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Ventura [1] ー Soma Saito

ベントラー - 斉藤壮馬

誰もが単に

daremo ga tanni

even if everybody

年を重ねていくとしても

toshi wo kasaneteiku toshite mo

must age someday

こんなふうに

konna fuu ni

who would have thought

いやらしい大人になるとはね

iyarashii otona ni naru to wa ne

i’d grow to be so sour?

名前や論理をどれだけ

namae ya ronri wo doredake

for no matter what names

覚えたとこで

oboeta toko de

and logic you can remember,

模範解答だけじゃ届かない

mohan kaitou dake ja todokanai

you’re so far from a perfect answer

大事にしていた

daiji ni shiteita

i held that treasure box

あの宝箱はとっくに

ano takarabako wa tokku ni

important to me so long ago

ゴミの山になっている

gomi no yama ni natteiru

all of it becomes a mountain of debris

いつか信じたあの呪文も

itsuka shinjita ano jumon mo

i used to believe those spells

来るはずだった週末も

kuru hazu datta shuumatsu mo

by the weekends that came

気づけば通りすぎていた

kizukeba toori sugiteita

and before i could notice,

笑い話しで

waraibanashi de

those jests had passed me by

石ころを蹴って歩いた

ishikoro wo kette aruita

i walked, kicking little pebbles along

祈りを込め空を見上げた

inori wo kome sora wo miageta

and in a crowd of prayers i stared at the sky

あの気持ちはなんだったっけ

ano kimochi wa nandattakke

really, what was i feeling?

あるいは単に

arui wa tanni

everyone has maybe

誰もが気づいてはいたけど

daremo ga kizuitewa itakedo

already noticed me

優しいあまり

yasashii amari

well, they’re so kind

見てみぬフリをしてくれていて

miteminu furi wo shite kureteite

in pretending not to even see

もしかしたら

moshikashitara

seems plausible to me

全て何もかもが陰謀

subete nanimokamo ga inbou

that everything’s scheming talk

あれもこれも

are mo kore mo

all this and all that

借り物でいいや

karimono de ii ya

it’s fine if i borrow it

ずるくて狭い

zurukute semai

unfair, and confined,

僕の宝箱はとっくに

boku no takarabako wa tokku ni

my treasure box has long since

ガラクタで埋まってる

garakuta de umatteru

filled up with debris

あの日なったORIGINAL CODE

ano hi natta orijinaru koodo

that day, i made the original code —

午前4時の世界の温度

gozen yo ji no sekai no ondo

took the temperature of the world at four in the morning

肺を満たす空気の匂い

hai wo mitasu kuuki no nioi

and i fill my lungs with the smell of fresh air

鉱石の色

kouseki no iro

and the colour of crystal

どこで落とたんだろうな

doko de otoshitan darou na

i wonder where i lost it —

自ら手放してような

mizukara tebanashite you na

myself, where did i let go?

本当に持ってたんだっけ

hontou ni mottetan dake

or did i ever truly have it?

いつか信じたあの呪文も

itsuka shinjita no jumon mo

i used to believe those spells

来るはずだった週末も

kuru hazu datta shuumatsu mo

by the weekends that came

気づけば通りすぎていた

kizukeba toori sugiteita

and before i could notice,

笑い話しで

waraibanashi de

those jests had passed me by

石ころを蹴って歩いた

ishikoro wo kette aruita

i walked, kicking little pebbles along

祈るように空を見上げていた

inoru you ni sora wo miageteita

and like praying i’d stare at the sky

この気持ちはなんだったっけ？

kono kimochi wa nandattakke

really, what is this feeling?

ベントラー、ベントラー、

bentoraa bentoraa

ventura, ventura

スペース・ピープル

supeesu piipuru

space people

Foot note (there is One)

[1] ventura = spanish for fortune or luck

in japanese pop culture, ベントラー is what ufo enthusiasts in japan believe is an alien word for ‘spaceship’, therefore ‘ventura ventura space people’ is what one would call to contact aliens

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たとえば 誰かとすれ違い なぜだか

tatoeba dareka to surechigai naze daka

say I brush shoulders with a stranger, for any or no reason

処理落ち 世界の時が止まったり

shori ochi sekai no toki ga tomattari

and processing the slowdown, this world’s time has stopped.

