Okay, so I've been listening to this song on repeat for the last couple hours and I think I'm in love with it. Be forewarned though that this song hasn't been released officially yet and I'm therefore doing these lyrics by ear! Once we get some official lyrics, I can verify/correct, but until then this is what you get...
ROMANIZATION
* Ima dokoka de dareka ga tsurai kimochi de hitorikiri
Nemurenu yoru wo sugoshiteru no nara
Sono kokoro ni hikari sasu made yorisotte inoru kara
like a melody and harmony in love
Nanika no tame ni bokura wa koko de chiisana koto shika dekinai keredo
Ichibyou dake demo sekaijuu no namida tomatte egao ni natte kureru no nara
Aishitsuzukeru yo arukitsuzukeru yo
Afureru omoi ga todoku to shinjite
Umareru mae kara bokura wa deatte
Yume wo sagashiteta sonna ki ga suru yo
You know you're just like them other ten,
A faded fight between you and I
I'd rather hope than make you sad and cry
What I just wanna say is
Keep the faith but fate never is moving us
It can't take us, it doesn't make different cases
So turn the light on, interact with a piece of dream
Sound brighter, we all want the same sound
Keep the tears, I told you how I'm your freedom, like a bird going through the sky
What are we, just a Christmas tree in the night?
Kirameku oto ni tsutsumareru toki
Kanashii subete wasurete irareta
Melody and harmony itsumo soba ni ite
Boku ni yuuki to kibou wo kureta ne
Kimi ni arigatou zutto arigatou
Kagayaku omoi wa kimi no okurimono
Sasaeaeru koto mitsumeaeru koto
Hitori janai koto oshiete kureta yo
Kasaneau ai wo melody ni nosete
Tsutaete yukitai itsumo itsumademo
My music is my life
For you, for you smile
Tsuyoi kizuna ga aru kara
My life is wonderful
Forever, forever
Kono basho kara
Aishitsuzukeru yo arukitsuzukeru yo
Afureru omoi ga todoku to shinjite
Kimi ni arigatou zutto arigatou
Kagayaku omoi wa kimi no okurimono
Kasaneau ai wo melody ni nosete
Tsutaete yukitai itsumo itsumademo
La la la...
Kimi no okurimono
La la la...
Itsumo itsumademo
* Repeat
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Thursday, January 1, 2009
Mulan - Reflection (Japanese version)
I recently rediscovered my love for Disney songs, particularly the Japanese versions of Disney songs. While surfing around YouTube, I came across a partially mistranslated video for the Japanese version of Reflection (from Mulan) and decided to translate it myself (and record it XD). In any case, here are the lyrics with translator notes in typical Alicia-style, color coding and all.
リフレクション
ダメね
何のために生まれてきたの私
役に立たない娘
わかる ありのままの自分をごまかせないの
水に映る派手な姿 知らない人に見えるわ
隠せないわ 自分らしさ
本当の私 いつの日か
必ず映る いつの日か
Dame ne
Nan no tame ni umaretekita no watashi
Yaku ni tatanai musume
Wakaru, ari no mama no jibun wo gomakasenai
Mizu ni utsuru hade na sugata shiranai hito ni mieru wa
Kakusenai wa jibun rashisa
Hontou no watashi itsu no hi ka
Kanarazu utsuru itsu no hi ka
There's no point to this...
For what purpose was I born?
To be a good-for- nothing daughter?
I know that I can't pretend to be someone I'm not
The made-up person reflected in the water seems to me a stranger
I can't hide my true self
And one day, I'll see the real me...
Surely someday, I'll see me in my reflection
ダメね (dame ne) makes perfect sense when I hear it because I think in this case, it's almost more of a feeling than a line to be translated. It's meaning can vary, but the general idea is "there's no point" or "there's no use." The idea here is that she can't go on pretending just to please her family. I considered translating it as "I can't keep on pretending" but then I figured people watching it on YouTube with some knowledge of Japanese would revolt... so I didn't ^^;;
役に立たない (yaku ni tatanai) can be translated quite a few ways. Primarily, I'd go with "useless" or "worthless." I felt in this case, both of those feelings were needed and chose "good-for-nothing" for that reason. I felt that not only does she feel useless in the eyes of her parents because she doesn't meet their expectations, but she doesn't have much self-worth either because she's lying even to herself.
I chose to go the more interpretive route here, versus literal translation. More literally, this would be "I understand that I can't misrepresent my true self." Quite frankly, it's very awkward when taken too literally. I felt that treating it as her pretending to be someone she isn't had the same feeling and came across better in English. It's also more poetic, in my opinion, which is pretty much required of Disney songs.
