Music: Yuki Kajiura
Lyrics: Yuki Kajiura
Arrangement: Yuki Kajiura
Vocal: Kalafina
Chorus:
Musicians Koichi Korenaga (E.Guitar), Koichiro Tashiro (Acoustic Guitar), Kyoichi Sato (Drums), Tomoharu “Jr.” Takahashi (Bass), Hitoshi Konno (Violin), Misato Futaki (Viola), Masateru Nishikata (Cello)
Appearances:
Kalafina – Hyakka Ryouran – Track 2
Translator note: “katan” ( カンタンカタン ) here is onomatopoeia. Jisho translates it as “clattering”. I added the clink-clink for extra effect, trying to keep the onomatopoeia even in English.
| Kanji | Romaji | English |
|---|---|---|
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こんなに晴れ渡る 九月の眩しさ ココロは空っぽ |
konna ni harewataru kugatsu no mabushisa kokoro wa karappo |
In such a cloudless September’s brightness, my heart is empty |
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沈んで行くような 重たいカラダを 手放してみる |
shizunde yuku you na omotai karada o tebanashite miru |
My body is so heavy that it feels like it’s sinking, I try to let go of it |
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カンタンだった夢の世界が 僕らに背を向ける時に カタカタと揺れる汽車の窓から 瞳だけを空に放つ 青空の向こう |
kantan datta yume no sekai ga bokura ni se o mukeru toki ni katakata to yureru kisha no mado kara hitomi dake o sora ni hanatsu aozora no mukou |
When the dream world that used to be empty turns its back on us, we shoot just our eyes out the window of the steam train that’s rattling and shaking, beyond the blue sky |
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カラッポの時間を 軋むレールの声が どこまで運ぶ 未来とかじゃなくて ただ遠いだけの 場所に行きたい |
karappo no jikan o kishimu reeru no koe ga dokomade hakobu mirai toka ja nakute tada tooi dake no basho ni yukitai |
The voice of the creaking rails carry the empty time everywhere, not to the future or something, I’d just like to go to a far away place |
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淡々とリズム 感情が溶けて 止まっている身体だけを カラカラと廻る車輪に乗せて 名前のない蒼い街へ 運ばれて行くよ |
tantan to rizumu kanjou ga tokete tomatte iru karada dake o karakara to meguru sharin ni nosete namae no nai aoi machi e hakobarete yuku yo |
The feelings melt in the background rhythm I just put my halted body on board on the wheels that are turning and clattering, and I am being carried to a pale street that has no name |
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時を走る汽車の中 カタンカタン カンタンに流されて雲だけが光る 空っぽのココロに何かカタンカタン ひからびた午後に響くエコー |
toki o hashiru kisha no naka katankatan kantan ni nagasarete kumo dake ga hikaru karappo no kokoro ni nanika katankatan hikarabita gogo ni hibiku ekoo |
Inside the steam train that’s running in time it’s clattering, clink-clink, only the clouds that flow simply are shining In my empty heart something’s clattering, clink-clink, an echo resounding in the dried-up afternoon |
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重たく抱え込む キボウという荷物を 今日は置いて来た 燦々と降り注ぐ 秋の一日が ただここにある |
omotaku kakaekomu kibou to iu nimotsu o kyou wa oite kita sansan to furisosogu aki no ichinichi ga tada koko ni aru |
I carry in my arms a heavy luggage called “hope”, but today I left it behind, only this single autumn day that’s pouring down bright light is here |
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透明な景色 風がふわふわ 重さの無い街を過ぎる モノクロ映画を闇の中から 見つめるような 淡いだけの 眩しさを抜けて |
toumei na keshiki kaze ga fuwafuwa omosa no nai machi o sugiru monokuro eiga o yami no naka kara mitsumeru you na awai dake no mabushisa o nukete |
In the transparent landscape an unsteady breeze is exceeding the weightless street Only a faint brightness, like staring at a monochrome movie from inside the darkness, is being released |
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眠たい汽車は進むよ カタンカタン 簡単にどこまでも行ける気がしてる カラッポの筈のココロが カタンカタン 何かが一つ溢れて落ちた |
nemutai kisha wa susumu yo katankatan kantan ni dokomademo yukeru ki ga shiteru karappo no hazu no kokoro ga katankatan nanika ga hitotsu koborete ochita toki o hashiru kisha no naka |
A sleepy steam train is going forward clattering, clink-clink, giving us the feeling that we can simply go anywhere My heart was supposed to be empty but it’s clattering, clink-clink, something spilled out of it |
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時を走る汽車の中 カタンカタン 簡単に何処までも行けたらいいのに 雲が消えたら空はただ青くて とても奇麗な いちにちだったね |
katankatan kantan ni dokomademo yuketara ii noni kumo ga kietara sora wa tada aokute totemo kirei na ichinichi datta ne |
Inside the steam train that’s running in time it’s clattering, clink-clink, though I wish we could simply go anywhere The clouds disappeared, it was just blue, it was a very beautiful day |
kanji lyrics from booklet, romanji by sprinterXkyrie, translation by yuki.n
That meguru should be mawaru
As usual, Yuki kajiura write the lyrics like a beautiful poem without unnecessary repetition. Love it! thank you yuki.n for such beautiful translation
Unless there’s some secret in the booklet kanji, the word “machi” should be translated as “city” or “town,” not as “street.” “Michi” is “path/street.”
I haven’t read the booklet lyrics but isn’t “kantan datta yume no sekai ga” supposed to translate to “The dream world that used to be easy/simple”? and not “empty”?