Oblivion*

Words by Sakurai Atsushi

Music By Imai Hisashi

Japanese

悪夢を待っている　独り
鮮血一筋¹　滲む

あなたを傷つけた
深く　とても　深く
そしてこのわたしを²
深く　深く

呼吸は静かに　乱れ³
涙が一筋　落ちる

あなたに抱かれている
痛みが消えてゆく
あなたに包まれて
消えてゆくよ

忘れ去られてゆけばいい
通り雨⁴のように
何気ない⁵　ある晴れた日
風が通り過ぎる

風が

あなたに溶けてゆく
痛みが消えてゆく
あなたに包まれて
消えてゆくよ

忘れ去られてゆけばいい
通り雨⁴のように
何気ない⁵　ある晴れた日
風が通り過ぎる
忘れ去られてゆけばいい
今日の虹のように
何もない　ある晴れた日
かけがえの無い日々

誰も　通り過ぎてゆく

Romaji

By: Yoshiyuki

Akumu wo matte iru　Hitori
Senketsu hitosuji　Nijimu

Anata wo kizu tsuketa
Fukaku　Totemo　Fukaku
Soshite kono watashi wo
Fukaku　Fukaku

Kokyuu wa shizuka ni　Midare
Namida ga hitosuji　Ochiru

Anata ni dakarete iru
Itami ga kiete yuku
Anata ni tsutsumarete
Kiete yuku yo

Wasure sarerate yukeba ii
Toori ame no you ni
Nani ge nai　Aru hareta hi
Kaze ga toori sugiru

Kaze ga

Anata ni tokete yuku
Itami ga kiete yuku
Anata ni tsutsumarete
Kiete yuku yo

Wasure sarerate yukeba ii
Toori ame no you ni
Nani ge nai　Aru hareta hi
Kaze ga toori sugiru
Wasure sarerate yukeba ii
Kyou no niji no you ni
Nani mo nai Aru hareta hi
Kakegae no nai hibi

Dare mo　toori sugite yuku

English

By: Yoshiyuki

I am waiting for my nightmares　Alone
A single trickle¹ of fresh blood　Spreading

I have hurt you
Deeply　Oh, so deeply
And thusly myself too²
Deeply　Down

My breathing quietly turns frantic³
A single trickle of tears　Falling

Held in your arms
the pain fades away
Enveloped by you
I fade away

If only it could all be forgotten
Like a passing shower⁴
On a lazy⁵, clear, sunny day
The wind blows by, passing through

The wind

Melting into you
the pain fades away
Enveloped by you
I fade away

If only it could all be forgotten
Like a passing shower⁴
On a lazy⁵, clear, sunny day
The wind blows by, passing through
If only it could all be forgotten
Like the rainbow we saw today
On an ordinary, clear, sunny day
Such irreplaceable days

Everyone　passes on

Notes:

* Aside from “oblivion”, 忘却 also refers to “forgetting” or “being oblivious”. It has the added meaning of forgetting things completely. Like memory erasure.

¹ 一筋 (hitosuji) literally means “a straight line”. It could be used to refer to a ray of light, a trickle of water, anything that appears to “draw a straight line”.

² The line itself doesn’t have any subject except for “このわたし” (this me). I’m assuming that it is in direct relation to the previous line. A more literal translation would probably be a mere, “And I”.

³ 乱れ itself means turbulence, disorder, or confusion. None of those applies to “breathing” very well so I went with frantic instead. 

⁴ A passing shower is a type of rain which comes and goes suddenly. A bout of sudden rainfall. The way I often experience it here, it would be bright and sunny one moment, and the next moment, there will be a sudden downpour. Then, just as suddenly, it ends and it’s bright and sunny again, as if there was never any sign of rain.

⁵ 何気ない can mean things like nonchalant, casual, unintentional, without much thought in terms of a person’s tone or manner.

