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| "ウタカタストロフィ" Romaji: Uta Katasutorofi[1] English: Song Catastrophe | |||
| Original Upload Date | |||
| February 9, 2013 | |||
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| Hatsune Miku | |||
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| 100,000+ | |||
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Lyrics[]
| Japanese | Romaji | English |
| 想い照らせど 想い満ちれど | omoi terasedo omoi michiredo | Even though your heart shone, even though your heart waxed |
| まんまる月は 欠けていく | manmaru tsuki wa kakete iku | The perfectly round moon is waning |
| 想い咲かせど 想い枯らせど | omoi sakasedo omoi karasedo | Though you've let your heart bloom, though you've let your heart wither |
| 空も泣き止み また芽吹く | sora mo nakiyami mata mebuku | Even the sky has stopped weeping and is budding once again |
| いろはにほへと あなたは遠く | i ro wa ni ho e to anata wa tooku | Though the colored flowers are fragrant[2], you are far away |
| hitohira tobase haru hayate | A single petal swept by the swift winds of spring | |
| あさきゆめみし 叶わぬのなら | asaki yume miji kanawanu no nara | If my desire to be rid of these shallow dreams[3] cannot come true |
| 生きる意味さえ 無く泣くナイ？ | ikiru imi sae naku naku nai | I'll lose even my reason to live; Doesn't that make you cry?[4] |
| nikoku nayameba yo mo fukete | Agonize over it for hours,[5] and the night will fall | |
| カタストロフの かくれんぼ | katasutorofu no kakurenbo | A catastrophical game of hide and seek |
| 私のままで描きましょう | watashi no mama de egakimashou | Let me paint a picture, as I am now |
| あなたのことを 綴りましょう | anata no koto o tsuzurimashou | Let me compose a poem out of you |
| 夢々思うなかれ | yume yume omou nakare | Do not dare to think, not in your wildest dreams |
| roujou jouzu koi ni kogare | A skillfully confined yearning for love | |
| 裏々の表側 | ura ura no omotegawa | The frontside of the back's back |
| ウタカタコトバで 奏でましょう | utakata kotoba de kanademashou | Let's dance to the words of ephemerality |
| 夢々夢々夢の中で | yume yume yume yume yume no naka de | In a dream inside a dream inside a dream inside a dream |
| 五尺六寸の影法師 | goshaku rokusun no kageboushi | A silhouette of 5 shaku and 6 sun[6] |
| 裏々裏々の表側 | ura ura ura ura no omotegawa | The frontside of the back of the back of the back of the back |
| ウタカタコトバで 歌いましょう | utakata kotoba de utaimashou | Let's sing in the words of ephemerality |
| 想い揺らせど 想い映せど | omoi yurasedo omoi utsusedo | Though your heart shook and stirred, though your heart reflected a mirror image |
| ゆらゆら消える 誘い水 | yura yura kieru sasoimizu | The spark that started everything disappears in a flicker |
| 想い鎮めど 想い冷ませど | omoi shizumedo omoi samasedo | Even though you've calmed your heart, even though you've cooled it down |
| 高まる病 くらくらり | takamaru yamai kura kurari | A fever rises, dizzyingly |
| nikoku nayameba yo wa naide | Agonize over it for hours, and the night shall become calm | |
| ソメイヨシノは散っちゃった | somei yoshino wa chicchatta | The cherry blossoms have scattered |
| 私のままで描きましょう | watashi no mama de egakimashou | Let me paint a picture, as I am now |
| あなたのことを 綴りましょう | anata no koto o tsuzurimashou | Let me compose a poem out of you |
| 夢々思うなかれ | yume yume omou nakare | Do not dare to think, not in your wildest dreams |
| 以心伝心 浮世離れ | ishindenshin ukiyo banare | A telepathic understanding, detachment from the world |
| 裏々の表側 | ura ura no omotegawa | The frontside of the back's back |
| ウタカタコトバで 奏でましょう | utakata kotoba de kanademashou | Let's dance to the words of ephemerality |
| 夢々夢々夢の中で | yume yume yume yume yume no naka de | In a dream inside a dream inside a dream inside a dream |
| 十二と |
juuni to hitoe wa midarezaki | Once it strikes twelve, the kimono bloom wildly |
| 裏々裏々の表側 | ura ura ura ura no omotegawa | The frontside of the back of the back of the back of the back |
| ウタカタコトバで 歌いましょう | utakata kotoba de utaimashou | Let's sing in the words of ephemerality |
| うたた眠れば 夜は明けて | utata nemureba yo wa akete | Drift away to sleep, and the night shall pass |
| シュンショウイッコク また来世 | shunshou ikkoku mata raise | A moment of time in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold,[7] see you in the next life |
| 私のままで伝えましょう | watashi no mama de tsutaemashou | Let me convey, as I am now |
| あなたの元へ 向かいましょう | anata no moto e mukaimashou | Let me turn to you, as you used to be |
| 歌いましょう | utaimashou | Let's sing |
| 夢々思うなかれ | yume yume omou nakare | Do not dare to think, not in your wildest dreams |
| roujou jouzu koi ni kogare | A skillfully confined yearning for love | |
| 裏々の表側 | ura ura no omotegawa | The frontside of the back's back |
| ウタカタコトバで 奏でましょう | utakata kotoba de kanademashou | Let's dance to the words of ephemerality |
| 夢々夢々夢の中で | yume yume yume yume yume no naka de | In a dream inside a dream inside a dream inside a dream |
| 五尺六寸の影法師 | goshaku rokusun no kageboushi | A silhuette of 5 shaku and 6 sun |
| 裏々裏々の表側 | ura ura ura ura no omotegawa | The frontside of the back of the back of the back of the back |
| ウタカタコトバで 歌いましょう | utakata kotoba de utaimashou | Let's sing in the words of ephemerality |
| ウタカタコトバを 咲かせましょう | utakata kotoba o sakasemashou | Let these ephemeral words bloom |
English translation by Mercury Drop, with corrections by Violet
Notes[]
- ↑ The title itself is a pun, combining the words uta "song", utakata "bubble; ephemeral, transient" and katasutorofii "catastrophe".
- ↑ いろはにほへと (irohanihoheto) is the opening line of the classical Japanese poem Iroha from the Heian period (794-1185), marked by the theme of transience.
- ↑ Another line taken directly from the Iroha, on the theme of being free from worldly desires.
- ↑ This is a sort of pun stringing together naku (to cry) and different forms of nai (to not be) creating a convoluted triple-negative. Another way it can be read is „Your reason to live will stop not being non-existent“, bringing to mind the paradoxical riddles of Zen Buddhism (koan) and non-existence as a major point of interest in Buddhist philosophy in general.
- ↑ An old Japanese unit of time. One koku consists of roughly two hours, so this would effectively mean four hours. A less literal translation is given instead.
- ↑ An old Japanese unit of measurement. The value corresponds to roughly 170 cm, the average Japanese height.
- ↑ A Japanese proverb meaning every moment is precious.
External Links[]
- piapro - Lyrics and instrumental