Translation Motherload
Okay, so I have a shitload of stuff done. Sorry for the excessive notes in the diary entry; I had a lot to say. Check it out.
Japanese:
06/4/19 (水)
．．サンドイッチ飽きた。
笑
／みや
んで
今ふと思ってんけど
これ俺の人生の縮図かなと。
服でも飯でも音楽でも何でもそう
一回はまったら
ガーやって、もうそればっか。
んで飽きたら次。
まぁ「飽きたら」っつったら語弊あるけど、
音楽や表現法法に関しては
何かしら掴んだら「ネクストネクスト」言うて
・・・いつもごめんな（笑）
んで今も
ちょうど次を探して見つけてるトコで
最近、
っつっても結婚式の唄ぐらいからかな
よう送られてくるファンメールで
しかも特に男の子が多いねんけど、
こうなんつーか
激しい雅さんが見たいっス！(☆o☆)
的な？（笑）
凄く気持ちはありがたいねんけど
ただ
今は掴まなアカンもんがあって。
もちろん自分本位やとわかってるし、
ある種エゴだとも思う。
でも、
これは色んなインタビューとかでも言うてるけど
やっぱ商品としてではなく
ずっとアーティストしていたいから。
撰ばれるんやなく、撰ばせる。
これまた語弊あるかもしらんけど。
なんぼチャートはいったかて
そんなん１０年後２０年後まったくもって意味ないから。
その為に今は一本道、曲がりなりにも一つ事。
だから
もーちょい待っとってくれ。
浮気でも不倫でもしとってくれてかまへんから。
その代わり、
またその分激しく逝かしたるから。
なんちてー。
あ、もちろん男以外ね。
(☆o☆)
Oh!!
まぁそんな感じで
何やかんや言うて
良いか悪いかは別として
そんな事に改めて気付かせてくれた
サンドイッチに合掌。
そして
合唱。
ラ～ラ～ラ～
ありがぁ～とぉ～
たぁ～まぁ～ごぉ～
サぁ～ンドぉ～
（間奏）
ぶっちゃけぇ～
もぉ～
見たくないけどぉ～
（フェードアウト）
おそまつ様でした。
合掌。
／み
Translation:
06/4/19 (Wed)
…I got tired of sandwiches.
(laugh)
／Miya
So
Just now I suddenly thought
This is just a copy of my life, isn't it. (1)
Clothes, food, music, everything it seems.
Once I play into it,
things begin to grind together, and soon it's full of that. (2)
So, when I become weary of it, I look to the next thing。
Though, "weariness" is the wrong word,
regarding music and methods of expression
somehow, if I were to grasp it, it would just say "next, next" (3)
…I'm really sorry (laugh)
So now,
endlessly looking to find what exactly comes next
recently,
since after Kekkonshiki no Uta, I've wondered
when expecting fan mail,
and there is particularly a lot of attention from boys
what are the consequences? (4)
I want to see Furious Miyavi! (☆o☆)
Am I like that? (laugh）
Though it's a great feeling and I appreciate it
only
right now that's grasping at a hopeless thing.
Certainly, I understand it's self-centered and whatnot,
I think I have some kind of ego.
But,
I've said this in various interviews among other things, but I'm also saying it now (5)
Obviously, I'm not just a commodity.
Because I always want to be an artist.
It's not a matter of choosing or not choosing.
Again, maybe this is the wrong expression for it.
How much did it cost to be victorious and break onto the charts? (6)
Something like 10 years later, 20 years later, as a matter of fact, there will be no meaning to it.
For that reason, now I'm on a direct, unforked road, though imperfectly so, but it's the same thing. (7)
Therefore,
already, I have to go and get my inheritance. (8)
Though it is fickle and immoral, maybe it's because it's different that I must go and get it. (9)
On the other hand,
again, at that minute, to be given an intense and violent death.
Just kidding-.
Ah, except to the men, of course. (10)
(☆o☆)
Oh!!
Um, so with that (11)
What to say on this cold night
The good and the bad have different roles.
This stuff will be given our attention some other time.
Let's pray to the sandwiches.
And now,
the chorus:
la~la~la~
Thank~you~
E~g~g~
Sa~ndo~
(musical interlude)
Frankly~
Well~
I don't want to see it~
(fade out)
I was ill-prepared.
*presses hands together in prayer* (12)
／Mi
Notes:
Miyavi, please use more kanji so I don't have to guess at which word you're using!!
(1) Shukuzu are small sketches of original Japanese and Chinese masterpieces.
(2) I think he means, things begin to grate at him (irritate him or just plain go wrong) and then everything follows. Bakka is a colloquialism for "bakkari."
