childlike death sentence – Dlanor A. Knox Image Song

Now, let us BEGIN…

Singer: IZNA
Album: 六軒島夜会 (Rokkenjima Yakai) {Rokkenjima Evening Party}
Track #3
Composer: xaki
Lyricist: 英恵 (Hanae? There are many ways to pronounce this name…)
Circle: 猫招き歌劇団 (Nekomaneki Kagekidan) {Cat Beckoning Opera Company}

English:

Buried under a mountain of paperwork,
I still have to do today’s deskwork.
My job is judging heresy,
but being an Archbishop is not EASY.

This is why I’m here.

This is the start of my new blog, mainly a dump for my attempts at translating songs from Japanese. Don’t expect perfection – I’m doing this to learn (and because it’s fun) so try not to get too offended. Criticism is always welcome. Be merciless, but not cruel.

Intellectual Rapist – Furudo Erika Image Song

*Ver-X and Ver-C have the exact same lyrics.

Singer: 本木咲黒 (Motoki Zakuro)
Album: 六軒島夜会 (Rokkenjima Yakai) {Rokkenjima Evening Party}
Tracks #2 (Ver-X) and #10 (Ver-C)
Composer: xaki, CAP
Lyricist: sunny
Circle: 猫招き歌劇団 (Nekomaneki Kagekidan) {Cat Beckoning Opera Company}

English:

I shoot you an icy glare.
My smile oozes with ecstasy,
and I look down on you with contempt
piercing your chest to my pleasure as your consciousness grows dim.

Der Vorleser – Claire Veux Bernard Image Song (EP8)

Bad spoilers for EP8 at the very end of the song.

Singer: erica
Album: 六軒島夜会 (Rokkenjima Yakai) {Rokkenjima Evening Party}
Track #7
Composer: xaki
Lyricist: ATAKA
Circle: 猫招き歌劇団 (Nekomaneki Kagekidan) {Cat Beckoning Opera Company}
 
*Der Vorleser means “The Reader” in German.
 
English:
 
I am just a happy reader,
speaking the lead’s next lines
in a costume as white as snow
because, after all, I love you.

One In Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand-something – (EP8) Ushiromiya Lion and Willard H. Wright Image Song

Major Update 10/25/12! Because I am incompetent.

Bad spoilers for the end of EP7. And just won’t make sense until you read about halfway through EP8…

This layout is really confusing – I need to organize this post better, but not now…
 
Singers:本木咲黒 (Motoki Zakuro) [Lion]
行方洸二 (Namekata Kouji) [Will]
Album: 六軒島夜会 (Rokkenjima Yakai) {Rokkenjima Evening Party}
Track #8
Composer: xaki
Lyricist: sunny
Circle: 猫招き歌劇団 (Nekomaneki Kagekidan) {Cat Beckoning Opera Company}
 
[Lion]

幸せな人生なんて幻
shiawasena jinsei nante maboroshi
A happy life is nothing more than an illusion!

DEUS EX MACHINA – Dlanor A. Knox Image Song

Title: DEUS EX MACHINA [デウス・エクス・マキナ]
Lyricist: kazuchi [かずち]
Vocalist: iojjj
Composer: kazuchi [かずち]
Album: Teardrop Theater
Circle: Esper Academy [えすぱー学園] (AKA Espaagakuen, Esper Gakuen)
 
Please read through this, even if you’ve seen my video. I’ve caught several huge mistakes, and one line had wrong kanji for it…
 
An asterisk (*) means that there is a translation note for that word/line etc. Scroll down until you find that section.
 
Translation:
 
The ceremony reduces everything to binary code,
completely untying the twining LOGIC.
It is impossible for a miracle to deviate from this discussion point,
and even the criminal that clings to it should be, in any case, cut DOWN.