エンブレム - ATOLS

Long time no post, folks! I doubt anyone still checks this blog for new translations but I have seen my old ones used over the years even on the English NND for translation via video comments (properly attributed or not). I haven't been actively studying Japanese but as was tradition years ago, I got an ATOLS song stuck in my head and felt the need to translate it.

I don't see myself translating songs on a regular basis like I did back in high school, but I hope that this translation 1) does the song justice and 2) shows how my understanding of the Japanese language and how other translators operate has changed over the years. I did take pride in my more active years and enjoyed those times when composers would reply to my tweets in thanks for the translation.

If you would like to keep up with me, I am on Tumblr as fleurite!

 

 

Upload Date:  2021.07.08

Vocals: Hatsune Miku append

Lyrics, Composition, Movie: ATOLS

Available for download and streaming on KarenT, as well as Apple Music and Spotify.

Emblem

 

In the darkness unbeknownst to anybody,

I shall grant unto you a single wish.

At a banquet of prayers unending
and shut away.
Keep it down, the fire shall be lit.
That sacred flame that sears into your mind.
 

In the darkness unbeknownst to anybody,
I shall grant unto you a single wish.
On the world stage forgotten by everybody,
I shall gently nestle close to you and see you off.

At a banquet of curses unending
and fires set,
Silhouettes swirl about as the recompense
Floats into the night sky.

Pass it around,
Pass it out, pass it out, piece it out-out,
All the riches up in the air.
Entrust them to me, entrust your dreams.
The legend shall continue.

Pass it around, pass it out, piece it out-out,
All the riches up in the air.
Bodhidharma has fallen down.
“It” is nowhere to be seen.

 

If you are an angel cracked and sullied,

I shall bestow upon you a single wing.

If you are a mermaid immobile and drowned,

I shall engulf you and leave no backwater.

 

At a banquet of prayers unending

and shut away.

Keep it down, the fire shall be lit. 

That sacred flame that sears into your mind.

Pass it around,

Pass it out, pass it out, piece it out-out.

All the riches up in the air.

Entrust them to me, entrust your dreams.

The legend shall continue.
 

Pass it around, pass it out, piece it out-out,

All the riches up in the air.

Bodhidharma has fallen down. 

“It” is nowhere to be seen.
 

Come gather around, shall we dance to a waltz?

Come gather around, shall we dance to a rondo? 

Come gather around, shall we make a puzzle ring?
 

Come gather around, beseech the gods.

drop pop candy - ギガP

Upload Date: 2014.07.18
Vocals: 鏡音リン & 巡音ルカ - Kagamine Rin & Megurine Luka
Composer: ギガP - GigaP
Lyricist: れをる - Reol
Illustrator: けい - Key
Movie: お菊 - OKiku

drop pop candy

I won't raise my umbrella even with the rainfall.
(A cat meows a how-do-you-do.)
I'll get my favorite high heels wet.

The everyday that seems nonchalant now - lookit -
Is dyed indigo blue saying it wants to change.
A one-second span reflected in a puddle.
I only want to try seeing it once with these eyes.

I dance.
The world
Sways and
It spins!
I get through.
Speed it up.

I wanna break into a run, soaring all the way to tomorrow.
Though I wouldn't be there for yesterday's boyfriend nor the morning glow,
I'm fine with that.

I'm going on forever.
I'm advancing surely.
I love them more!
The days, you--
I rise and fall sooner,
Get up a number of times,
And I'm able to think about today again
With you by doing that.


The drops from the girlfriend that go along her cheeks
(The cat meows, turning a blind eye.)
sink with her head hung. She ranked her boredom.

Even with lies that were spun out of kindness,
Even with truths that were colored by sadness,
It's like I gently trace with my fingertips the abyss
Of raindrops that rustles in the puddle.

I draw,
I play,
And a glimmering
Wish
Comes true!
I get through.
Raise it up.