(3) To clarify, he uses the conditional form of tsukamu, which implies that he's saying once he actually gets a hold of whatever it is that he's looking for, he basically hears a little voice saying, "What's next? What's next?" As a student from a pretty vigorous school, I can attest to how empowering this kind of drive can be at first, but ultimately it's a very unsatisfying way to go about life (without ever feeling that you can stop to appreciate your achievements because it's all about how you can trump your last accomplishment~)
(4) He may mean consequences, as in the implications of getting mail from lots of men. Um. Is he being propositioned by men again? …I am so bewildered by theつーか so suggestions are totally welcome on that front.
(5)言うてる = Kansai-ben for itte iru
(6) Nanbo is Kansai-ben for "ikura" or "how much?" Think the song "Ossan Ossan Ore Nanbo?" I'm assuming the chart he's talking about is the Oricon.
(7) Wow, that's quite the mature, adult understanding to have. I think he's saying, "No matter what I do now, the likelihood that it will matter in 10 or 20 years is unlikely. But I am an artist and I enjoy what I do-even knowing what little difference it will make, I will continue doing it." Could this be the reason for all the discontent lately? Coming to terms with this?
(8) In one way, it's means he has to go back to work, but also that he has to go back to this "artist" identity that he can't help but be. The 待っ part of the sentence confuses me, so suggestions are welcome.
(9) "Kamo" is a colloquialism for "kamo shiremasen."
(10) Hah. Trying to save face in front of the men. But joking around about that sort of thing is a pretty sensitive topic. I mean, I've always gotten this James Dean-esque, "Live Fast, Die Young" (or, I guess, as close as the Japanese can get to that) mentality from Miyavi, and he *is* working on a Nirvana tribute CD and Kurt Cobain *is* famous for his young death…
(11) "Sonna kanji de" is a stock filler phrase. But "kanya" after that? I don't think I have it down quite.
(12) I changed this into an action because no matter how I wrote it in English, it had this Christian air that I was uncomfortable with. Anyway, it's hard to translate this action into something you say without sounding preachy, which isn't what comes across in Japanese. The line before was a little worrying, since if it refers to what I think it does, Miyavi *was* rushed into the whole solo scene pretty quickly, without the support system that band members would've been. The whole thing really seems like it stressed him out, but maybe now he's coming to terms with it?
Japanese:
常勝街道
作曲/作詞: Miyavi
Drive on brink
ワハ、常勝街道まっしぐらでスタート「追いついてみろよ。」
ヨーイドンでフライング、ウサギと亀ごっこ。
ウリャ、陣取り合戦蹴散らしてゴール「止めてみなよ。」
スルーパスはオフサイド、かっとばせ４番でピッチャー
One Way...
Not a through street?
Ignore and collide.
Drive your way of thinking 逆走していこーぜ、ハンドル手離しで。
Boost your hi gain ガス欠上等だろ？
Drive your sense of values ブレーキホースぶった切ったって、アクセルベタ踏
みさ。
Boost your low mid エンスト歓迎で。
僕ら時代の渋滞すり抜けて、加速して。
バックミラー振り返ってる暇ねーぜ？
移り変わるは現状、映りかわる景色、置き去りにして。
パーキング寄ってる暇なんて餅ねーぜ？
君が助手席で目を醒ますまで、
地平線上走り続けてやっからな。
そんかわし悪いけど子守唄は、
とびきりのエンジン音でもかまわないかい？
...免許ねーの忘れてた。
Romaji:
Joushou gaidou
music/lyrics: Miyavi
Drive on brink
WAHA, joushou gaidou masshigura de SUTAATO "oitsuite miro yo."
YOOIDON de FURAINGU, USAGI to kame gokko.
URYA, jintori kassen kechirashite GOORU "tomete mina yo."
SURUUPASU wa OFUSAIDO, kattobase 4 (yon) ban PICCHYAA
One Way…
Not a through street?
Ignore and collide
Drive your way of thinking gyaku soushite ko-ze, HANDORU te hanashide.
Boost your hi gain GASU ketsu joutou daro?
Drive your sense of values BUREEKIHOOSU butta kittate, AKUSERUBETA fumisa.
Boost your low mid ENSUTO kangei de.
Bokura jidai no juutai surinukete, kazoku shite.
BAKKUMIRAA furikaetteru himane-ze?
Utsurikawaru wa genjou, utsuri kawaru keshiki, okizari ni shite.
PAAKINGU yotteru hima nante mochi ne-ze?
Kimi ga joshuseki de me wo samasu made,
Chiheisenjuu hashiritsuzukete yakkara na.
Son kawashi warui kedo komoriuta wa,
Tobikiri no ENJIN on demo kamawanai kai?
…menkyo nee no wasureteta.
Translation:
Invincible Highway
music/lyrics: Miyavi
Drive on brink
WAHA, start at full speed down the invincible highway. "Watch as I catch up."
YO, I challenge you to flying, a hare and tortoise game.
URYA, jintori battle and kick around the goal "Try and stop me." (1)
The surpass is offside, the pitcher is at four home runs.
