blog translation: Suganami Eijun - Sept. 5, 2012

I only did the first half of this because I don't understand enough of the rest. Reading this made me feel a lot better about not getting what was going on in Symphonia, though. :)

Sept. 5, 2012 - “I have to express that I don’t know what I want to say”

The lyrics to “Symphonia” off Liv Squall are like a combination of scattered bits of about four songs’ lyrics. I decided to gather up phrases and try to form them into one set of lyrics.

That’s why it passes through space and time and goes in and out of phrases from different times in my life. For example, the phrase “An etude for my dying moment” came to me while I was watching the movie “Okuribito” in a theatre, while “the existence of a prodigious love that will overcome disaster” was inspired by a moment when I saw my friend’s child smiling.

Well, if you’re able to enjoy it, I’m happy.

Now then, today I’m talking about “things I want to say” and “words”. There was an interesting story in Tatsuru Uchida’s book “Konna Nihon de Yokatta ne”. ...

Original entry:
http://thebackhorn.com/memberblog/suganami/461

THE BACK HORN - Tabibito (romaji only)

旅人 / Tabibito

Lyrics: Suganami Eijun
Music: THE BACK HORN

Tabibito wa kouya o yuku
Tsukareta karada hikizutte
Taiyou ni te o nobashiteru
Hitomi wa hidoku sukitootte
Doko o sagashi-tatte kitto kirei na mizu nanka nai no ni
Sonna koto wa hajime kara wakatte ita hazu na no ni

Tabibito wa kouya o yuku
Modorenai tabiji o yuku
Moetsukite-yuku wakusei ni chippoke na kage o nobashite
Sagashimono nante hontou wa mou dou datte ii n daro?
Aruki-tsuzukete-yuku tame ni aruki-tsuzukete-yuku n daro?

Namae mo wasureru hodo sekai wa tsuzuite-yuku
Tohou ni kureru you na musuu no hoshi no shita de

Zettaizetsumei no mainichi o tsukinuke ginga ni todoke
Hate-naki daichi o keriagete inochi yo ten made todoke

Tabibito wa kouya o yuku
Tsukareta karada yokotaete
Gekkou ni te o nobashiteru
Hitomi wa hidoku sukitootte
Doko o sagashi-tatte kitto kirei na mizu nanka nai no ni
Sonna koto wa hajime kara wakatte ita hazu na no ni

Yume miru kazemachibito
Te o furu maboroshi hito
Anata no omokage sae kasurete kieteku kedo

Shoutaifumei no zetsubou ni kokoro ga korosarenu you ni
Nakigao no mama de warattara tabiji wa hanabira keshiki

Zettaizetsumei no mainichi o tsukinuke ginga ni todoke
Hate-naki daichi o keriagete inochi yo ten made todoke

Tabibito yo
Soshite ima eien no kouya o yuke

Kanji:
http://j-lyric.net/artist/a0006e4/l013b98.html

THE BACK HORN - Sekai o Ute (romaji only)

Eijun has an interesting vocabulary.

世界を撃て / Sekai o Ute

Lyrics: Suganami Eijun
Music: THE BACK HORN

Toppuu ga fuite kattou ga kudakechitta

Zattou o nukete senjou e maimodotta

Sorezore no hibi ga tatakau imi da

Nigedasu hodo yowaku nai sa            kobushi o nigiru

shunkanfuusoku wa taifuu o koete itta

joushoukiryuu ni nokkatte maiagatta

dokomademo tobe yo             omou ga mama ni

jiyuu o ubaitore           tomo ni yoake o mezasu

kodoku o abaku hikari            sono saizensen o yuke

mitsumeru manazashi wa massugu ni             sekai o ute

okubyoumono ga ore no koto o yonda

yami no naka de kubinekko o tsukanda

ketobashite odore sono bourei o

shiraketa sharekoube   kaze ni fukare kieteku

inochi o kakete mitai               shinjiru-beki omoi ni

kure-yuku daidai no gyakkou o kirisaiteku

okubyoumono wa kako o daite shinda (shinda)

kakugo kimete umare kaware konya (konya)

ikite-yuku koto o akirameru nara

keibetsu shite okure dou ka ai-suru hito yo

kodoku o abaku hikari            sono saizensen o yuke

mitsumeru manazashi wa massugu ni             sekai o ute

kokoro ga seikai darou            itsuka waraeru darou

hatenaki akusenkutou no michi           tsuzuite-yuku

kao o agete      sekai o ute

Kanji:
http://j-lyric.net/artist/a0006e4/l00eade.html

THE BACK HORN - Symphonia (romaji only)

