[translation] Nostalgia – Vita Mechanicalis - Buck-Tick

Nostalgia – Vita Mechanicalis¹

Kanji

hito ni wa wakaranu kotoba o tsukai
words from a message that people don’t understand

PANTAGURAFU no SUPAKKU o tabe
as if they eat the sparks of a pantograph

towairaito no puraza o 　 kyubizumu de aruku
walking by the cubism through the twilight plaza

manazashi ga miru no wa
a look is seen

su kounensaki no bokutachi no ushirosugata
under our backs, a few light-years away

dainamo ga kadou suru
the dynamo moves us

wita 　 mekanikarisu 　 wita 　 makina 　 dikeido
mechanism of live, vital machine of the decade

wita 　 mekanikarisu 　 wita 　 makina 　 dikeido
mechanism of live, vital machine of the decade

sekishoku no tekai 　 jinkou denen fuukei
In the figure in the celluloid, the twilight flickers

seruroido no hitokage 　 tasogare 　 tenmetsu
in a rural landscape where are people with red swords.

toori ni hibiku kuchibue to 　 fuuja no noizu
There is a whistle in the street, and the sound of a mill

dareka ga hanashikaketekita 　 mawari ni wa dare mo inai
There was someone talking but no one was around.

dainamo ga kadou suru
the dynamo moves us

metoroporisu no mabushii yoru ni mikazuki ga burasagaru
A crescent moon hovers over the stunning night in the metropolis

haiwei ranpu no shuudan ido
[while there is] a mass migration on the highway ramp

Δderuta 　 Ι iota 　 Λ ramuda 　 Ξ kushii

Δ delta 　 Ι iota 　 Λ lambda 　 Ξ xi

waraigoe 　 kehai 　 ETERu no kakuteru
a laugh, a sight, an ether cocktail

mishin to komorigasa no deai
the meeting of a sewing machine with an umbrella

dainamo ga kadou suru
the dynamo moves us

wita 　 mekanikarisu 　 wita 　 makina 　 dikeido
mechanism of live, vital machine of the decade

wita 　 mekanikarisu 　 wita 　 makina 　 dikeido
mechanism of live, vital machine of the decade

wita 　 mekanikarisu 　 wita 　 makina 　 dikeido
mechanism of live, vital machine of the decade

wita 　 mekanikarisu 　 wita 　 makina 　 dikeido
mechanism of live, vital machine of the decade

sekishoku no tekai 　 jinkou denen fuukei
In the figure in the celluloid, the twilight flickers

seruroido no hitokage 　 tasogare 　 tenmetsu
in a rural landscape where are people with red swords.

toori ni hibiku kuchibue to 　 fuuja no noizu
There is a whistle in the street, and the sound of a mill

dareka ga hanashikaketekita 　 mawari ni wa dare mo inai
There was someone talking but no one was around.

sekishoku no tekai 　 jinkou denen fuukei
In the figure in the celluloid, the twilight flickers

seruroido no hitokage 　 tasogare 　 tenmetsu
in a rural landscape where are people with red swords.

toori ni hibiku kuchibue to 　 fuuja no noizu
There is a whistle in the street, and the sound of a mill

dareka ga hanashikaketekita 　 mawari ni wa dare mo inai
There was someone talking but no one was around.

dainamo ga kadou suru
the dynamo moves us

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Translator notes:

¹ "Vita Mechanicalis" (Lit: mechanism of life) is the title of a book by Taruho Inagaki, I didn't find a version in another language of this book to say what about it is. But of course his work is the inspiration of this song.

I saw that he had some crazy trips with things from space and eroticism, had some very existentialist vibes. In this site there are excerpts extracted from a book called One Thousand and One Second Stories, for those who want to have a look.