One way…
Not a through street?
Ignore and collide.
Drive your way of thinking let's run the other way, get your hands off the steering wheel.
Boost your hi gain isn't running out of gas the best?
Drive your sense of values hit and cut the break hose, step on the accelerator.
Boost your low mid welcome the engine stall.
We slip through this era of traffic by accelerating. (2)
You can turn and look at your back mirrors in your spare time, right?
To change is normal, replace the quality of the scenery, leave it all behind.
Don't you have some free time to drop in and park? (3)
You're in the passenger seat until your eyes awaken,
because we keep running along the horizon.
You can't avoid that lullaby, but
it is the sound of an extraordinary engine-how could you mind?
…I forgot my license.
Notes:
(1) Jintori is a pretty unique Japanese children's game. I don't really know the English equivalent of it. It's a Japanese game where you start out with an established territory, play rock paper scissors and try to extend your territory until you enclose all your opponents. Find more details about it here:
http://xogij.blogs.com/xogij/2005/05/childs_play.html.
(2) Traffic, or juutai, can also mean delay or stagnation. I chose "traffic" to fit the car theme of this song.
(3) This is a pun on the -masu form of the word "motsu," and the kanji that he uses, which is for "mochi" or small sticky rice cakes. It's a play on words that perhaps implies that during that break, you'd go and eat mochi.
Japanese:
試験管ベイビー
作曲/作詞: Miyavi
カヤの外で製造されたのさ。半熟のまま、液状のまま。
ヘソの尾さえ、プラスチック見える。
炭酸水 [Pepsi-Cola] の羊水の中、胎内の中。
Are you rate...
I wish merely wash.
My wish is merely wash'in…my life.
～回想シーン～
「はーいコラコラ、静かにしなさーい。はーい皆、転校生の風間君でーす。みな
さん仲良くしてあげてくださいねー。ハーイ。」
ワイワイガヤガヤ
「ねぇねぇ君、どっから来たの？」
...。
「試験管さ。」
The very sight makes me sick...
量り売りの“愛の結晶”
由緒正しき、試験管ベイビー。
「君にはわからないし、わかってほしくもない。」
Romaji:
Shikenkan Baby
music/lyrics: Miyavi
KAYA no soto de MAETA no sa. Hanjuku no mama, zureru no mama.
HESO noo sae, PURASUCHIKKU ni mieru.
Pepsi-Cola no yousui no naka, tainai no naka.
Are any rate...
I wish merely wash.
My wish is merely wash'in ... my life.
~Kaisou SHIINN~
"Ha~i KORAKORA, shizuka ni shinasa~i. Ha~i minna, tenkousei no kazama de~su.
mina-san nakayoku shite agete kudasai ne~. HA~I"
WAI WAI GAYA GAYA
"Nee nee kimi, dokkara kita no?"
...
"Shikenkan sa"
The very sight makes me sick...
Hakkari uri no "ai no kakera"
yuisho tadashiki, shikenkan BEIBII
"Kimi ni wa wakaranaishi, wakatte hoshiku mo nai"
Translation:
Test tube Baby
music/lyrics: Miyavi
Left out of the loop, it was manufactured. It's half-done, it's in a liquid state.
Even it's umbilical cord looks plastic.
Inside the carbonated water, the amniotic fluid, inside the womb.
Are you rate...
I wish merely wash.
My wish is merely wash'in…my life.
～a reflective scene～
"Yes-hey, hey!--, please be quiet. Yes, everyone, the exchange student is waiting for a favorable wind. Everyone, please make friends for me. Right "
(onomatopoeia mimicking the sound of people talking)
"Hey, hey you, where did you come from?"
…
"Test tube."
The very sight makes me sick...
Selling by the pount the "fruit of love"
adjusting histories, the test tube baby.
"You don't understand, and you don't want to understand."
Notes:
カヤの外 means to be left out of the loop, literally left outside the mosquito net.
The lyrics say "carbonated water" but Miyavi sings "Pepsi-Cola."
コラ may be a play on words, since it's both an interjection that means "Hey!" and written 子等 means "children."
“愛の結晶” is an euphemism for "children."
由緒 implies lineages, a specific kind of history.
Japanese:
おっさんおっさん俺なんぼ
作曲/作詞: Miyavi
check，please，How much my price...安!
おっさんおっさん俺なんぼ。x４
「なんぼのもんじゃい。」
お値打ち価格でさぁなんぼ。
税抜き税込みほれなんぼ。
ねぎってピンハネしてなんぼ。
明朗会計あれ？なんぼ。
(￥o￥)＆(＄o＄)
Romaji:
Ossan ossan ore nanbo
music/lyrics: Miyavi
check, please. How much my price... yasu!
Ossan ossan ore nanbo (x4)
"Nanbo no mon jai"
Oneuchi kakaku de saa nanbo.
Sai nuki zaikomi hore nanbo.