Words by Sakurai Atsushi

Music By Imai Hisashi

Japanese

踊り出すんだ　LAST NUMBER
ガラス欠片　ララ反射 ESCAPE
MOONLIGHT ESCAPE
神様お願いだ
僕の事を　ゆるして　³ねえ ESCAPE
MOONLIGHT ESCAPE

マントを包(くる)まって　GOOD NIGHT
夢の夢へ
僕は舞う¹

溢れる程　愛を
抱きしめて　ESCAPE
悲しみの無い世界
永遠に　ESCAPE
僕は舞う

たった一人だ　旅立ちだ
夜が明ける　その前に ESCAPE
MOONLIGHT ESCAPE
パパママおやすみ　ねえ
僕の事を　忘れないで ESCAPE
MOONLIGHT ESCAPE

マントを翻(ひるがえ)し²　GOOD BYE
高く高く
僕は舞う

溢れる程　愛を
抱きしめて　ESCAPE
悲しみの無い世界
永遠に　ESCAPE
僕は舞う

僕は舞う
溢れる程　愛を
抱きしめて　ESCAPE
僕は舞う
悲しみの無い世界
永遠に　ESCAPE
僕は舞う
溢れる程　愛を
抱きしめて　ESCAPE

Romaji

By: Yoshiyuki

Odori dasunda LAST NUMBER
garasu kakera　rara hansha ESCAPE
MOONLIGHT ESCAPE
Kamisama onegai da
Boku no koto wo　yurushite　nee ESCAPE
MOONLIGHT ESCAPE

Manto wo kurumatte GOOD NIGHT
Yume no yume e
Boku wa mau

Afureru hodo　ai wo
dakishimete ESCAPE
Kanashimi no nai sekai
Eien ni ESCAPE
Boku wa mau

Tatta hitori da　Tabitachi da
Yo ga akeru sono mae ni ESCAPE
MOONLIGHT ESCAPE
Papa mama oyasumi　Nee
Boku no koto wo　wasurenai de ESCAPE
MOONLIGHT ESCAPE

Manto wo hirugaeshi　GOOD BYE
Takaku takaku
Boku wa mau

Afureru hodo　ai wo
dakishimete ESCAPE
Kanashimi no nai sekai
Eien ni ESCAPE
Boku wa mau

Boku wa mau
Afureru hodo　ai wo
dakishimete ESCAPE
Boku wa mau
Kanashimi no nai sekai
Eien ni ESCAPE
Boku wa mau
Afureru hodo　ai wo
dakishimete ESCAPE

English

By: Yoshiyuki

We’ve begun our dance, this LAST NUMBER
With shattered glass shards, la la reflecting ESCAPE
MOONLIGHT ESCAPE
Dear lord, oh, please
Forgive me, won’t you ESCAPE
MOONLIGHT ESCAPE

Wrapping my cloak around me GOOD NIGHT
Into a dream within dreams
Away I fly¹

Holding close this overflowing love
I ESCAPE
To a world where there’s no sadness
Into eternity ESCAPE
Away I fly

This is a solo expedition
Before dawn breaks, I ESCAPE
MOONLIGHT ESCAPE
Papa, Mama, goodnight to you
Don’t forget about me when I ESCAPE
MOONLIGHT ESCAPE

Fluttering² my cloak　GOOD BYE
Higher and higher
Away I fly

Holding close this overflowing love
I ESCAPE
To a world where there’s no sadness
Into eternity ESCAPE
Away I fly

Away I fly
Holding close this overflowing love
I ESCAPE
Away I fly
To a world where there’s no sadness
Into eternity ESCAPE
Away I fly
Holding close this overflowing love
I ESCAPE

