#jgothic

Artist: ALI PROJECT

Song: Royal Academy of Gothic Lolita

Album: 血と蜜~Anthology of Gothic Lolita & Horror (Chi to Mitsu; Blood and Honey)

Year: 2017

忘れないわ

鉄の門をくぐり

おそるおそる

階段のぼった日を

Wasurenai wa

tetsu no mon wo kuguri

osoru osoru

kaidan nobotta hi wo

I won’t forget

The day I passed through the iron gate

And fearfully, so fearfully

Climbed up the stairs

ときめく胸に抱いた

百合の紋章の

許可制の手紙

描かれざる地図

Tokimeku mune ni daita

Yuri no monshou no

kyokashou no tegami

egakarezaru chizu

To my throbbing chest

I held the crest of the lily

And my admission letter

Which had no map drawn on it

孤独だった

だけどいい子でいた

そんなわたし

神さま見ていらした

Kodoku data

dakedo ii ko deita

son'na watashi

kamisama miteirashita

I was lonely

But I was a good girl

And someone like me

Saw god

初めて自分の居る

場処を見つけたの

静かに頷き

微笑む仲間も

Hajimete jibun no iru

basho wo mitsuketa no

shizuka ni unazuki

hohoemu nakama mo

For the first time

I found the place where I belonged

I quietly nodded

To my smiling friends

共に　あらん

麗しのひととき

Tomoni aran

uruwashi no hitotoki

We experienced

The most beautiful times together

着飾って　薔薇の春

白い肌に　染まる紅

陽の光が　少女の頬に

恋した証

Kikazatte bara no haru

shiroi hada ni somaru beni

hi no hikari ga shoujo no hoho ni

koishita Akashi

As we dressed up for the rose spring

Our white skin would be dyed crimson

The sunlight on the girl’s cheeks

Was the proof she fell in love

わたしたちの

未来を試すため

魔女の森が

お城の裏に繋る

Watashi-tachi no

mirai wo tamesu tame

majo no mori ga

ojou no ura ni shigeru

For the sake of

Testing our future

There was a witch’s forest

To the back of the castle

妖かし見せる媚薬

抗えるものは

大事に育てる

清らの一滴

ayakashi miseru biyaku

aragaeru mono wa

daiji ni sodateru

kiyora no iiteki

Where aphrodisiacs were displayed bewitchingly

Those who could resist

Were raised as

Important droplets of purity

迷う　小径

引き返せないなら

Mayou komichi

Hikikaesenainara

But if we lost our way

And couldn’t return anymore

纏いましょう　闇の冬

未知の祈り　沁みる影

凍った月も　聖なる歌で

溶かせるように

Matoimashou yami no fuyu

michi no inori shimiru kage

koutta tsuki mo seinaru uta de

tokaseru you ni

We would wear the winter of darkness

And our unknown prayers would pierce the shadows

As if our holy song

Could even melt the frozen moon

着飾って　薔薇の春

白い肌に　染まる紅

この光はけして消えない

Kikazatte bara no haru

shiroi hada ni somaru beno

kono hikari wa keshite kienai

As we dressed up for the rose spring

Our white skin would be dyed crimson

And that light will never disappear

纏いましょう　蝶の夜

また目覚める　夢の庭

遠いいつか　手を取り戻る

再び此処へ

Matoimashou chou no yoru

mata mezameru yume no niwa

tooi itsuka te wo tori modoru

futatabi koko e

We would wear the night of butterflies

To wake up again in the garden of our dreams

In a distant someday I will hold your hand again

And we will return to this place

Translators’ Note:

It was kinda hard to tell in which time this song is written; is it present time or the past? I felt like in the lyrics Shiromi is thinking back to her time at the Royal Academy, so I put it all in past tense. I hope everythings makes sense a bit. Btw this song is clearly about lesbians, ICONIC.

Artist: ALI PROJECT

Song: 少女蜜葬~Le sang et le miel (Shoujo Missou; Girl’s Sweet Burial~Blood and honey)

Album: 血と蜜~Anthology of Gothic Lolita & Horror (Chi to Mitsu; Blood and Honey)

Year: 2017

腐る　薫る　肉体は柩

舞って　彷徨えるPsyche

蟻が　運ぶ

蠍の死骸へ

靡く　墜ちる

Kusaru kaoru nikutai wa hitsugi

matte samayoeru Psyche

ari ga hakobu

sasori no shigai e

nabiku ochiru

It rots, it smells, the body inside the coffin

My psyche dances and wanders

To the ants

That carry a scorpion’s carcass

Fluttering, falling

混じり合った

血と蜜が

夜ごと開く

生の夢

Majiri atta

chi to mitsu ga

yo-goto hiraku

sei no yume

The mixed up

Blood and honey

Opens my dreams of living

Every night

零す　浸す　最後の一滴

呑んで　囚われのNymphe

闇が　漏らす

炎の残像

踊る　纏う

Kobosu hitasu saigo no itteki

nonde toraware no Nymphe

yami ga morasu

honoo no zanzou

odoru matou

It spills, it soaks, till the last drop

The captive nymphe drinks it up

Revealed from the darkness

By the flames’ afterimage

Dancing, clad in it

貌を変えた

女　少女

知らぬ誰も

自分なの？

Kao wo kaeta

onna shoujo

shiranu dare mo

jibun na no?

Is the girl

Whose appearance changed

Somebody unknown

Or is she me?

絡み合った

根と棘が

月夜に縫う

死の瞼

Karamiatta

ne to toge ga

tsukiyo ni nuu

shi no mabuta

The intertwining

Roots and thorns

Sew my dead eyelids shut

On a moonlit night

眠る恋よ

黒い翼扇(つばさ)に抱かれ

けして

目覚めぬよう

Nemuru koi yo

kuroi tsubasa ni dakare

keshite

mezamenu you

My sleeping love

Embraces me with black wings

For that I will never

Wake up

声を閉ざし

息をする

わたしは茎

伸びる花

Koe wo tozashi

iki wo suru

watashi wa kuki

nobiru hana

My voice shuts down

But I am breathing

I am the stem

Of a growing flower

Translators’ Note: