Mystery Moon
Lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi
Music: Hoshino Hidehiko
Never ending dream where I met you
Halfway through
You and I we are the lovers
Wanderin’ thru the darkness
Frolickin’ thru the nameless stardust crumbs, tryin’ to count them
You and I we are the travelers
Driftin’ thru the shadow
Your eyes so blue like lapis-lazuli
Just looking in them I’m crumbling down
Mystery moonlight prowlin’ alone, you’re dancing
Yeah, lickin’ your pretty lips red as ruby
Overflowing, dripping all your blood and all your tears love
Every one of them is mine, all mine yeah
Sayin’ goodbye, the sweetest thing you know
And you know it’s true
And finally all that’s left within us
Is our last promise
Your eyes so blue like lapis-lazuli
Just holding you close I’m crumbling down
Mystery moonlight prowlin’ together dancing
Yeah, tastin’ your pretty lips red as ruby
Overflowing, dripping all my blood and all my tears love
Every one of them is yours, all yours yeah
Mystery moonlight prowlin’ together dancing
Yeah, kissin’ your pretty lips red as ruby
Overflowing, all the blood and tears that make forever
Maybe they’re someone else’s now
No, I don’t know
There and gone
I don’t know
There and gone...
This English translation can be sung with the song's original melody! In addition to the obvious blues/jazz influences, something about it makes me think of Appalachian folk songs and Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising" (am I the only one?) Stylistic additions (i.e. apostrophes) added accordingly. Also please note that though I took some liberties with the presentation, this translation is still as accurate meaning-wise as it would have been if I'd written a straight version.
Translation by Cayce, credit me and link Blog-Tick/NGS if you repost.
妖月
作詞：櫻井敦司
作曲：星野英彦
果てない夢の途中 出会えたね
僕らは暗闇を彷徨う 恋人
名も無い 星屑数えて遊んだ
僕らは暗黒に漂う 旅人
瑠璃色 君の瞳 覗きこんだら粉々
月明かり 妖しく一人舞う 真っ赤な唇を 舐めて
溢れるお前の血と涙は 全部私の物 全て
さようなら．．それはとても そう 甘い
僕らに残された 最後の約束
瑠璃色 君の瞳 抱き寄せたなら粉々
月明かり妖しく二人舞う 真っ赤な唇を 舐めて
溢れる私の血と涙は 全部あなたの物 全て
月明かり妖しく二人舞う 真っ赤な唇を 舐めて
溢れる永遠の血と涙は もう誰の物かも わかんない
Yougetsu
Lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi
Music: Hoshino Hidehiko
Hatenai yume no tochuu deaeta ne
Bokura wa kurayami wo samayou koibito
Na mo nai hoshikuzu kazoete asonda
Boku wa ankoku ni tadayou tabibito
Ruriiro kimi no hitomi nozoki kondara konagona
Tsuki akari ayashiku hitori mau makka na kuchibiru wo namete
Afureru omae no chi to namida wa zenbu watashi no mono subete
Sayounara… sore wa totemo sou amai
Bokura ni nokosareta saigo no yakusoku
Ruriiro kimi no hitomi dakiyoseta nara konagona
Tsuki akari ayashiku futari mau makka na kuchibiru wo namete
Afureru watashi no chi to namida wa zenbu anato no mono subete
Tsuki akari ayashiku futari mau makka na kuchibiru wo namete
Afureru eien no chi to namida wa mou dare no mono ka mo wakannai
Lol! Appalachia is where my family hails! You're absolutely right that this has... some quality about it that reminds me of that kind of music in a way...
ReplyDeleteThank you for the translation, Cayce!
Thank you so much for the translations. This is a beautiful song, I do see the influence you speak of and I love the way they perform this one. Will be listening to this one on repeat ^_^
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the hard work! Words fail to describe how awesome this song is.
ReplyDeleteThanks a bunch.
ReplyDeleteI just got mine in the mail....the PHOTOS that come with it are sooo beautiful.....ahhhh....double sided!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for this translation! I think I too may try a close reading of this song to see how it sounds without the english matching the Japanese beat. I trust your translation is perfectly accurate of course! ^_^ ...I'm just curious.
ReplyDeleteActually it (the translation) really is just about 100% word-for-word literal. I just added the apostrophes and such to give it a folk-song kind of vibe because the music made me think of that style and I thought it would be fun to write the translation like that.
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