#1640mp

English

Trying to give form to my wishes I take a small step forward Dragging along my hopes and dreams The gears of my fate come into motion as well

Flowing seamlessly past from right to left*, then disappearing It just doesn't quite complete its path from me to you But taking another detour, however many times it stumbles Despite it all, the melody never stops echoing

The world I had the luck to meet now The cheers of joy shooting out like bullets And the proof that I am me So I don't forget it all, I called out your name

If, let's say, my voice were to reach someone And they responded to what they heard The landscape would stretch on so far from there And all my feelings and aspirations would rush off in that direction

"It would be nice if I could live life with nothing ever changing" I thought that was the only thing I was wishing for But it turns out that wasn't enough, and towards a future yet unseen Powerfully, the melody resounds

The world spreading out before us now The cheers of joy that won't stop echoing And the proof that I am here So that you don't forget them, call out my name

Listen, do you hear it? This song of ours I want to get it across that I'm happy to be here, and to that end, I sing

The world I had the luck to meet now The cheers of joy shooting out like bullets And the proof that I am me So I don't forget it all, I called out your name

*originally had this as “flowing in one ear and out the other” as the idiomatic meaning, but according to 164, this line was written with NND comments in mind-- the way they flow from the right of the screen to the left. (I had a hunch he was referencing it before, but now he confirmed it I changed my translation a bit. keep both meanings in mind as you listen!)

**the title is a double reference to “Hatsune Miku (初音ミク)” and “first song upload (初投稿の音楽)”

Japanese