I wanna run right on through, soaring all the way to space.
Though I wouldn't be able to meet the floating stars nor the moon,
I'm fine with that.

I'm going on forever.
I'm advancing surely.
I love them more!
The days and you--
I cower sooner,
And sob a number of times,
And I'm able to go around with today again
With you by doing that.


Shine on me, blue moon.
I already woke up from my long dream.
Say you'll take me in tomorrow's direction!
Speed it up.

I wanna break into a run, soaring all the way to tomorrow.
Though I wouldn't be there for yesterday's boyfriend nor the morning glow,
I'm fine with that.

I'm going on forever.
I'm advancing surely.
I love them more!
Both the days and you--
I rise and fall sooner,
Get up a number of times,
And I'm able to go around again today too
With you by doing that.

I'm thinking with you,
Forever here on out.

トエト - トラボルタP

Upload Date: 2009.02.17
Vocals: 巡音ルカ - Megurine Luka
Composer: トラボルタP - TravoltaP

Toeto

I like who you are.
That is a lie.
Though, the truth is--
Mmmmm~.

I hate who you are.
That is a lie.
But the truth is--
Mmmmm~.

I can't be honest.
I don't have enough courage,
And I just lie a lot,
Wearing a cat hat.

Before I know it,
They're within me.
Eh, um, eh, hey.
Eh-Toeto.

Bad at conveying important things, is Toeto.
Mild-mannered and a shy person, is Toeto.
They're hiding.

Though I want to convey my true feelings,
Toeto bashfully rejects that.
When I'd say it when it counts, when I'd say it at the last minute,
Eh, um, eh, um, uh, eh, uh, eh-Toeto.

Face bright red, is Toeto.
Eh, um, eht cetera.

I'm sorry - shedding tears--
It's my fault, says Toeto.

It's not like that. Don't cry, Toeto.
I really like that kind of you.

Though I want to convey my true feelings,
Toeto bashfully rejects that.
When I'd say it when it counts, when I'd say it at the last minute,
Eh, um, eh, um, uh, eh, uh, eh-Toeto.

When I'll truly, truly convey them,

Toeto will bashfully show some courage, too.

When I'd say it when it counts, when I'd say it at the last minute,

Eh, um, eh, um, uh, eh, doing their best is Toeto.

Within me,

Doing their best is Toeto.

アリアドネ - 黒うさP

Upload Date: 2014.12.04
Vocals: 初音ミク - Hatsune Miku
Composer: 黒うさP - KuroUsaP
Illustrator: 月岡月穂 - Tsukioka Tsukiho
Arrangement: 倉内達矢 - Kurachi Tatsuya
Background Art: ﾏｸｰ - Makuu
Movie: gram6design

Author's Comments

(......That day, I met a goddess.)

Ariadne

I'll steal you away with simple words, see,
In spite of not being happy or anything--
Love is already okay -
Laugh so that you may scorn
I who stretched
Out my hand.


The hours won't stop no matter what I try to do,
And it justifies it and creates scars.
What are the gluttonous times seeking,
And are they increasing a bunch of challenges?

What will satisfy a time of solitude?
Riots, gloom, drugs that are starting to not work.
Although they desire this and that,
Those kinds of hearts are only aching.

I'll steal you away
With simple words, see,
In spite of not being happy or anything--
Love is already okay -
Laugh so that you may scorn
I who stretched
Out my hand.


The light within the underside of the blazing sun starts going mad,
And it's as if it's been stuck to you no matter where you are--
Oh, I'm sick of it - the mutterings spin.
What nth is it again, this heartburn?

That's right, if you take it as a dream,
Then there's nothing to be scared of.
The sweat that flowed
Is losing its dirtied color that was covered with lies.

I overwrite a simple train
Of thought with this hand,
And it'd be like a comedy
If I blotted it out.
I do that
Over and over
And I'm jarring.
Let me hear
Any kind of sound.