Negitte PIN HANE shite nanbo.
Meiroukaikei are? Nanbo.
(YoY) & ($o$)
Translation:
Uncle, Uncle, how much am I?
music/lyrics: Miyavi
check, please, How much my price...so cheap!
Uncle, Uncle, how much am I?
"The cost isn't a problem."
How much is my dignity worth?
How much is it without or with tax?
How much if I'm haggling and taking a kickback?
Is that honest accounting? How much.
(￥o￥)＆(＄o＄)
Notes:
"Ossan" is a Kansai-ben, derogatory term for "uncle."
"Nanbo" obviously is Kansai-ben for "ikura" ("how much?").
NaNa the Movie sucked me in. I want to have her babies. Listen to the song if you have a chance.
Japanese:
GLAMOROUS SKY
作詞: AI YAZAWA 作曲: Hyde
開け放した窓に 廻る乱舞のDEEP SKY
AH 仰いで...
「繰り返す日々に 何の意味があるの?」
AH 叫んで...
飛び出す GO
履き潰した ROCKING SHOES
跳ね上げる PUDDLE
フラッシュバック
君は CLEVER
AH, REMEMBER
あの虹を渡って あの朝に帰りたい
あの夢を並べて 二人歩いた GLAMOROUS DAYS
「明け渡した愛に 何の価値もないの?」
AH 嘆いて...
吐き出す GO
飲み干して ROCK’N’ROLL
息上がる BATTLE
フラッシュバック
君の FLAVOR
AH REMEMBER
あの星を集めて この胸に飾りたい
あの夢を繋いで 二人踊った GLAMOROUS DAYS
眠れないよ!
SUNDAY MONDAY
稲妻 TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
雪花...
FRIDAY SATURDAY
七色EVERYDAY
闇雲 消える FULL MOON
応えて 僕の声に
あの雲を払って 君の未来照らしたい
あの夢を抱えて一人歩くよ GLORIOUS DAYS
あの虹を渡って あの朝に帰りたい
あの夢を並べて 二人歩いた GLAMOROUS DAYS
GLAMOROUS SKY...
Romaji:
Akehanashita mado ni mawaru ranbu no DEEP SKY
AH aoide...
"Kurikaesu hibi ni nan no imi ga aru no?"
AH sakende...
Tobidasu GO
Hakitsubushita ROCKING SHOES
Hane ageru PUDDLE
FURASSHUBAKKU
Kimi wa CLEVER
AH, REMEMBER
Ano niji wo watatte ano asa ni kaeritai
Ano yume wo narabete futari aruita GLAMOROUS DAYS
"Akewatashita ai ni nan no kachi mo nai no?"
AH nageite.
Hakidasu GO
Nomihoshite ROCK N' ROLL
Iki agaru BATTLE
FURASSHUBAKKU
Kimi no FLAVOR
AH REMEMBER
Ano hoshi wo atsumete kono mune ni kazaritai
Ano yume wo tsunaide futari odotta GLAMOROUS DAYS
Nemurenai yo!
SUNDAY MONDAY
Inazuma TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
Yukibana
FRIDAY SATURDAY
Nanairo EVERYDAY
Yamikumo kieru FULL MOON
Kotaete boku no koe ni
Ano kumo wo haratte kimi no mirai terashitai
Kono yume wo kakaete hitori aruku yo GLORIOUS DAYS
Ano niji wo watatte ano asa ni kaeritai
Ano yume wo narabete futari aruita GLAMOROUS DAYS
GLAMOROUS SKY...
Translation:
GLAMOROUS SKY
Lyrics: Ai Yazawa; Music: HYDE
I turn to the wide open window and see the wildly dancing DEEP SKY
AH, I revere it.
"What meaning is there of doing the same thing day after day?"
AH, I cry it out
I jump out and GO
I put on my beat up ROCKING SHOES
And jump over a puddle
FLASHBACK
You were so clever
AH, REMEMBER
I want to cross over that rainbow and go back to that morning
We arranged our dreams, and the two of us walked together those GLAMOROUS DAYS
"Is there any value in a love that you've given up on?"
AH, I grieve
Spit it out and GO
I drink up this ROCK N' ROLL
I breath in this BATTLE
FLASHBACK
Your FLAVOR.
AH, REMEMBER
I want to collect those stars and adorn my chest with them
Those GLAMOROUS DAYS where our dreams were connected and the two of us danced together.
GLAMOROUS DAYS
I can't sleep like this!
SUNDAY MONDAY
A flash of lightning TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
Snowflakes
FRIDAY SATURDAY
Seven colors EVERYDAY
Randomly, the FULL MOON vanishes
and my voice responds.
I want to brush off those clouds and and illuminate your future.
