翻訳： Dreht sich!

Dreht sich! (Spin!) by Miyasawa Yuana

Niemand Verändert das Schicksal. (運命を変えられないって)
"No one can change their own fate"?
Wer entschied es? (誰がそう決めたのさ)
Who decides that?
Es gibt keinen Weg, dass Leute Schicksal ablehnen. (結末を変えられないって)
"No one can go against what fate has in store for them"?
Wer nahm es an? (誰がそう仮定した？)
Who assumes that?
Wenn Sie und ich in der albernen und schicksalhafte Spirale blieben, (彼女と僕が、いまだ無意味な運命の螺旋の中にいるのだとしたら)
If she and I are still stuck in this futile spiral of fate,
Zögert nicht! (ためらうな！)
Stop hesitating!
Schwankt nicht! (迷うな！)
Stop faltering!
Widersetzt sich! (立ち向かえ！)
Stand up!
Kämpft sich! (戦え！)
Fight it!
Nur konzentriert... Dreht sich! (ただひたすらに回れ！)
With all your heart and soul... Spin!

赤く煙る未来を映す
This frosted glass that's blurring up the crimson future
磨り硝子はこの指で作った
are made by my own hands
幾度も爪を立て
Scratching my fingernails repeatedly on it
その先へ行こうともがいてた
just to reach out for what's beyond
踊り狂う歯車の上
With no way to escape from
逃げ出す術はどこにもなかった
this waltz of insanity on the gears
直す術は砕けた 祈って願って求めた壊す術
with no hope to fix it, I pray, I wish　for a way to destroy it

叩き破れ もがけ 突き進め
Smash it! Tear it up! Struggle all the way onwards!
ただひたすらに
With all my heart and soul
望むもの なくせぬものが その先にあるなら
For all my hopes and all that I hold dear lie ahead

(Dreht und dreht sich!)
Spin spin spin!

二人行く末 絡み合い
Our futures begin to intertwine
すべて 巻き込み 回れ回れ！
Drag everything else in, and spin spin spin!
もつれる糸を 断ち切って
Cut apart all the strings that tie me down
荒ぶる渦の 中心へ
As I dive into the fearsome storm
その手の刃 血に染めて
Stain the blade that I hold in blood
なりふり構わず 前へ前へ！
Dash onwards without a regard for myself
覆いくる闇を 切り裂いて
Slice apart the darkness creeping over me
はだかる影を 打ち倒し
Defeat all the shadows that stand before me

行く手に何が 待とうとも
Regardless of what lies ahead for me
明日だけ見つめ 進め進め！
Set my sights on tomorrow alone and bash onwards!
泣いても吐いても乗り越え
Forget the tears, forget the blood, overcome it all
果てなき果ての その先へ
for what lies beyond the limitless end
いつか どこかで 巡り会う
Someday, somewhere, let's meet again
未来 夢見て 回れ回れ！
With that future as my dream, spin spin spin!
いつか かならず 巡り会う
Someday, for sure, let's meet again
その日 目指して
With that day as my goal

Dreht und dreht sich!
Spin spin spin!

閉ざされた闇の中 蠢いて
Crawling my way through the isolated darkness
かすかな光を求めてた
Searching for that one small light
何かが誰かが 僕らを救えると信じてた
Believing that something, someone will save us
なくしたものは未来で
If what I've lost is the future
砕かれたものは希望で
If what is broken is hope
残ったものは 絶望 それしかないなら
If the only thing left is despair, then all I can do is...

叩き壊せ あがけ 打ち果たせ
Smash it! Break it all! Kill everything as I struggle!
行こう どこまでも
Let's go somewhere, anywhere
その先に君のいる 明日があるなら
As long as I can see you again tomorrow

(Dreht und dreht sich!)
Spin spin spin!

あの日あの場所で誓った
That day, that place, in our childhood
幼い形の約束
where we made a promise together
それをこの手に握りしめ
With that promise tightly in my hands
歩き始めた出発点
I set foot from that starting point
灯した明かりで気づいた
When the lights come on I finally notice
動き始める風景を
the scenery moving along around me
目に焼き付けよう すべてを
Let's burn these all into my memories
伝えよう そこで その時に
so I can tell you at that place, when the time comes

ここが地の底であっても
Even if this is the bottom of the pits
空さえ越えて駆け上がる
I'll raise up and surpass even the skies
きっと必ずたどりつく
And I'll definitely reach that place
君のいるその場所へ
that one place where you're waiting
いつか どこかで 巡り会う
Someday, somewhere, let's meet again
未来 信じて 回れ回れ！
With that future as my belief, spin spin spin!
いつか かならず 巡り会う
Someday, for sure, let's meet again
その日だけ見て Dreht und dreht sich!
With that day alone in my sights, spin spin spin!