水に派手な姿知らない人に見えるわ (Mizu ni utsuru hade na sugata shiranai hito ni mieru wa) I took a slightly more interpretive route here as well. The reason being that 派手な姿 reeaaally doesn't translate into English well. Actually, that isn't 100% true. It does translate into perfectly acceptable English, but it sounds odd, especially in a Disney song. Literally, it would be something to the effect of "gaudy appearance/figure." The idea behind 派手な is one of excess, something overdone to the point that it becomes unappealing. In this case, she's seeing herself, but not as she would recognize. She's in fancy clothes, wearing a lot of makeup, and has an elaborate hairstyle, none of which are things she would choose for herself. So when she sees that as her reflection, all that she sees staring back at her from the water is someone she doesn't know. I translated it thus.
隠せないわ 自分らしさ (Kakusenai wa jibun rashisa) And yet again, I took creative liberties. To my credit, jibun-rashisa can be a pain in the butt to translate. It's another one of those things that makes perfect sense when I hear it, but just doesn't have a nice sounding, simple, English language alternative. rashii is attached to nouns and adjectives to add 'seems' or an '-ish' feeling. rashisa is the noun form, so it makes the meaning change to 'like__'; basically becoming 'characteristic of ___.' Since jibun means 'oneself/myself', when rashisa is added, it comes to mean 'me-like' or 'something characteristic of me/myself.' If it wasn't so long-winded and somewhat ambiguous, I would have translated this line as "I can't hide what it is that makes me me." I may have stretched it a little bit to get the 'true to myself' meaning, but at the same time, I think that feeling is encompassed in the word already. *shrugs* If anyone is a native speaker or has a better translation, please comment and let me know. I'm always curious how other people translate things.
And the last two lines, where once again I take some creative liberties. Literally, this would be "The real me, one/someday... surely it will be reflected, one/someday.' Not the prettiest couple of lines. Really, the most accurate-but-still-sensical translation would probably be something along the lines of "One day, the real me... surely someday, it will be reflected.' In any case, I felt it was justifiable to make it a bit more poetic for the sake of feeling the song. ^^
リフレクション
ダメね
何のために生まれてきたの私
役に立たない娘
わかる ありのままの自分をごまかせないの
水に映る派手な姿 知らない人に見えるわ
隠せないわ 自分らしさ
本当の私 いつの日か
必ず映る いつの日か
Dame ne
Nan no tame ni umaretekita no watashi
Yaku ni tatanai musume
Wakaru, ari no mama no jibun wo gomakasenai
Mizu ni utsuru hade na sugata shiranai hito ni mieru wa
Kakusenai wa jibun rashisa
Hontou no watashi itsu no hi ka
Kanarazu utsuru itsu no hi ka
There's no point to this...
For what purpose was I born?
To be a good-for- nothing daughter?
I know that I can't pretend to be someone I'm not
The made-up person reflected in the water seems to me a stranger
I can't hide my true self
And one day, I'll see the real me...
Surely someday, I'll see me in my reflection
ダメね (dame ne) makes perfect sense when I hear it because I think in this case, it's almost more of a feeling than a line to be translated. It's meaning can vary, but the general idea is "there's no point" or "there's no use." The idea here is that she can't go on pretending just to please her family. I considered translating it as "I can't keep on pretending" but then I figured people watching it on YouTube with some knowledge of Japanese would revolt... so I didn't ^^;;
役に立たない (yaku ni tatanai) can be translated quite a few ways. Primarily, I'd go with "useless" or "worthless." I felt in this case, both of those feelings were needed and chose "good-for-nothing" for that reason. I felt that not only does she feel useless in the eyes of her parents because she doesn't meet their expectations, but she doesn't have much self-worth either because she's lying even to herself.
I chose to go the more interpretive route here, versus literal translation. More literally, this would be "I understand that I can't misrepresent my true self." Quite frankly, it's very awkward when taken too literally. I felt that treating it as her pretending to be someone she isn't had the same feeling and came across better in English. It's also more poetic, in my opinion, which is pretty much required of Disney songs.
水に派手な姿知らない人に見えるわ (Mizu ni utsuru hade na sugata shiranai hito ni mieru wa) I took a slightly more interpretive route here as well. The reason being that 派手な姿 reeaaally doesn't translate into English well. Actually, that isn't 100% true. It does translate into perfectly acceptable English, but it sounds odd, especially in a Disney song. Literally, it would be something to the effect of "gaudy appearance/figure." The idea behind 派手な is one of excess, something overdone to the point that it becomes unappealing. In this case, she's seeing herself, but not as she would recognize. She's in fancy clothes, wearing a lot of makeup, and has an elaborate hairstyle, none of which are things she would choose for herself. So when she sees that as her reflection, all that she sees staring back at her from the water is someone she doesn't know. I translated it thus.