どこかでなにかを忘れてきたような

dokoka de nanika o wasurete kita yō na

having forgotten where I was and what I had done

予感がふと訪れたら

yokan ga futo otozuretara

when that thought suddenly visits,

あるいは 木の葉が舞い散る季節や

arui wa konoha ga maichiru kisetsu ya

the leaves might flutter to the ground,

風の音 ふとした戯言なんかに

kaze no ne futo shita zaregoto nanka ni

or the wind will blather on about something meaningless

どうしようもなくね デジャヴがよぎる

doushiyou mo naku ne deja vu ga yogiru

and nothing can help this feeling of deja vu —

毒が混ざる

doku ga mazaru

the poison is mixed in [2]

美しい記憶だわ

utsukushii kioku da wa

it’s such a pretty memory

なんて身勝手な

nante migatte na

maybe even slightly selfish,

ぬるま湯に溺れて痛いな

nurumayu ni oborete itai na

I’m drowning in tepid water and it hurts

ダーザイン ゆらいで

daazain yuraide

dasein [3] itself wavers

空を切るQはA

sora o kiru Q wa A

questions and answers cut through the sky

答えを求めているよ

kotae o motomete iru yo

And I seek the answers

掌からこぼれた

tenohira kara koboreta

spilled from the palm of my hand,

幾億の祈りの残滓

ikuoku no inori no zanshi

the remains of millions of prayers

二度とは開けない 土の深い底

nido to wa akenai tsuchi no fukai soko

deep within the ground, never to see the light of day again,

タイムカプセルは眠らせたまま

taimu kapuseru wa nemuraseta mama

the time capsule remains asleep

懐かしい場所ごと 星に還したら

natsukashii basho goto hoshi ni kaeshitara

and if I gave those nostalgic places back to the stars

バクテリアが食べてくれる

bakuteria ga tabete kureru

the bacteria would come to feed on it

もどかしくもあるけど

modokashiku mo aru kedo

and it really does get at me, but,

不思議とどこか

fushigi to dokoka

in some strange manner

満ち足りたような気もするから

michitarita you na ki mo suru kara

I feel so satisfied,

さよなら も またね も

sayonara mo mata ne mo

I won’t say goodbye,

言わずにこのまま

iwazu ni kono mama

I’ll leave without a word,

砕け散ってしまえばいいよ

kudakechitte shimaeba ii yo

and if everything falls apart, I couldn’t care less

あのころに戻れないなら

ano koro ni modorenai nara

if there’s no going back to how things were,

せめてこの身 焼き尽くして

semete kono mi yakitsukushite

at the very least, i’ll set this body [4] on fire

整合性など

seigousei nado

staying consistent and stuff,

捨ておけ だろ?

suteoke daro?

just forget about it, okay?

正当性など

seitousei nado

legitimacy and so on —

灰にきらめく過去を

hai ni kirameku kako wo

my past sparkles into ashes

日常が上書きしていく

nichijou ga uwagaki shite iku

I’m overwriting my daily life as it is now

きっと

kitto

and I’m sure about it —

もう二度とはない

mou nido to wa nai

never again,

名前も失くしてしまうよ

namae mo nakushite shimau yo

I’ll even lose my name —

もう二度とはない

mou nido to wa nai

never, ever, again.

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Soma. stop Talking you are going to get us killed (FOOTNOTES)

[1] Welsh - deep longing for Something which usually refers to a Home. I’m 1/4 Welsh This meant a lot to me

[2] I translated this weirdly and wrong The sentence itself effectively personifies the poison as the one that is doing the mixing but i couldn’t think of a way to represent it in English THIS IS WHY I FOOTNOTE 😓😓😓

[3] FUUUCKKK this line was hard . Dasein, simplified, is Heidegger’s philosophy for like the state of being I don’t know it was HARD ok

[4] 身 (mi) could like possibly not mean the speaker’s body / a human body at all like it could just refer to The Main Body of Something and I feel like that is important but I chose to translate it as such just because of common usage & connotation

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霧の中 きみは方舟のようで

kiri no naka kimi wa hakobune no you de

amidst the fog, you're like an ark —

まほろばを求め 産声をあげた

mahoroba wo motome ubugoe wo ageta

a baby cries, seeking a heaven [2]

クオークの海を 歩くように泳ぐ

kuooku no umi wo aruku you ni oyogu

as if swimming, walking on a sea of quarks [3]

こもりうた 吸い込まれていったね

komori uta suikomarete itta ne

swallowed into the lullaby

フラクタル どこか 似たもの同士で

furakutaru dokoka nita mono doushi de

fractals [4], where similar things lay together

刻まれた地層 化石の思い出

kizamareta chisou kaseki no omoide

in carved out layers of fossil and feelings

きみはだれ? 問いかけるように

kimi wa dare? toikakeru you ni

it's like asking, 'who are you?'