The dusk lowering shadows,
The asphalt ahead where you tottered.
Hey, what if there was no tomorrow;
Would I lose my way
Even so, I wonder?

We are entwined with simple words,
Much like Ariadne's threads.
Assuming that I do love and it's somewhere,
You can't undo
That kind of stuff.

Hey,
I overwrite a train
Of thought with this hand,
And it'd be like a comedy if I blotted it out.
I do that over and over and I'm jarring today too.
Let me hear your
Heart-sound (sound).

......That day, I met a goddess.

Ladies First - OSTER-project

Upload Date: 2010.05.17
Vocals: 初音ミク & 巡音ルカ - Hatsune Miku & Megurine Luka
Chorus: Sweet Ann
Composer: OSTER-project
Illustrator: 原之 - Harano

Ladies First

I wanna be your number one.


One kiss as a prank.
Your mischievous smile.
With my mouth wide open,
I who'd completely frozen.

While it wasn't supposed to be like this--
Hey, how come you've got that kind of look
And are staring at me?
From inside my heart that was sleeping,

The ESSENCE of hot love that oozes out, y'know,
Seems like it isn't lying.

Haven't you noticed already that it's almost like
The gods played a trick on us?
I can be ready for that.

I wanna be your number one.
There are just a smidge more
Walls and the like for us than for the next love over?
Don't let go of my hand you've held, 'kay,
No matter how strong of a head wind the day holds.


It began from that time on.
My first mysterious relationship.
If it's something we couldn't comprehend,
We understand if we've got the same gaze.

Enough lip gloss for two people.
Pink-colored toothbrushes lined up.
It is weird but it's precious,
Since only you are special.

Since today is a ladies day,
Dress up extraordinarily
And let yourself enjoy a couples day, 'kay.

You who gets into a panic around the friends
You unexpectedly passed by, and your vacant right finger.

I wanna be your only one.
You say it just can't be helped,
And your sad face hurts like a sting.
I understand your feelings.
It's getting all the more painful.

I wanna be your number one.
The kisses we exchanged
In the dimly lit room are a secret.
In spite of a love as great as this,
How come I'm crying?

I wanna be your number one.

I wanna be your number one.


Tonight I'll show you my skills.
I'll try opening the refrigerator at dinner time.
Though we can't make anything aside from this kind of thing at all,
I'm happy,
Since you're here.

I wanna be your number one.
Enough for just two people.
Let's share our feelings and time, 'kay.
It is the form of love we chose.
We don't need any rules.

I wanna be your only one.
So that we can be
The cutest couple in the entire world,
I want to shout that I like you a lot.
Someday...
Yup, someday, y'know--

I wanna be your number one.

よいこのくすり - ピノキオP

Karaoke: (Piapro acct. necessary)
Upload Date: 2014.11.17
Vocals: 初音ミク - Hatsune Miku
Composer: ピノキオP - PinnochioP
3DCG: すす泥棒 - Susu Dorobō

Good Kid Medicine

Had I totally known, I wouldn't be able to stop.
From being just out of curiosity, it changes into an addiction.
Yummy rice and a warm bed.
The tender smile of the one I like.

A-ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha, trickling out--
A-ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha.

It is
Legal.
Even if you look up at the stars,
It's legal.
Even if you feel the seasons,
It's legal.
Though I'm gradually
Getting uneasy--

Ah, with good kid, good kid, good kid medicine,
I forget my dangerous thinking now for a bit,
And in my aimless, aimless, aimless sobriety,
I do want to gaze at the town in the morning glow.


I properly eat my vegetables, too, for my health's sake.
I make my story make up for my untouched tasks.
Good people and bad people both read manga, loaf about--
Finally sleeping, a peaceful sleeping face.

That too is
Legal.
If you only hate them,
It's legal.
If you only get to like them,
It's legal.
And the boundary lines
Are blurring.