Fallen Angel

Words by Sakurai Atsushi

Music By Imai Hisashi

Japanese

I KNOW YOU KNOW
愛の呪文を
I KNOW YOU KNOW
愛の喜びを

嘆きの天使¹
アッハ！　ワタシヲ
許シテ　許シテ
肉と肉が痛いよ

I WANT YOU WANT
愛を身体中
I WANT YOU WANT
愛をI WANT YOU BABY

堕ちて³ゆくんだろう
アッハ！　地獄へ
殺シテ　夢中デ
罪と罰⁴飛び散った

愛なんてそう幻想
ちょっと甘い香り
唇　濡らす
あなたは誰？
愛なんだそう YOU&ME
Oh BABY 揺れる YOU&ME
唇　這わす
わたしは誰？

嘆きの天使¹
アッハ！　ワタシヲ
許シテ　許シテ
肉と肉が痛いよ
堕ちて³ゆくんだろう
アッハ！　地獄へ
殺シテ　夢中デ
罪と罰⁴飛び散った

愛なんてそう幻想
ちょっと甘い香り
唇　濡らす
あなたは誰？
愛なんだそう YOU&ME
Oh BABY 揺れる YOU&ME
唇　這わす
わたしは誰？

Romaji

By: Yoshiyuki

I KNOW YOU KNOW
Ai no jumon wo
I KNOW YOU KNOW
Ai no yorokobi wo

Nageki no tenshi
Ahha!　Watashi wo
Yurushite　Yurushite
Niku to niku ga itai yo

I WANT YOU WANT
Ai wo karada juu
I WANT YOU WANT
Ai wo I WANT YOU BABY

Ochite yukun darou
Ahha!　Jigoku e
Koroshite　Muchuu de
Tsumi to batsu tobichitta

Ai nante sou gensou
Chotto amai kaori
Kuchibiru　Nurasu
Anata wa dare?
Ai nanda sou YOU&ME
Oh BABY yureru YOU&ME
Kuchibiru　Hawasu
Watashi wa dare?

Nageki no tenshi
Ahha!　Watashi wo
Yurushite　Yurushite
Niku to niku ga itai yo
Ochite yukun darou
Ahha!　Jigoku e
Koroshite　Muchuu de
Tsumi to batsu tobichitta

Ai nante sou gensou
Chotto amai kaori
Kuchibiru　Nurasu
Anata wa dare?
Ai nanda sou YOU&ME
Oh BABY yureru YOU&ME
Kuchibiru　Hawasu
Watashi wa dare?

English

By: Yoshiyuki

I KNOW YOU KNOW
The spell of love
I KNOW YOU KNOW
The joys of love

Oh, Blue Angel¹
Ahha!　Go easy on me²
Forgive me　Forgive me
Flesh to flesh, my body aches

I WANT YOU WANT
love all throughout our bodies
I WANT YOU WANT
It’s love, I WANT YOU BABY

I’ll fall³, won’t I
Ahha!　Into hell
Kill me in delirium
Crime and Punishment⁴ splattered everywhere

A thing like love is mere fantasy
Just a mildly sweet fragrance
Wetting these lips of mine
Who are you?
This is love between YOU&ME
Oh BABY we’re rocking YOU&ME
Brushing against my lips
Who am I?

Oh, Blue Angel¹
Ahha!　Go easy on me²
Forgive me　Forgive me
Flesh to flesh, my body aches
I’ll fall³, won’t I
Ahha!　Into hell
Kill me in delirium
Crime and Punishment⁴ splattered everywhere

A thing like love is mere fantasy
Just a mildly sweet fragrance
Wetting these lips of mine
Who are you?
This is love between YOU&ME
Oh BABY we’re rocking YOU&ME
Brushing against my lips
Who am I?

Notes:

¹ 嘆きの天使 is the Japanese name of a 1930 German tragicomedic film Der blaue Engel (The Blue Angel). It’s plot revolves around the tragic transformation of a respectable professor to a cabaret clown and his eventual descent into madness. The film itself is based on a novel by Heinrich Mann, Professor Unrat (translated as “Professor Unclean”).

² ワタシヲ is simply 私を in Katakana. The phrase ties into the following 許シテ、許シテ line so I just went with something which links into that, rather than just saying “I” or “me.”

³ This version of ochite (堕ちて) is more often used with reference to mental or spiritual “falling”. 

⁴ 罪と罰 is the Japanese name of a novel, Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky about the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in Saint Petersburg who formulates a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her money.
罪と罰 is generally a rather common title in Japanese. Shiina Ringo, for example, has a song of the same name.