隠せないわ 自分らしさ (Kakusenai wa jibun rashisa) And yet again, I took creative liberties. To my credit, jibun-rashisa can be a pain in the butt to translate. It's another one of those things that makes perfect sense when I hear it, but just doesn't have a nice sounding, simple, English language alternative. rashii is attached to nouns and adjectives to add 'seems' or an '-ish' feeling. rashisa is the noun form, so it makes the meaning change to 'like__'; basically becoming 'characteristic of ___.' Since jibun means 'oneself/myself', when rashisa is added, it comes to mean 'me-like' or 'something characteristic of me/myself.' If it wasn't so long-winded and somewhat ambiguous, I would have translated this line as "I can't hide what it is that makes me me." I may have stretched it a little bit to get the 'true to myself' meaning, but at the same time, I think that feeling is encompassed in the word already. *shrugs* If anyone is a native speaker or has a better translation, please comment and let me know. I'm always curious how other people translate things.
And the last two lines, where once again I take some creative liberties. Literally, this would be "The real me, one/someday... surely it will be reflected, one/someday.' Not the prettiest couple of lines. Really, the most accurate-but-still-sensical translation would probably be something along the lines of "One day, the real me... surely someday, it will be reflected.' In any case, I felt it was justifiable to make it a bit more poetic for the sake of feeling the song. ^^
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Love in the Ice
Alright, so here's a content post finally. Well, I did have fun doing it... just didn't have the time to do it by my own deadline o.O
Anyways, here's the new song, Love in the Ice by DBSK, TVXQ, Tohoshinki, 東方神起、동방신기, or whatever other name you call them. I've romanized and translated it. If anyone wants the kanji lyrics, just comment and ask and I'll point you in the right direction. Although, if you really want them, I think you could find them pretty easily *shrugs*
If you want to use my romaji and/or translation, just please credit me. It took some time to do this. You don't even have to link to my journal, just note that they were done by lunatunalover @ LJ. If you want to put a link to this blog though, it'd definitely be appreciated ^^
In any case, here ya go! Enjoy! ^_^
Tohoshinki - Love in the Ice romaji
DBSK - Love in the Ice Translation
Anyways, here's the new song, Love in the Ice by DBSK, TVXQ, Tohoshinki, 東方神起、동방신기, or whatever other name you call them. I've romanized and translated it. If anyone wants the kanji lyrics, just comment and ask and I'll point you in the right direction. Although, if you really want them, I think you could find them pretty easily *shrugs*
If you want to use my romaji and/or translation, just please credit me. It took some time to do this. You don't even have to link to my journal, just note that they were done by lunatunalover @ LJ. If you want to put a link to this blog though, it'd definitely be appreciated ^^
In any case, here ya go! Enjoy! ^_^
Tohoshinki - Love in the Ice romaji
Tsumetai sono te kimi no sei ja nai
Osanaki hibi otta kizu kakae
Dareka wo aisuru koto osoreteru no
Kotoba no uragawa se wo mukete
* Daremo ga dareka ni aisareru tame ni
Kono yo ni inochi wo kiramekaseru no sa
Sore ga moshi mo boku
Towa no yasashisa de atatameru yo…
Unmei no itazura (kokoro wo itamete mo)
Sono namida no saki ni wa
Hitosuji no hikari ga (yami no naka maiorite)
Bokura wa kizuku sa
Daremo ga motteru kanashimi ya kodoku
Iyashite moraeru basho sagashiteiru
SO… Kimi ni wa sono basho ga koko ni aru sa osorenaide
Mou mayowanaide boku ga mamoru
Ai dakara (Don’t be afraid)
Hakanai hodo (Let you know my love) uruwashii
Kono toki wo… (You know… Let you know my love)
DBSK - Love in the Ice Translation
It’s not your fault those hands are freezing
Born from those childish days, you carry the scars
Are you afraid to love someone?
Pretending you don’t see the other side of the words
Like ice, the embraced heart slowly starts to thaw
* For anyone to be loved by someone,
Makes life in this world shine
If it was me, I’d make your heart warm once more
With eternal tenderness
Even if fate’s mischief pains the heart
On the other side of those tears,
A single ray of light will swoop down into the darkness
We know
As strong as the feeling of suffering, we can feel people’s warmth
Everyone is searching for a place
That can heal their sadness and loneliness
So… for you, that place is here
Don’t be afraid, don’t hesitate anymore, because I’ll protect you
My heart is pained
Because this love is so beautiful, don’t be afraid
Even if it’s just momentarily, I’ll let you know my love
This time is beautiful, you know… let you know my love
* Repeat
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