I hold those dreams in my arms and walk alone to GLORIOUS DAYS
I want to cross over that rainbow and go back to that morning
We arranged our dreams, and the two of us walked together those GLAMOROUS DAYS
GLAMOROUS SKY
Japanese:
06/4/19 (水)
．．サンドイッチ飽きた。
笑
／みや
んで
今ふと思ってんけど
これ俺の人生の縮図かなと。
服でも飯でも音楽でも何でもそう
一回はまったら
ガーやって、もうそればっか。
んで飽きたら次。
まぁ「飽きたら」っつったら語弊あるけど、
音楽や表現法法に関しては
何かしら掴んだら「ネクストネクスト」言うて
・・・いつもごめんな（笑）
んで今も
ちょうど次を探して見つけてるトコで
最近、
っつっても結婚式の唄ぐらいからかな
よう送られてくるファンメールで
しかも特に男の子が多いねんけど、
こうなんつーか
激しい雅さんが見たいっス！(☆o☆)
的な？（笑）
凄く気持ちはありがたいねんけど
ただ
今は掴まなアカンもんがあって。
もちろん自分本位やとわかってるし、
ある種エゴだとも思う。
でも、
これは色んなインタビューとかでも言うてるけど
やっぱ商品としてではなく
ずっとアーティストしていたいから。
撰ばれるんやなく、撰ばせる。
これまた語弊あるかもしらんけど。
なんぼチャートはいったかて
そんなん１０年後２０年後まったくもって意味ないから。
その為に今は一本道、曲がりなりにも一つ事。
だから
もーちょい待っとってくれ。
浮気でも不倫でもしとってくれてかまへんから。
その代わり、
またその分激しく逝かしたるから。
なんちてー。
あ、もちろん男以外ね。
(☆o☆)
Oh!!
まぁそんな感じで
何やかんや言うて
良いか悪いかは別として
そんな事に改めて気付かせてくれた
サンドイッチに合掌。
そして
合唱。
ラ～ラ～ラ～
ありがぁ～とぉ～
たぁ～まぁ～ごぉ～
サぁ～ンドぉ～
（間奏）
ぶっちゃけぇ～
もぉ～
見たくないけどぉ～
（フェードアウト）
おそまつ様でした。
合掌。
／み
Translation:
06/4/19 (Wed)
…I got tired of sandwiches.
(laugh)
／Miya
So
Just now I suddenly thought
This is just a copy of my life, isn't it. (1)
Clothes, food, music, everything it seems.
Once I play into it,
things begin to grind together, and soon it's full of that. (2)
So, when I become weary of it, I look to the next thing。
Though, "weariness" is the wrong word,
regarding music and methods of expression
somehow, if I were to grasp it, it would just say "next, next" (3)
…I'm really sorry (laugh)
So now,
endlessly looking to find what exactly comes next
recently,
since after Kekkonshiki no Uta, I've wondered
when expecting fan mail,
and there is particularly a lot of attention from boys
what are the consequences? (4)
I want to see Furious Miyavi! (☆o☆)
Am I like that? (laugh）
Though it's a great feeling and I appreciate it
only
right now that's grasping at a hopeless thing.
Certainly, I understand it's self-centered and whatnot,
I think I have some kind of ego.
But,
I've said this in various interviews among other things, but I'm also saying it now (5)
Obviously, I'm not just a commodity.
Because I always want to be an artist.
It's not a matter of choosing or not choosing.
Again, maybe this is the wrong expression for it.
How much did it cost to be victorious and break onto the charts? (6)
Something like 10 years later, 20 years later, as a matter of fact, there will be no meaning to it.
For that reason, now I'm on a direct, unforked road, though imperfectly so, but it's the same thing. (7)
Therefore,
already, I have to go and get my inheritance. (8)
Though it is fickle and immoral, maybe it's because it's different that I must go and get it. (9)
On the other hand,
again, at that minute, to be given an intense and violent death.
Just kidding-.
Ah, except to the men, of course. (10)
(☆o☆)
Oh!!
Um, so with that (11)
What to say on this cold night
The good and the bad have different roles.
This stuff will be given our attention some other time.
Let's pray to the sandwiches.
And now,
the chorus:
la~la~la~
Thank~you~
E~g~g~
Sa~ndo~
(musical interlude)
Frankly~
Well~
I don't want to see it~
(fade out)
I was ill-prepared.
*presses hands together in prayer* (12)
／Mi
Notes:
Miyavi, please use more kanji so I don't have to guess at which word you're using!!
(1) Shukuzu are small sketches of original Japanese and Chinese masterpieces.
(2) I think he means, things begin to grate at him (irritate him or just plain go wrong) and then everything follows. Bakka is a colloquialism for "bakkari."