(Dreht und dreht sich!)
Spin spin spin!

二人行く末 絡み合い
Our futures begin to intertwine
すべて 巻き込み 回れ回れ！
Drag everything else in, and spin spin spin!
たったひとつの願いだけ
With only one wish alone
胸に抱いて まっすぐに
in my heart, I press on forward

道がなくても突き進め
Even without a path, I move onwards
標（しるべ）消えても突き進め
Even with my guide gone, I move onwards
足を止めずに走り抜け
Forever running, never stopping even once
誓いが僕を駆り立てる
With only the promise to push me on

願いが罪であるのなら
Even if my wish is a sin
痛みが罰であるのなら
Even if this pain is my price
かまわず血を流し手を伸ばす
Blood shall still flow as I reach forward
求めるものは ひとつだけ
All for my one single wish
いつか どこかで 巡り会う
Someday, somewhere, let's meet again
未来 夢見て 回れ回れ！
With that future as my dream, spin spin spin!
いつか かならず 巡り会う
Someday, for sure, let's meet again
その日 目指して
With that day as my goal

Dreht und dreht sich!

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maaaan this is like really oooooold. like, theme song of a 2005 game (?) that i only played a little, and got the song from a message board long ago, and this came up yesterday on shuffle, and i went and research on it and remembered the game's story, and got so touched i suddenly wanted to translate this song even though it's like really really oooooold. (/lol)

So anyway, this is the opening song for Liar-soft's 2005 eroge, Born Freaks. And when you see the word 'eroge', good boys and girls, never google it okay?

As to why I got touched with the game, the whole point of the game is to help the main character's sister, Uracil, fight off an unknown disease that she has had since she was young. Heck, the tagline for this game is (albeit in Engrish) "Difficult, but I want to live". Just imagine Uracil singing the opening song, and if your eyes doesn't get the least bit watery you're a robot.

...although to be honest, I'm still not sure what's with the German, or what the song is trying to 'spin' actually. Both 'dreht sich' and the frequently appearing '回れ/maware' literally translate to 'to spin/turn/revolve'. My guess is that the song's theme is to stir up fate, or turn your fate around, but eh. My policy is that if I really don't know what it means, I'll prefer to not try to come up with some forced interpretation, especially when you're a translator.

On the off chance that someone does chance upon this translation and has anything to feed my thoughts with, feel free to comment :)

Light Novel excerpt: The Girl Who Fell In Love With The Undying Boy (死なない男に恋した少女)

Copied it here too because I'm too self-deceiving and can't stop telling myself that people actually care about what I want to share.

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[Excerpt]

(This conversation takes place in The Girl, Kirisaki Kyouko's home between her and The Undying Boy, Node Kugito, after Kyouko confesses her 'love' to Kugito)

"First off, as you have guessed, Kugito, I am the serial killer that has been appearing in the local news of late. Seems I've become quite the boom on the Internet recently as the 'Midnight Killer'."

Even thought I knew it already, it still feels weird hearing it straight from her mouth. Not to mention she doesn't look the least bit like the kind of screwball psycho killer with a record-breaking body count. How should she look like then? Well, she'd probably have dark gloomy eyes, carry a chainsaw all the time and talk like an asylum inmate but then again, I'm not even sure such a person exists in real life. Rather, not all criminals look like that anyway. The majority would in fact be normal-looking people that no one would suspect, like this girl here. Sad to say.

"However, I am not a psychotic killer as the news makes me out to be. At the very least, I can vouch for myself that I do not enjoy murdering people."

"What do you mean?"

"Have you ever sliced meat?"

...what?

"Of course I have. What's your point?"

"How did you feel?"

"Huh?"

"When you sliced meat."

"...I feel like I just sliced meat?" In the first place, name me one person who'd think anything about slicing meat.

