#yokaze

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周回する思考のキュービック Shuukai suru shikou no cubic 底のない夜 浮かべて soko no nai yoru ukabete 瞬間咲く至高のミュージック shunkan saku shikou no music そこに在るのは カタチなき soko no aru no wa katachi naki イメージノカケラ Image no kakera

Cubic thoughts flying in orbit [2] thinking of the bottomless [3] night In the ephemerally blooming music There, I find the formless fragments of images

めぐる めぐる 季節 そっと meguru meguru kisetsu sotto まわる まわる 思い もっと mawaru mawaru omoi motto 君に 君と 溶けあって 溶けあって Kimi ni kimi to tokeatte tokeatte

The seasons gently roll and roll Even more, my feelings spin and spin into you, with you, we melt together, we melt together

おいで おいで 夢に乗って oide, oide, yume ni notte 漕いで 漕いで 揺れて ずっと koide koide yurete zutto La La La 僕ら 漂って 漂って Lalala bokura tadayotte tadayotte

Come, come, aboard your dreams rowing, rowing, swaying forever la la la, floating, wandering

幾つもの夜 旅は続くよ Ikutsumo no yoru tabi wa tsuzuku yo 夜から 夜へと yoru kara yoru he to 吹き荒れ 吹き抜け fukiare fukinuke

The journey continues, for however many nights from one night to the next storming through [4], blowing through

予想より斜め右から左へ yosou yori naname migi kara hidari he 共鳴 共鳴 kyoumei kyoumei 予想より強い光を帯びて yosou yori tsuyoi hikari wo abite

More distorted [5] than conjecture, from right to left, it resonates, it resonates I bathed in light, brighter than expectation

旋回する思想のビューイング Senkai suru shisou no viewing 時のない詩 綴れば toki no nai uta suzureba 鮮烈なる至高のミュージック senretsu naru shikou no music 響き奏でよ カタチなき hibiki kanade yo katachi naki イメージノカケラ image no kakera

The view of my revolving thoughts Spelling out a timeless song music that is vivid and sublime let them dance and resonate the formless fragments of images

いつか いつか 言えるだろう itsuka itsuka ieru darou 不安がりの輝石だって fuangari no kiseki datte 磨き上げて 星になって 星になって migai agete hoshi ni natte hoshi ni natte

Someday, someday, I’ll be able to say That, if you polish it, Even a diamond in the rough [6] will become a star, become a star

ひどく ひどく こびりついた hidoku hidoku kobiritsuita 不満茸を焼き払って fuman dake wo yakiharatte La La La 僕ら 灰になって ハイになって la la la bokura hai ni natte high ni natte

Burn down the dissatisfaction clinging, clinging, terribly, like mould [7] la la la we become ashes, we become euphoric [8]

幾つ目の夢 澄んだ音色で ikutsu me no yume sunda neiro de 夜から 夜へと yoru kara yoru he to 羽ばたき 羽ばたけ habataki habatake

With the transparent tones of countless dreams from one night to the next, fluttering wings, flap your wings

予感より青い yokan yori aoi 僕らの時代の証明 証明 bokura no jidai no shoumei shoumei 予感より強い思いの中で

More naïve than premonition The proof, proof [9] of our era Inside these emotions, stronger than premonition

少しだけ泣いた sukoshi dake naita 凪いだ海のように naida umi no you ni 忘れじの恋のように wasureji no koi no you ni 所在なき泡のように shousai naki awa no you ni

I shed just a handful of tears Just like a sea after a storm [10] Just like a love on its last days Just like waterless bubbles [11]

周回する思考のキュービック Shuukai suru shikou no cubic 旋回する思想のビューイング Senkai suru shisou no viewing

Cubic thoughts flying in orbit The view of my revolving thoughts [12]

予想より斜め右から左へ yosou yori naname migi kara hidari he 共鳴 共鳴 kyoumei kyoumei 予想より強い光を帯びて yosou yori tsuyoi hikari wo abite

More distorted than conjecture, from right to left, it resonates, it resonates I bathed in light, brighter than expectation

永遠なる無慈悲の残像 eien naru mujihi no zanzou 底のない夜 浮かべて soko no nai yoru ukabete 深遠なる至高のミュージック shinen naru shikou no music そこに在るのは カタチなき soko ni aru no wa katachi naki イメージノガラクタ image no kakera

The eternal, ruthless afterimage thinking of the endless night The unfathomable sublime music There, I find the formless debris of images

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TL Notes:

[1] This note is about the title. Yes. The title. The original title is イメージノ (imeeji no / Of (the) Images). Kudos to the SB69 wiki that lists it as just "Images" in english. Elegant and Simple.

[2] the first in a handful of math terms used in this song. 周回 (shuukai) has many meanings. For this translation, in order to make it sound more natural and lyrical, I chose the meaning "orbit". Although I'm sure the original intent was the meaning "circumference"

[3] 底 (soko), I chose to translate as "bottom". The kanji can also mean base as in numerical bases and base as in the base of a geometrical shape. The latter meaning was probably the original intent

[4] 吹き荒れ (fuki are) means "to blow violently", referring to wind. I chose to translate it as "to storm through" because I wanted to carry the original implication of wind

[5] 斜め (naname). I translated it as "distorted", but it's more commonly used to describe something "diagonal" or "slanted"

[6] I translated 輝石 (kiseki) as "diamond" but it's actually pyroxene. But unfortunately there are no idioms about pyroxene, so I took some liberties. This word is also a pun for 奇跡 (also read kiseki) which means "miracle"

[7] This is gonna be a long one. 不満茸 (fuman dake) literally means "dissatisfaction mushroom". But you'll only see if after reading the lyrics. When you listen you'll assume the line is saying 不満だけ (fuman dake) which means "only dissatisfaction". So the line would mean, audibly, "burn down only the/your dissatisfaction".

[8] the mushroom pun works to serve the next line. ハイになって (high ni natte), which literally means "we become high". Because. Burning mushrooms. Haha. But I chose "euphoric". I hope the "drug" nuance was conveyed.

[9] 証明 (shoumei) means proof, but also means proof, as in a formal mathematical proof

[10] the verb 凪ぐ (nagu) means to become calm, or to die down. I chose "sea after a storm" to throw back to the "stroming through" line

[11] 所在なき泡 (shousai naki awa) means "bubbles with no place to belong". It has an ephemeral nuance the way bubbles pop when the water in them evaporate, hence my choice in translation.

[12] I translated both 思考 (shikou) and 思想 (shishou) as "thought", but they're different. 思考 (shikou) is "intellectual thought" and 思想 (shishou) is more like "ideas/ideology"