(3) To clarify, he uses the conditional form of tsukamu, which implies that he's saying once he actually gets a hold of whatever it is that he's looking for, he basically hears a little voice saying, "What's next? What's next?" As a student from a pretty vigorous school, I can attest to how empowering this kind of drive can be at first, but ultimately it's a very unsatisfying way to go about life (without ever feeling that you can stop to appreciate your achievements because it's all about how you can trump your last accomplishment~)
(4) He may mean consequences, as in the implications of getting mail from lots of men. Um. Is he being propositioned by men again? …I am so bewildered by theつーか so suggestions are totally welcome on that front.
(5)言うてる = Kansai-ben for itte iru
(6) Nanbo is Kansai-ben for "ikura" or "how much?" Think the song "Ossan Ossan Ore Nanbo?" I'm assuming the chart he's talking about is the Oricon.
(7) Wow, that's quite the mature, adult understanding to have. I think he's saying, "No matter what I do now, the likelihood that it will matter in 10 or 20 years is unlikely. But I am an artist and I enjoy what I do-even knowing what little difference it will make, I will continue doing it." Could this be the reason for all the discontent lately? Coming to terms with this?
(8) In one way, it's means he has to go back to work, but also that he has to go back to this "artist" identity that he can't help but be. The 待っ part of the sentence confuses me, so suggestions are welcome.
(9) "Kamo" is a colloquialism for "kamo shiremasen."
(10) Hah. Trying to save face in front of the men. But joking around about that sort of thing is a pretty sensitive topic. I mean, I've always gotten this James Dean-esque, "Live Fast, Die Young" (or, I guess, as close as the Japanese can get to that) mentality from Miyavi, and he *is* working on a Nirvana tribute CD and Kurt Cobain *is* famous for his young death…
(11) "Sonna kanji de" is a stock filler phrase. But "kanya" after that? I don't think I have it down quite.
(12) I changed this into an action because no matter how I wrote it in English, it had this Christian air that I was uncomfortable with. Anyway, it's hard to translate this action into something you say without sounding preachy, which isn't what comes across in Japanese. The line before was a little worrying, since if it refers to what I think it does, Miyavi *was* rushed into the whole solo scene pretty quickly, without the support system that band members would've been. The whole thing really seems like it stressed him out, but maybe now he's coming to terms with it?
Japanese:
常勝街道
作曲/作詞: Miyavi
Drive on brink
ワハ、常勝街道まっしぐらでスタート「追いついてみろよ。」
ヨーイドンでフライング、ウサギと亀ごっこ。
ウリャ、陣取り合戦蹴散らしてゴール「止めてみなよ。」
スルーパスはオフサイド、かっとばせ４番でピッチャー
One Way...
Not a through street?
Ignore and collide.
Drive your way of thinking 逆走していこーぜ、ハンドル手離しで。
Boost your hi gain ガス欠上等だろ？
Drive your sense of values ブレーキホースぶった切ったって、アクセルベタ踏
みさ。
Boost your low mid エンスト歓迎で。
僕ら時代の渋滞すり抜けて、加速して。
バックミラー振り返ってる暇ねーぜ？
移り変わるは現状、映りかわる景色、置き去りにして。
パーキング寄ってる暇なんて餅ねーぜ？
君が助手席で目を醒ますまで、
地平線上走り続けてやっからな。
そんかわし悪いけど子守唄は、
とびきりのエンジン音でもかまわないかい？
...免許ねーの忘れてた。
Romaji:
Joushou gaidou
music/lyrics: Miyavi
Drive on brink
WAHA, joushou gaidou masshigura de SUTAATO "oitsuite miro yo."
YOOIDON de FURAINGU, USAGI to kame gokko.
URYA, jintori kassen kechirashite GOORU "tomete mina yo."
SURUUPASU wa OFUSAIDO, kattobase 4 (yon) ban PICCHYAA
One Way…
Not a through street?
Ignore and collide
Drive your way of thinking gyaku soushite ko-ze, HANDORU te hanashide.
Boost your hi gain GASU ketsu joutou daro?
Drive your sense of values BUREEKIHOOSU butta kittate, AKUSERUBETA fumisa.
Boost your low mid ENSUTO kangei de.
Bokura jidai no juutai surinukete, kazoku shite.
BAKKUMIRAA furikaetteru himane-ze?
Utsurikawaru wa genjou, utsuri kawaru keshiki, okizari ni shite.
PAAKINGU yotteru hima nante mochi ne-ze?
Kimi ga joshuseki de me wo samasu made,
Chiheisenjuu hashiritsuzukete yakkara na.
Son kawashi warui kedo komoriuta wa,
Tobikiri no ENJIN on demo kamawanai kai?
…menkyo nee no wasureteta.
Translation:
Invincible Highway
music/lyrics: Miyavi
Drive on brink
WAHA, start at full speed down the invincible highway. "Watch as I catch up."
YO, I challenge you to flying, a hare and tortoise game.
URYA, jintori battle and kick around the goal "Try and stop me." (1)
The surpass is offside, the pitcher is at four home runs.
One way…
Not a through street?
Ignore and collide.
