
from cutie pie baby pink? Aah
My innocence isn't here just to be sullied;
I can't show my pink
My dream is
to gather up the pieces of your tattered, ugly life
and make them into an enormous mirror
I'll show you the wonderful
world you've created
Mirror
Magic mirror
Mirror
Magic mirror
Mirror
Magic mirror
Are you still miserable?
How is this different from a mix
of Barbie girl hot pink
and cutie pie baby pink? Aah
My youth isn't here just to be sullied;
I can't show my struggles
I'll erase everything
that's ever happened
Be happy–
It's a promise
My fame
shines only for your lonesome isolation
Yes, I want to meet the wonderful
self you've created
My dream is
to gather up the pieces of your tattered, ugly life
and make them into an enormous mirror
I'll sing of the wonderful
life you've created
Are you still taking requests? If you are, beautifulさ by BiSH please!! ^u^
sure, i’ll see what i can do! i haven’t been procrastinating as much lately so i’ve kind of let this hobby fall by the wayside...if i start getting lazy again i’ll definitely keep beautifulさ in mind
hello! I was wondering if you could translate "Yume Nante" by Yurumerumo? thanks!!
hi! i’ll put it on the list. yume nante isn’t one of my favorites by them, but i’m always up for tackling anything ylmlm-- tabi no shitaku is on its way, btw
Omori Seiko I have the patience of an angel
lyrics: Omori Seiko
A girl who fell in love
with a mistakenly lynched boy; just this
city's nameless song, trash,
a white bag pecked by a black crow
The awful situation's gentleness
is getting dressed and just doing whatever
This and that were added then divided in two:
c'mon, I get it already
The memory of dawn comes only in snatches;
a body living for the sake of going home
The reason I can't exactly tell you to love me is
the rising sun's glare--and it's really just that
Aah ah ah
Though I'd be happy if that longing
were to shift so as to pierce me through,
since I knew it all from the beginning,
from the beginning all was lost
The memory of dawn comes only in snatches;
a body living for the sake of going home
I can't exactly tell you to love me but
do go out with me a little again tomorrow
Aah ah ah
