I missed Igu Day this month, but I, too, am still not dead. Just dealing with a lot of time-consuming stuff, such as having to buy a new car and figure out how to use it (it’s crazy going from an ’04 to a ’21), making major rearrangements around & repairs to the house because … Continue reading
Category Archives: Translation
exist†trace – ROUGE
“ROUGE” is the second track on VANGUARD – Of the Muses – and the last track I have left to translate from that release! Woo! Unfortunately, miko hasn’t written anything about this song on her blog; I only found posts that mentioned it in set lists. So I won’t be able to share any officially … Continue reading
exist†trace – I feel you (Updated)
I originally posted this translation in August of 2020. At the time, I knew that miko had done a series of blog posts explaining each track on the album VIRGIN. I didn’t know that she had done the same thing for the tracks on the EP THE LAST DAYBREAK—even though she literally mentioned reader comments … Continue reading
exist†trace – Hana no Sakanai Machi
Happy July Igu Day! As explained and cited in my post for “Wrath,” “Hana no Sakanai Machi” and “Wrath” tell the story of the same event from two different characters’ points of view. Here, we have the young man’s version. I searched miko’s blog for any further details on this song, but other than that … Continue reading
exist†trace – Wrath
Happy early June Igu Day! It’s now time for the last song that is solely on Ambivalent Symphony, “Wrath.” It’s not the last track on the EP; that would be “‘Owari no Nai Sekai’,” which was also on Twin Gate, so I’d posted the translation for it already. As far as I could find, there … Continue reading
exist†trace – forward
Didn’t think I’d make it this Igu Day, but this song is relatively, uh…straightforward. The only thing I’m not 100% sure about is who the subject of the lines is. The pronoun “I” isn’t used anywhere in this song, but the line この手 (kono te, “this hand” or “these hands”) can only refer to an … Continue reading
exist†trace – Garden
Kinda wish I had this done in time for Earth Day even though it’s not particularly about the environment. If anything, we can probably put this into the “Songs based on fairy tales” category along with “GINGER.” This song has been in my head for like a whole week now. (Before that it was Matthew … Continue reading
exist†trace – Ambivalence
Happy April Igu Day! Well, I’ll probably go ahead and post this on the 18th. We can celebrate a little early. LOL Anyway, with this song in particular, I think it helps to keep the title in mind. The lyrics are contradictory, but they’re supposed to be. Lyrics in Japanese can be found here on … Continue reading
exist†trace – EXISTENCE (Verified Lyrics!)
I posted a translation of this song yesterday based on the lyrics as I heard them only, since official lyrics haven’t been published online and my digital copy of The Only Garden and the “Existence” single didn’t come with liner notes. Reader Silphion was gracious enough to show me the liner notes from his physical … Continue reading
exist†trace – EXISTENCE (Kikitori ONLY)
UPDATE (4/11/2021) A million thanks to Silphion for showing me the liner notes! I wasn’t too far off, but there are several things that I can correct now so I’ve made a separate post for the updated translation. I’m leaving this here because it’s fun to see what I got right, wrong, and why. I’m … Continue reading
