いはないお約束 (I wa Nai Oyakusoku)

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Song title
"いはないお約束" Romaji: I wa Nai Oyakusoku English: “I” Wasn’t Supposed to Go There
Original Upload Date
December 26, 2023
Singer
flower
Producer(s)
xaneiro (music, lyrics) melodynade (video)
Views
21,000+ (NN), 29,000+ (YT)
Links
Niconico Broadcast / YouTube Broadcast
Description

Lyrics

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The following translation was made by Tackmyn Y., and may only be used in accordance with the restrictions stated on his blog.

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Japanese	Romaji	English
無難で角の立たぬ様	bunan de kado no tatanu you	Let’s hold back our banter
揶揄黙ってようぜ	yayu damatteyou ze	To be safe and agreeable.
埋まったブランド	umatta burando	As we grew the reserved brand,
育てて覚えてったマナー	sodatete oboetetta manaa	We learned the manners.
ネットを絶えず照らすランプで	netto o taezu terasu ranpu de	The lamp ceaselessly flashes on the net
我は歪んで正されて丸くなってく	ga wa yugande tadasarete maruku natteku	To make me warped, correct, and matured.
荒んだ欲で飛んだ問の反論型取った	susanda yoku de tonda mon no hanron katadotta	Savage hungers have modeled counterarguments for a jumped query.
発言の延べ棒溶かすは	hatsugen no nobebou tokasu wa	What melts the bar of speech away
燃える想像でボロボロの	moeru souzou de boroboro no	Should be the rag of my thought ablaze.
思う本望はドロドロと	omou honmou wa dorodoro to	What we feel deep down, all mushy and gooey.
語る全てが『こう』でねぇと	kataru subete ga “kou” de nee to	All that we speak about must be just how we want,
わかる「応」で手絵も祟るような	wakaru ‘ou’ de tee mo tataru you na	Or else only scammers who go, ‘exactly,’
騙る奴が目立つだけ	kataru yatsu ga medatsu dake	And curse at handdrawn art would stand out.
偏るデータ頼るような幼は軽く流す	katayoru deeta tayoru you na you wa karuku nagasu	Pay no heed to wretches who depend on bended data.
要は「大人だから」されど	you wa ‘otona dakara’ saredo	After all, you’re a ‘grown-up’; however,
心 奥底は子供のよーで	kokoro okusoko wa kodomo no yoo de	The depths of your heart are those of a brat;
カッと なって 膨らんで	katto natte fukurande	They swell up as you blow up—
ぐっと抑えて	gutto osaete	Try and squelch that urge;
割れた耐えた冴えた頭	wareta taeta saeta atama	Went cracked, you endured, you’ve got a cool head.
荒れた反吐は捨てアカで書こうか？	areta hedo wa suteaka de kakou ka?	Shall we blow off steam on a throwaway account?
それもだめか	sore mo dame ka	No chance, huh.
垂れた文は喉で溺れて	tareta bun wa nodo de oborete	The hung sentences have drowned at the throat.
漏れかけた言葉堪え	morekaketa kotoba korae	Suppress the words that almost leaked out
空へ逸らせ「大人だから」	sora e sorase ‘otona dakara’	And shoot them to the sky ‘because you’re a grown-up!’
『たかが温かさが欠ける	“takaga atatakasa ga kakeru	“That bugged garbage short of warmth,
絵とも呼べぬバグのカスで	e tomo yobenu bagu no kasu de	Unworthy to be called art,
使うは脳が欠けた馬鹿で	tsukau wa nou ga kaketa baka de	Used only by complete morons,
許すは我ら背くユダで	yurusu wa warera somuku yuda de	Allowed only by the betrayer Judas;
粗悪 模造 駄作 豚の	soaku mozou dasaku buta no	Coarse, phony, twaddle, tear
皮を 剥がせ 汚れ 探せ	kawa o hagase yogore sagase	Off the hogs, search for blotches,
叩け 正せ 鬱で 潰せ	tatake tadase utsu de tsubuse	Bash them, correct them, use gloom to crush them;
反は全て悪!』	han wa subete aku!”	Whoever’s opposed to us, all wrong!”
無難で角の立たぬ様	bunan de kado no tatanu you	After we held back our banter
揶揄黙ってよーく	yayu damatte yooku	To be safe and agreeable, soooooo well
育ったブランド	sodatta burando	Grew the brand, and through that,
を経て忘れてたマナー	o hete wasureteta manaa	We had forgotten about the manners.
でけぇ数と青のスタンプで	dekee kazu to ao no sutanpu de	Large numbers and blue stamps have
流されて絆されてほら尖ってく	nagasarete hodasarete hora togatteku	Swayed us, affected us, and now we’re truculent.
X-menは言う	X-men wa yuu	As X-men would say:
『創るループぶっ潰す　すぐ揺るぐ狂う傀儡 』	“tsukuru ruupu buttsubusu sugu yurugu kuruu kugutsu”	“We’ll crush the created loop, shake and madden the puppets at once.”
ふむふむと眺めるデータの	fumufumu to nagameru deeta no	But you don’t have to go watch and search
裏付け根っこなんか探さなくても僕は	urazuke nekko nanka sagasanakute mo boku wa	The data’s roots at the back, as you’re already a
「大人だから」	‘otona dakara’	‘Grown-up!’
頬張った果物	hoobatta kudamono	Mouth full of many a berry,
欲張って明日明後日と	yokubatte asu asatte to	Eyes larger than your stomach, day after day,
腐ったブランデー 飲んで外れてたタガ	kusatta burandee nonde hazureteta taga	You drank rotten brandy and lost your self-control
酒と己で飲まれて たつ腹 冴えぬ頭	sake to onore de nomarete tatsu hara saenu atama	Before you let the alcohol and ego take control, offended, the head not at work,
『知恵遅れなケダモ…ノ…」	“chieokure na kedamo... no...’	“Those brainless bru… tes…’
しまったハッとしたのもつかの間	shimatta hatto shita no mo tsukanoma	Damn it! Before you could say Jack Robinson,
焼石に油	yakeishi ni abura	It was like a oil drop in the burning bucket;
誹謗でぼうぼうと暴徒と化した火事は	hibou de boubou to bouto to kashita kaji wa	Slanders aflame, everybody turning into a mob, the fire
痛い被害 以来アイは無い	itai higai irai ai wa nai	Brought significant damage; there was no “I” ever again.
「大人ならば」	‘otona naraba’	‘If I was truly a grown-up,’
言わないお約束	iwanai oyakusoku	I wasn’t supposed to go there.

English translation by Tackmyn Y.

Translation Notes

This song engages in a very interesting wordplay, which I tried imitating in my translation as well. If you’re currently like “yo, what the hell is that wordplay all about,” I’d like to remind you of the existence of the novel A Void, and look at this song’s title once again.

External Links

• Google Drive - Instrumental and lyrics

Unofficial

• VocaDB
• Hatsune Miku Wiki
• Tackmyn’s House - Translation source