Drive your way of thinking let's run the other way, get your hands off the steering wheel.
Boost your hi gain isn't running out of gas the best?
Drive your sense of values hit and cut the break hose, step on the accelerator.
Boost your low mid welcome the engine stall.
We slip through this era of traffic by accelerating. (2)
You can turn and look at your back mirrors in your spare time, right?
To change is normal, replace the quality of the scenery, leave it all behind.
Don't you have some free time to drop in and park? (3)
You're in the passenger seat until your eyes awaken,
because we keep running along the horizon.
You can't avoid that lullaby, but
it is the sound of an extraordinary engine-how could you mind?
…I forgot my license.
Notes:
(1) Jintori is a pretty unique Japanese children's game. I don't really know the English equivalent of it. It's a Japanese game where you start out with an established territory, play rock paper scissors and try to extend your territory until you enclose all your opponents. Find more details about it here:
http://xogij.blogs.com/xogij/2005/05/childs_play.html.
(2) Traffic, or juutai, can also mean delay or stagnation. I chose "traffic" to fit the car theme of this song.
(3) This is a pun on the -masu form of the word "motsu," and the kanji that he uses, which is for "mochi" or small sticky rice cakes. It's a play on words that perhaps implies that during that break, you'd go and eat mochi.
Japanese:
試験管ベイビー
作曲/作詞: Miyavi
カヤの外で製造されたのさ。半熟のまま、液状のまま。
ヘソの尾さえ、プラスチック見える。
炭酸水 [Pepsi-Cola] の羊水の中、胎内の中。
Are you rate...
I wish merely wash.
My wish is merely wash'in…my life.
～回想シーン～
「はーいコラコラ、静かにしなさーい。はーい皆、転校生の風間君でーす。みな
さん仲良くしてあげてくださいねー。ハーイ。」
ワイワイガヤガヤ
「ねぇねぇ君、どっから来たの？」
...。
「試験管さ。」
The very sight makes me sick...
量り売りの“愛の結晶”
由緒正しき、試験管ベイビー。
「君にはわからないし、わかってほしくもない。」
Romaji:
Shikenkan Baby
music/lyrics: Miyavi
KAYA no soto de MAETA no sa. Hanjuku no mama, zureru no mama.
HESO noo sae, PURASUCHIKKU ni mieru.
Pepsi-Cola no yousui no naka, tainai no naka.
Are any rate...
I wish merely wash.
My wish is merely wash'in ... my life.
~Kaisou SHIINN~
"Ha~i KORAKORA, shizuka ni shinasa~i. Ha~i minna, tenkousei no kazama de~su.
mina-san nakayoku shite agete kudasai ne~. HA~I"
WAI WAI GAYA GAYA
"Nee nee kimi, dokkara kita no?"
...
"Shikenkan sa"
The very sight makes me sick...
Hakkari uri no "ai no kakera"
yuisho tadashiki, shikenkan BEIBII
"Kimi ni wa wakaranaishi, wakatte hoshiku mo nai"
Translation:
Test tube Baby
music/lyrics: Miyavi
Left out of the loop, it was manufactured. It's half-done, it's in a liquid state.
Even it's umbilical cord looks plastic.
Inside the carbonated water, the amniotic fluid, inside the womb.
Are you rate...
I wish merely wash.
My wish is merely wash'in…my life.
～a reflective scene～
"Yes-hey, hey!--, please be quiet. Yes, everyone, the exchange student is waiting for a favorable wind. Everyone, please make friends for me. Right "
(onomatopoeia mimicking the sound of people talking)
"Hey, hey you, where did you come from?"
…
"Test tube."
The very sight makes me sick...
Selling by the pount the "fruit of love"
adjusting histories, the test tube baby.
"You don't understand, and you don't want to understand."
Notes:
カヤの外 means to be left out of the loop, literally left outside the mosquito net.
The lyrics say "carbonated water" but Miyavi sings "Pepsi-Cola."
コラ may be a play on words, since it's both an interjection that means "Hey!" and written 子等 means "children."
“愛の結晶” is an euphemism for "children."
由緒 implies lineages, a specific kind of history.
Japanese:
おっさんおっさん俺なんぼ
作曲/作詞: Miyavi
check，please，How much my price...安!
おっさんおっさん俺なんぼ。x４
「なんぼのもんじゃい。」
お値打ち価格でさぁなんぼ。
税抜き税込みほれなんぼ。
ねぎってピンハネしてなんぼ。
明朗会計あれ？なんぼ。
(￥o￥)＆(＄o＄)
Romaji:
Ossan ossan ore nanbo
music/lyrics: Miyavi
check, please. How much my price... yasu!
Ossan ossan ore nanbo (x4)
"Nanbo no mon jai"
Oneuchi kakaku de saa nanbo.
Sai nuki zaikomi hore nanbo.
Negitte PIN HANE shite nanbo.