シンフォニア / Symphonia 

Lyrics: Eijun Suganami           

Music: THE BACK HORN

Boku ga shi-ni-yuku toki no tame no ECHUUDO ga

Ryuuseigun no you ni furi-sosogu

Souzoujou no mirai ni zenkankaku de TACCHI suru SUKURIIN ni

Soumatou no you ni hikaru hoshi

Karappo no sekai de kata-ppo no seikai daite

Asu o sagashite

Tsukisasu kanjou o someru gunjou o

Yoake no kuni bokura warai-atte

Togiretogire no SOS ga afuresou de hikari ni me o hosometa

Hajimari ga bokura o matteru

Zetsubouteki na joukyou mousou wa seigyo funou

KURESSHENDO na konton no naka de

Tensai ni sae masaru tensaiteki na ai no sonzai

Kimi no koe de iki o fukikaesu

Kudakechiru sekai de abakareta SUKAI ga ochite

Asu o sagashite

Houbutsusen egaite saikoubi kara ai o

Ari no mama ka dou ka wa touwanakute ii

FIIDOBAKKU RUUPU suru eizou isshou MON no omoide o

Ryuusei ga konya HAATO o tsuranuite

MERODII ga hougaku o shimeshiteru

Nanimo kawaranai kedo arai-tate no SHIITSU ga

Yoru o koe-sasete-yuku koto mo aru darou

Kaeru basho nara koko ni aru kara doko e demo tondeke yo

Tsukisasu kanjou o someru gunjou o

Yoake no kuni bokura warai-atte

Togiretogire no SOS ga afuresou de hikari ni me o hosometa

Takusan no omoi o kizutsukete kanashimasetemo

Koko ni itai yurusarenaku tatte

Arifureta yorokobi mo            hohoemi mo    itoshisa mo

Setsunakute yurete ita hikari no naka de ima

Hajimari ga bokura o matteru

Kanji:

http://j-lyric.net/artist/a0006e4/l028ef7.html

THE BACK HORN - Doko e Yuku (romaji only)

何処へ行く / Doko e Yuku

Music and Lyrics: THE BACK HORN

Doko e yuku aoku saki nomichi o tooku hanarete

Nanimo kawaranee yo subete kawatte-yuku utai-nagara

Usuakari mushi no ne ga kikoeru osanaki yoru ni

Kodoku na furi o sunna demo kodoku o kamishimero sou utatteta

Fumiyomu tsukihi ore ni itta

“Ikiru wake nado kangaezu tada aise” furikaeru koto naku

Natsu no kahori kieru daro     rakuyou no kanata ni

Nanimo wakaranee wakaranu mama              karakara naki-nureru

Soshite ima tobu tori o miageru ayauki kokoro

Doko o samayotte iru              nanimo mienu mama   tohou ni kureru

Fumiyomu tsukihi ore ni itta

“ikiru wake nado kangaezu tada aise” furikaeru koto naku

Chigire-nagara ochite-yuku     yobu koe no kanata ni

Musekaeru iki mo dekinu hodo ni      yuuyami tachikomeru

Kokoro hagurete wa   kasumu michi

Tada aise         furikaeru koto naku

Natsu no kahori kieru daro     rakuyou no kanata ni

Nanimo wakaranee wakaranu mama              karakara naki-nureru

Kanji:

http://j-lyric.net/artist/a0006e4/l004efc.html

THE BACK HORN - Yume no Hana (romaji only)

I just wanted to be able to sing along with this song, and writing it up in romaji really helps me remember.  