"That would be me."

Kirisaki Kyouko stuck her hand under the kotatsu. With a clicking sound, she detached her knife and the holster from her thigh and places it on the table.

"By the way, have you ever had sex?"

"There's nothing 'by the way' about that at all."

"It may be a different topic, but it is related. Trust me."

"...of course not."

17-year-old virgins may be rare in this time and age, but unfortunately I'm not like those puberty boys in my class. Currently not interested in the opposite sex, nor in the act itself. And this is important: I'm not gay either. Proof?

"Then have you masturbated before?"

"......well, yeah."

There you go. Just an average Joe here, being average.

"Wait, what's that got to do with what you were talking about earlier? Or are you just trying to embarrass me?"

"That, too. But trust me, there is a link to the topic."

" 'That too'? That's not reassuring at all, you sick girl."

"Words can be a powerful tool, you know."

To embarrass me?

"Back to the topic. In general, the act of sex, or masturbation, is used to experience pleasure. It is also known as an orgasm. Either way, humans touch themselves, or stick their private parts into others people's holes to feel good. Understand so far?"

"Yeah, " of course I do, but... "am I the only one feeling weird talking to a girl my age about masturbation, sex, orgasms and sticking parts into holes?"

"Oh, not hardcore enough for you? Why didn't you say so? Shall I show my breasts and blush while talking? Or maybe my vir---"

"Back on topic. Now."

"I see. Fine, we can talk about that another time. Now, the final result is the same for everyone, but how everyone attains it is different. Some only like women with big breasts, some only like the opposite. Some like their girls or boys in their teens, some like them in kindergarten."

"Pedophiles, you mean."

I said with a spiteful tone. Maybe it's because of my sis and her job of dealing with that kind of people on a daily basis. Either way, I have a deep hatred for that kind of people.

"Just to make myself clear, pedophilia is just a form of fetish. True, the very fact that there are people who go for adolescents is depraved. However, most people stop at it simply being an interest. They satisfy their curiosity with 2D or 3D videos and the likes and stop there. The common opinion that 'pedophilia equals felons' would be rude to the hard work of such people. That would be like saying all BDSM lovers go around abusing people on the streets."

"...Fair enough. Got it."

"Very good. Now, to summarize, the different tastes, or obsessions that people have in terms of sex is known as a 'fetish'."

Kirisaki Kyouko noticed the 'what's your point?' look on my face and continued.

"Most likely, my fetish is mutilation."

"What?"

"Most people simply think 'Ah, I just sliced meat', and that's the end of the story. In my case, however, the feeling of the blade sinking into the meat, the sight of the blood gushing out from the slit. They all give me immense pleasure. To be frank, I am confident that I can come just by slicing meat."

A little too frank there, girl.

"...In my childhood, I got by with meat from the kitchen. But as I grew older, I began to want more. One day, I found a rat in my home and thought to myself: how about slicing this rat? If it felt that good with lifeless meat, living flesh will definitely feel different. And with that, I tore apart the rat with a knife. That was my first time. Something different from what I had experienced welled up in me. It was an indescribable sensation... like shivers running from my spine down to my feet."

And so, Kirisaki Kyouko started her streak by killing animals. From rats, to the family pet hamster, the neighbor's sparrow, crows, pigeons. It grew from there, to bigger animals like cats and dogs.

"I buried all the carcasses. I was worried about what would happen if people found out, but the pleasure pushed me on."

Slicing abdomens, stabbing flesh, pulling out guts, and laying them all out like a display. All while she drowned in ecstasy.

"... ..."

The kettle suddenly sounded loudly from the pantry. Kirisaki Kyouko stood up silently and headed to the back. Soon, she returned and placed a cup of tea in front of me and herself. I wasn't really in the mood to drink after hearing that though. Kirisaki Kyouko noted that, and went ahead with her tea.

"And eventually, "

Kirisaki Kyouko placed her cup down. It made a slight sound.

"I wanted to kill people."

She said she didn't remember when it started. It could have been because she saw a model of the human body on an educational show, or a diagram of the human body in a biology textbook.

"The only part I remember vividly was what went through my head then. 'I've had my fun with animals. The next level would be the same living things as myself.' Of course, I knew that if I went through with it, there would be no turning back. That held me back. When girls my age were talking about romance and friendship, all I could think of was stabbing people."