きみは そのままでいいよ

kimi wa sono mama de ii yo

you're okay as you are, you know?

ゆーあーいんぶるーむ

you are in bloom [5]

あいしてるってことだよ

aishiteru [6] tte koto dayo

i'm telling you 'i love you'

ゆーあーいんぶるーむ

you are in bloom

あいしてるってことだよ

aishiteru tte koto dayo

i'm telling you 'i love you'

たとえれば それは ながい映画のよう

tatoereba sore wa nagai eiga no you

for example, it's just like a long film

いつかどこかで すれ違ったのかも

itsuka dokoka de surechigatta no kamo

somewhere, at some point, maybe we passed by each other

花に雨 いまならわかる

hana ni ame ima nara wakaru

seeing that flower in the rain, you'll understand —

意味は この中にあるよ

imi wa kono naka ni aru yo

the meaning of all this, it's right here

ゆーあーいんぶるーむ

you are in bloom

あいしてるってことだよ

aishiteru tte koto dayo

i'm telling you 'i love you'

ゆーあーいんぶるーむ

you are in bloom

あいしてるってことだよ

aishiteru tte koto dayo

i'm telling you 'i love you'

言葉のないうたが

kotoba no nai uta ga

a song with no words

共鳴しているよ

kyoumei shiteiru no

is resonating;

種はいま 芽吹いて

tane wa ima mebuite

now, seeds are sprouting

ほら 呼吸をはじめた

hora kokyuu wo hajimeta

look, it begins to breathe

ゆーあーいんぶるーむ

you are in bloom

あいしてるってことだよ

aishiteru tte koto dayo

i'm telling you 'i love you'

ゆーあーいんぶるーむ

you are in bloom

あいしてるってことだよ

aishiteru tte koto dayo

i'm telling you 'i love you'

ゆーあーいんぶるーむ

you are in bloom

こわれそうになっても

koware sou ni natte mo

even if we look so scared and fragile

ゆーあーいんぶるーむ

you are in bloom

ああ いさなのように

aa isana no you ni

aa, just like a whale

ゆーあーいんぶるーむ

you are in bloom

あいしてるってことだよ

aishiteru tte koto dayo

i'm telling you 'i love you'

ゆーあーいんぶるーむ

you are in bloom

あいしてるってことだよ

aishiteru tte koto dayo

i'm telling you 'i love you'

ゆーあーいんぶるーむ

you are in bloom

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1. usually 勇魚 meaning 'whale'

2. まほろば is like. a really ancient word basically meaning 'peaceful happy safe haven land'. i just think the word is really cool since it's only written in hiragana & its origins are largely unknown and i just had to footnote it

3. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark — linking a wiki page here because.... i'm not your physics teacher, read about quarks yourself. to simplify, they're basically just subatomic particles or something? i failed physics dont ask me

4. fractals are really cool shapes that represent repeated patterns and stuff idk i failed math too. here's another wiki page - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal

5. from the structuring of this line, i'm inclined to believe that 'you are in bloom' is a way of saying 'i love you'. try it on those special people, be weak, i dare you

6. yes, everyone already knows, but 愛してる, in japanese, is a way of expressing the strongest forms of love. it's rarely ever said, mostly reserved for really important or special moments i guess. it's like a deathbed kind of love, in a sense

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when i first heard this song, it made me cry... now it's making me cry again, because i hate physics. i think it's just proving soma's intelligence~

i miss the life i was living when i first heard this song. i think, through all the convoluted word order and scientific vocabulary, that my experiences with the song call back to it so nicely — the message, though obscured, seems to describe life going on and coming back to bury us. soma knows the human mind so well.