Meiroukaikei are? Nanbo.
(YoY) & ($o$)
Translation:
Uncle, Uncle, how much am I?
music/lyrics: Miyavi
check, please, How much my price...so cheap!
Uncle, Uncle, how much am I?
"The cost isn't a problem."
How much is my dignity worth?
How much is it without or with tax?
How much if I'm haggling and taking a kickback?
Is that honest accounting? How much.
(￥o￥)＆(＄o＄)
Notes:
"Ossan" is a Kansai-ben, derogatory term for "uncle."
"Nanbo" obviously is Kansai-ben for "ikura" ("how much?").
NaNa the Movie sucked me in. I want to have her babies. Listen to the song if you have a chance.
Japanese:
GLAMOROUS SKY
作詞: AI YAZAWA 作曲: Hyde
開け放した窓に 廻る乱舞のDEEP SKY
AH 仰いで...
「繰り返す日々に 何の意味があるの?」
AH 叫んで...
飛び出す GO
履き潰した ROCKING SHOES
跳ね上げる PUDDLE
フラッシュバック
君は CLEVER
AH, REMEMBER
あの虹を渡って あの朝に帰りたい
あの夢を並べて 二人歩いた GLAMOROUS DAYS
「明け渡した愛に 何の価値もないの?」
AH 嘆いて...
吐き出す GO
飲み干して ROCK’N’ROLL
息上がる BATTLE
フラッシュバック
君の FLAVOR
AH REMEMBER
あの星を集めて この胸に飾りたい
あの夢を繋いで 二人踊った GLAMOROUS DAYS
眠れないよ!
SUNDAY MONDAY
稲妻 TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
雪花...
FRIDAY SATURDAY
七色EVERYDAY
闇雲 消える FULL MOON
応えて 僕の声に
あの雲を払って 君の未来照らしたい
あの夢を抱えて一人歩くよ GLORIOUS DAYS
あの虹を渡って あの朝に帰りたい
あの夢を並べて 二人歩いた GLAMOROUS DAYS
GLAMOROUS SKY...
Romaji:
Akehanashita mado ni mawaru ranbu no DEEP SKY
AH aoide...
"Kurikaesu hibi ni nan no imi ga aru no?"
AH sakende...
Tobidasu GO
Hakitsubushita ROCKING SHOES
Hane ageru PUDDLE
FURASSHUBAKKU
Kimi wa CLEVER
AH, REMEMBER
Ano niji wo watatte ano asa ni kaeritai
Ano yume wo narabete futari aruita GLAMOROUS DAYS
"Akewatashita ai ni nan no kachi mo nai no?"
AH nageite.
Hakidasu GO
Nomihoshite ROCK N' ROLL
Iki agaru BATTLE
FURASSHUBAKKU
Kimi no FLAVOR
AH REMEMBER
Ano hoshi wo atsumete kono mune ni kazaritai
Ano yume wo tsunaide futari odotta GLAMOROUS DAYS
Nemurenai yo!
SUNDAY MONDAY
Inazuma TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
Yukibana
FRIDAY SATURDAY
Nanairo EVERYDAY
Yamikumo kieru FULL MOON
Kotaete boku no koe ni
Ano kumo wo haratte kimi no mirai terashitai
Kono yume wo kakaete hitori aruku yo GLORIOUS DAYS
Ano niji wo watatte ano asa ni kaeritai
Ano yume wo narabete futari aruita GLAMOROUS DAYS
GLAMOROUS SKY...
Translation:
GLAMOROUS SKY
Lyrics: Ai Yazawa; Music: HYDE
I turn to the wide open window and see the wildly dancing DEEP SKY
AH, I revere it.
"What meaning is there of doing the same thing day after day?"
AH, I cry it out
I jump out and GO
I put on my beat up ROCKING SHOES
And jump over a puddle
FLASHBACK
You were so clever
AH, REMEMBER
I want to cross over that rainbow and go back to that morning
We arranged our dreams, and the two of us walked together those GLAMOROUS DAYS
"Is there any value in a love that you've given up on?"
AH, I grieve
Spit it out and GO
I drink up this ROCK N' ROLL
I breath in this BATTLE
FLASHBACK
Your FLAVOR.
AH, REMEMBER
I want to collect those stars and adorn my chest with them
Those GLAMOROUS DAYS where our dreams were connected and the two of us danced together.
GLAMOROUS DAYS
I can't sleep like this!
SUNDAY MONDAY
A flash of lightning TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
Snowflakes
FRIDAY SATURDAY
Seven colors EVERYDAY
Randomly, the FULL MOON vanishes
and my voice responds.
I want to brush off those clouds and and illuminate your future.
I hold those dreams in my arms and walk alone to GLORIOUS DAYS
I want to cross over that rainbow and go back to that morning
We arranged our dreams, and the two of us walked together those GLAMOROUS DAYS
GLAMOROUS SKY