Ah, with good, good kid, good kid rhythm,
I adjust the sense of values of my disturbed heart,
And in my carefree, carefree, carefree sobriety,
I do want to leave out the consciousness in my tranquility.


Since I don't know, since I wanna know, since I wanna stop, since I wanna fly,
Since I doubt my MORALS again, I can't be in a good kid state.
There's no magic without dependence, I couldn't stop even if I wanted to--
I wanna die. I wanna live. I wanna do all that I can, and ET CETERA.

A-ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha, trickling out--
A-ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha.

Ah, putting up a good, good kid, good kid pretense,
It's futile after all even if I try to be praised,
And with my misunderstood, misunderstood, misunderstood everything,
It's to throwing the dice again.

Ah, with good kid, good kid, good kid medicine,
I forget my dangerous thinking now for a bit,
And in my aimless, aimless, aimless sobriety,
I do just gaze at the town
In the morning glow and laugh.

A-ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha.

Nocturnal - りゅーりゅー (びにゅP)

Upload Date: 2014.12.03
Vocals: 初音ミク - Hatsune Miku
Composer: りゅーりゅー (びにゅP) - ryuryu (BinyuP)
Illustrator: 岬 - Misaki

Nocturnal

The night has come. Shall I be wrapped in the stillness,
And talk together with you about what kind of dream?
I bind the stars. A bundle of light and light.
I change the dark dark into a deep blue color.

Spin out thoughts and trace them with your words,
So that you can travel through this night.
Ah, even if time passes and this magic is undone,
Yup, I shall be beside you.


The sounds I played. Overlapping them, our parade.
No matter where, so that I can hear you--
Let's turn on a light, the lamp of life now,
So that we won't get lost somehow in the dark of night.

Spin out thoughts and trace them with your words,
So that you can travel through this night.
Ah, even if time passes and this magic is undone,
Yup, I shall be beside you.

Come, let's have the same dream.
Ah, I shall be beside you.


Come, let's go. Take my hand.
Tick away life, star clock.

Come, let's go, together, see,
Even if this night dawns.

クリスマスはバイトだ！ - ちえP

Upload Date: 2008.12.21
Vocals: 初音ミク - Hatsune Miku
Composer: ちえP - ChieP
Lyricist: リョータイ - Ryootai
Movie: すもも - Sumomo

Part-Time on Christmas!

For the palms of your hands sensitive to the cold,
Here's some hot chocolate.
Once I turn my chest pocket inside-out, it's to the planetarium, y'know.

Book
A corner in the job magazine.
A secret part-time job for the winter.
Hourly wage of 980 candies.
A red-clothed employer.

Decorate with the star for the tree,
And have an extra-large stocking hanging at your bedside.

Over here, departing at 0:00, the Red-Nose Limited Express.
At the base of Custard Mountain,
It's an invasion of doughnut chimneys!
Merriment to you two with sleeping faces.
You received Christmas cards.
With stealthy footsteps, stealthy steps, soft steps,
The limited express again starts
Traveling to the next place.


While following footsteps on a road adorned with white,
What the-- I wonder if I'm a bit mistaken,
With my upside-down map.

Maple syrup at the biscuit flag.
Red mittens for you who has hands
Sensitive to the cold.

The hands of the clock at 3 and then 4,
I've got enough time for 2 more people to meet my quota--the rest of a dream.

Over here, departing at 0:00, the Red-Nose Limited Express.
Please hold onto the nearest handrail strap.
And, go!
"A project before the morning sun rises."
I finish my tasks, and the final plan
Is a secret, y'know, to everybody.
I give a kiss on the cheek
To the one in red clothes.


I wonder if I've yet to go below Sirius.
I still haven't!?

Over here, departing at 0:00, the Red-Nose Limited Express.
Just a few more moments for the last stop, I beg of you, for the Express.

Over here, departing at 0:00, the Red-Nose Limited Express.
This train enters the garage.
The entraining cannot go on forever,
So it starts traveling like this into the morning glow.