Night of the Beasts

Words by Sakurai Atsushi

Music By Imai Hisashi

Japanese

さあ幕を切り裂けよ
夜を始めよう
そう俺は震えている
悪く無い気分だ
さあ　さあ

愛と死を生を歌え
命よ踊れ
あの子が笑っている
悪く無い世界だ

感じているか　Adam & Eve
愛という名の獣(ケモノ)たちよ
禁断の実¹をアアンアン
We love you

踊れ悪魔　腰を振っておくれ
狂え悪魔　可愛い可愛い悪魔

身体中沸騰している²
今夜は眠れない
あの子が笑っている
俺は生きている

感じているわ　My Darling
愛を貪(むさぼ)る獣(ケダモノ)なの
禁断の実をアアンアン
We love you

踊れ道化(ピエロ)　今夜演じ切るんだ
狂え道化(ピエロ)　それがそれがお前だ

感じているか　Adam & Eve
愛という名の獣(ケモノ)たちよ
禁断の実¹をアアンアン
We love you

踊れ悪魔　腰を振っておくれ
狂え悪魔　可愛い可愛い悪魔

踊れ道化(ピエロ)　今夜演じ切るんだ
狂え道化(ピエロ)　それがそれがお前だ

Romaji

By: Yoshiyuki

Saa maku wo kiri sake yo
Yoru wo hajime you
Sou ore wa furuete iru
Warukunai kibun da
Saa　Saa

Ai to shi wo sei wo utae
Inochi yo odore
Ano ko ga waratte iru
Warukunai sekai da

Kanjite iru ka　Adam & Eve
Ai to iu na no kemonotachi yo
Kindan no mi wo a an an
We love you

Odore akuma　Koshi wo futte okure
Kurue akuma　Kawaii kawaii akuma

Karada juu futto shite iru
Konya wa nemurenai
Ano ko ga waratte iru
Ore wa ikite iru

Kanjitei ru wa　My Darling
Ai wo musaboru kedamono nano
Kindan no mi wo a an an
We love you

Odore piero　Konya enji kirun da
Kurue piero　Sore ga sore ga omae da

Kanjite iru ka　Adam & Eve
Ai to iu na no kemonotachi yo
Kindan no mi wo a an an
We love you

Odore akuma　Koshi wo futte okure
Kurue akuma　Kawaii kawaii akuma

Odore piero　Konya enji kirun da
Kurue piero　Sore ga sore ga omae da

English

By: Yoshiyuki

Now, it’s time to tear the curtains away
And let the night commence
That’s right, I’m trembling
This doesn’t feel too bad
Come, come

Sing of love and death, and of living
Dance with all your life
That child is laughing away
This world isn’t too bad

Do you feel it?　Adam & Eve
We’re the beasts which go by the name of love
Say “ah” and take a bite of the forbidden fruit¹
We love you

Dance, you devil　Shake your hips for me
Go crazy, you devil　Cute, adorable devil

It’s all rushing² through my body
I won’t be able to sleep tonight
That child is laughing away
And I am living

Do you feel it?　My Darling
I am a beast hungering for love
Say “ah” and take a bite of the forbidden fruit¹
We love you

Dance, pierrot　You will perform to the very end tonight
Go crazy, pierrot　That is all, that is all on you

Do you feel it?　Adam & Eve
We’re the beasts which go by the name of love
Say “ah” and take a bite of the forbidden fruit¹
We love you

Dance, you devil　Shake your hips for me
Go crazy, you devil　Cute, adorable devil

Dance, pierrot　You will perform to the very end tonight
Go crazy, pierrot　That is all, that is all on you

Notes:

¹ The Forbidden Fruit of the Garden of Eden is known as 禁断の果実 (kindan no kajitsu) in Japanese. Here, the lack of 果 in the phrase doesn’t change the translation into “Forbidden Fruit” because Sakurai pronounces 実 as “mi” rather than “jitsu”. When pronounced as “mi”, 実 refers to fruit, or seed, or pieces of meat/vegetables/ingredients in broth, or content/substances. When pronounced as “jitsu”, 実 refers to truth or reality.

² The direct translation of 沸騰している (futoushite iru) is “to be on the boil”. In other words, it typically refers to liquids boiling, simmering, or frothing because of the heat. Rather than go with a direct translation of the word, I used “rushing through” to create a similar image.