[translation] Nausea & Shudder - the GazettE

Nausea & Shudder

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So long HIKARI NO MUKOU E

So long, the nameless liberty

So long NAMONAKI JIYUU E (↑↓)

So long, [goes] beyond the light

So long FUAN WO NOMIKOME

So long, swallow the anxiety

So long DARE YORI MO TAKAKU TOBE

So long, fly higher than anyone else

anadarake no hane wo haide tobikome me wo kojiake

Tear off your wings that are full of holes and sink with your eyes open

soko ga doromamire no HEAVEN darou ga sumeba rakuenttesa

The heaven is covered with mud, [but] will be the paradise if you live there

MEKKI ga hageta hibi wo seoi tanchouna baseidomo wo kurae

The pretension has faded out, the day-by-day is carried monotonously, the boos are eaten

kizu wo eguru youni susume sou me no mae no Real ga subete

Scratching the wounds to proceed, so, all the reality stands before the eyes

So long YAMI WO SAITE

So long, the nameless liberty

So long NAMONAKI JIYUU E (↑↓)

So long, [is] tearing the darkness

So long FUAN WO NOMIKOME

So long, swallow the anxiety

So long FURUERU KODOU

So long, the heart beats trembles

LOOP jimonjitou LOOP jikoken'o

[in a] loop of monologues, [in a] loop of self-hatred

LOOP suru kurushimi no hate ore wa HEAVEN’s DOOR wo nagameteru

[in the] limits of the pain of this loop, I gaze at the HEAVEN's DOOR

mure wo nashite nishi e mukau tori wa yagate kodoku wo shiru

The birds that fly to the west will know the loneliness soon

soshite yaseta hane wo mite itta “soko ni wa nozomu subete ga aru no kai?”

and, seeing the thin wings, I said: "there will have everything they wish for?"

dare mo ga mita keshiki yori mo kage ochite iku chi no hate wo

Everybody saw the shadows falling in the landscape, to the ends of the earth

soshite kiete shimaisouna hi ni tsuyoku inotta

and, looks to disappear in the light they strongly wish for

In deep slowly sky

tesaguri no mirai ni furue tachitsukusu nara sono mama de ii

If you tremble and stand still at an uncertain future, you can stay as you are

okizari no “Nameless Liberty” ga warainagara sou itta

- said the deserter "Nameless Liberty" while laughing

soshite ima koko de hikari wo abiru yuragu mirai kara me wo somukenu koto wo chikatte

and than, here and now, bathing in this light, pledge not to divert the eyes to this waving future

Translator notes:

(↑↓) these verses were inverted from the original order for the translation sound better in English.

Parts in italics are adaptations.

¹ When he says “with eyes open” he uses the word “こじ開 け” (kojiake). This word is linked to break-ins, which he says may have a tone such as "jump and open your eyes, even forcibly" or "dive and break your eyes so that they are open". The word appears on jisho.org with the meanings: 1. to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)

²

2.1 → 手 探りの未来 (tesaguri no mirai) doesn’t literally mean “uncertain future”, I adapted it to sound better; “Tesaguri” can mean “fumbling; groping”.

2.2 → it may be obvious, but when he says "tremble at an uncertain future" he refers to fear, a possible adaptation: "if you fear and stay still at an uncertain future, you can stay as you are."

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