夢の花 / Yume no Hana 

Lyrics: Shinji Matsuda

Music: The BACK HORN

Itsu no hi kara darou ka          konna fuu ni jouzu ni

Hitogomi o aruku kutsu o haita no wa

Musekaeru natsu no ame         kono machi ni kita koro wa

Kasa mo sasanaide mujaki ni waratteta

Doshaburi no genjitsu             zubunure no kokoro de

Bokura furue-nagara mabuta o tojita

Yume no hana             souzou sae

Koeru you na iro ni somare

Sono toki made namida fuite-yuku no sa

Ima      arehateta hibi no naka ni

Hitonigiri no tane o maita

Soshite itsuka tsuyoku sakihokoru you ni

Jibun sae aisezu ni hito o aise wa shinai

Kurabeta kazu dake yogoreteku namida

Ameagari asahi ni mirai o kasanetara

Mieta you na ki ga shita          hikari no naka de

Yume no hana             souzou sae

Koeru you na iro ni somare

Sono toki made namida fuite-yuku no sa

Ima      arukidasu hibi no naka ni

Jibun-rashii mizu o makou

Soshite itsuka tsuyoku saki-hokoru you ni

Kanji:

http://j-lyric.net/artist/a0006e4/l013b81.html

THE BACK HORN - Mugen no Kouya (english translation)

Manly!

無限の荒野 / An Infinite Wasteland

Music and Lyrics: THE BACK HORN

I’m stepping on and scattering corpses, yet I’ll still kill more

Because now the chains have been released

A peerless blade

At the end of a vast wasteland, what are you thinking of?

Inside my body a dark mass is squirming

A pale-shining meteor creeps into my sky*

Only the pale-shining moon knows where I am

Biting through to the bone and scattering them about, I dream of tomorrow

My soul is going to dry up, even if my blood doesn’t

I’m badly injured, and a cruel rain is falling

I wonder if I’ll die here?

“No, not yet, I can’t die here”

A pale-shining meteor creeps into my sky

Only the pale-shining moon knows where I am

I’m stepping on and scattering corpses, yet I’ll still kill more

Because now the chains have been released

A peerless blade

A pale-shining meteor creeps into my sky

Only the pale-shining moon knows my fate

I live, therefore I live**

I live, therefore I live

Notes:

*Might be “blue-shining”

**This I’m not so sure about.

I googled it, and what came up was “Ware omou, yue ni ware ari,” which is a translation of Descartes’ “I think, therefore I am.” I guess this line is a play on that, because they change “omou” (to think) to “ikiru” (to live).

無限の荒野 / Mugen no Kouya

Shikabane        fumi-chirashite nao mo mata kiru

Kusari wa ima hanatareta        musou no yaiba

Hiroi kouya no hate     nani o omotte iru?

Kuroi katamari ga karada no naka ugomeite iru

Aoku hikaru ryuusei ga ore no sora o haizuri

Aoku hikaru tsuki dake ga ore no yukue o shitte ita

Hone made kami-chirashite asu o yume miru

Tamashii ga kawaite yuku chi wa kawakanu no ni

Fukai kizu o otta         mujou na ame ga furu

Koko ga shini basho na no ka?

“Ie, mada da, koko de wa shinenai”

Aoku hikaru ryuusei ga ore no sora o haizuri

Aoku hikaru tsuki dake ga ore no yukue o shitte ita

Shikabane fumi-chirashite nao mo mata kiru

Kusari wa ima hanatareta        musou no yaiba

Aoku hikaru ryuusei ga ore no sora o haizuri

Aoku hikaru tsuki dake ga ore no sadame* o shitte ita

Ware ikiru yue ware ari

Ware ikiru yue ware ari

Kanji:

http://j-lyric.net/artist/a0006e4/l013b7f.html

^*This kanji says “unmei” (運命) but I heard “sadame” (定め)

It doesn’t really matter since they both mean fate/destiny in this case.