Sinking her knife into a bigger body, tearing apart the flesh, and see the blood gush out. Thinking of how much pleasure it would give her. Soon enough, Kirisaki Kyouko could not suppress that impulse any longer.

"...The first time I committed murder was when I was in the 2nd year of middle school, 3 years ago."

It didn't matter to her what she killed. At that time Kirisaki Kyouko , at the recommendation of some bad company, dabbled her hands into prostitution. As she looked upon the salary-man smiling to himself as he brought her into a hotel, she thought to herself: 'this will do.'

"It felt so great, slicing into human flesh..."

Greater than anything she had sliced before. That irresistible euphoria rushed through her system. The cowering face of the salary-man didn't matter. Her only goal was to slice. To stab. To gouge. To penetrate. That was all.

"It was so great I was sure this was a hundred times better than sex. I came immediately... and repeatedly, all while thinking how depraved I was."

And thus.

Kirisaki Kyouko could never ever forget that feeling, ever again.

"That's why... you became a serial killer?"

I took a deep breath and sighed heavily. That sure was a depressing story.

"...I couldn't help it."

"Killing people?"

"No... Humans are so fragile. All I want is to stab, not to commit murder. But... people die when you stab them."

Kirisaki Kyouko's eyes fell upon her hands on the kotatsu mat.

"You have no right to say that it can't be helped."

Kirisaki Kyouko's eyes raised and glared at me sternly for a second, before drooping back to her hands again.

"...I am aware of that."

I am well aware of that, she whispers once again.

"There is no excuse, nor pardon for the depravities that I have committed. I am well aware of that. But the fact still remains that I can't help it. ...I can never stop."

The stern and upright Kirisaki Kyouko from before was now nowhere to be found. Kirisaki Kyouko wrapped her arms around herself, looked downwards and bit on her own lips.


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"You are absolutely right, Kugito. I should turn myself in to the police. However... to be honest, I am afraid. Not of being caught, but of the fact that should I be tried as underaged, and sent to a home... I will simply revert once I am out. This impulse is not something I can control. As impossible as it is to ban humans from engaging in sexual intercourse, there is no way to stop me from wanting to stab people... That is my fear."

"...That doesn't mean you should remain free---"

"---Yes, indeed. ...that is why I have always decided to comply should I ever be caught. And yet, "

"And yet?"

Her gaze slowly fixed themselves to my face.

"there you were."

"Me?"

"I killed you before, and yet you appeared in the class I transferred into. Surprised, yes. But more than that, I saw a light of hope. 'Could it be?' 'No way.' 'Impossible', I told myself. But you proved me wrong."

"...of what?"

"You are indeed..."

Kirisaki Kyouko, unlike her usual self, took a deep breath and with tension in her shoulders, asked.

"...an undying man. Am I right?"

"... ..."

I couldn't answer her immediately. I could kind of see where this was heading. But oh, damn those eyes of hers beaming with hope. I eventually gave in and, slowly but surely, replied.

"Well... yeah."

"As I thought..."

She closed her eyes, as if to ponder over something. And soon, "Alright." she opened her eyes, stood up straight and bowed down to me.

"Once again, I ask of you... Please, be my boyfriend."

"...that explains everything."

So that's why, I thought as I sighed to myself.

"Even if you do not love me, allow me to be by your side. Should you ever have a girlfriend, I shall not intrude on your time together. All I ask is that you accept me when I need you. As long as I can be with you, I swear I will never kill another person ever again. I beg of you, please. I..."

Kyouko went down on her knees, clutched my hands and with a look of desperation,

"I need you."

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...wow. Nothing posted in 2010. Or in fact, shortly since I enlisted. Which is to be expected though, considering how I'm too lazy to ponder upon what is postable and unpostable about the army life. Also partly because I 'migrated' to FB. Which I just sadly realized is good for socializing with 'friends' and all, but isn't good for sharing content that can possibly benefit people outside of your 'friends' list.

How could this benefit anyone, you ask? Well, I can dream, can't I? About people reading this excerpt and becoming interested in this series, and popularizing it, and starting a new boom.

I can dream, that's for sure. Yeah. Tohoho.

EDIT (2155): Album of the screenshots I took in jECO. Suddenly reminded of this upon revisiting my blog after all this time