Recently, for whatever reason, I've been listening to the song "+REVERSE" by niki. I looked at the lyrics on the wikis and didn't find any to be satisfactory. I'm not fluent in Japanese but I do understand a lot of words and phrases. I also have several translation aids/resources. Here I've put the wiki translations next to my adapted translation. I say "adapted" because I've altered certain words or tenses so that some of the passages make sense. Some of it is written so the syllables match up, some of it isn't. For some parts to match I would have to add whole new lines. Anyway, I just wanted to share it.
Translation by BerrySubs Within mingling times, at the very end, End very the at, times mingling within, I get lost and cry with the things I feel. Misreprentation with answers my muddy I. "I hate you," I say. "I hate you," I say, (That's why...) "I hate you," I say. (That's why...) That's why So as to not go against The flow of time, Live reasonably... Die and cry... Yes, I'll be washed away. I'll be washed away. I'll be washed away. I'll be washed away. I will drown. Past the with future entombed the exchanging, Exchanging the entombed future with the past, My cowardly voice described now, Forced I things the with what hid and. That is... That is... (Weak...) That is... (Weak...) (Me...) Love. . That’s why So as to not go against The flow of time... Scaredy-cat me Gets lost and cries... Yes, I'm being washed away. I'm being washed away. I'm being washed away. I'm being washed away. I'm going on living... And with that.... That’s why So as to not go against The fact that I'm being born... At the time when I realized That I was being loved, I'm being washed away. I'm being washed away. I'm being washed away. I'm being washed away. I am living. That's why... That's why... | Translation by Anime Lyrics At the end when we mix together At the end when we mix together I wander with feelings and shout I prepare an answer by avoiding... saying "No way" ... saying "No way" (like that) ... saying "No way" (like that) That's why... In the flow of time It seems that I can't go against it So I naturally live... I cry, I die... That's how it flows It flows, it flows It flows and drowns Burying future intersects with the past Burying future intersects with the past My scared voice draws the present With pressure, I hid something That is That is (weak) That is (weak) (It's me) The love And so... In the flow of time It seems that we can't go against it... We cowards Are lost and crying... That's how it flows It flows, it flows It flows, and is alive So... And so... In being born It seems that I can't go against it... When I realized it By being loved I was being washed away, washed away Washed away, washed away Because I'm alive... And so... And so... | “+REVERSE” by niki Adapted Translation by sketchesofpayne Coming together for the final time The final time for coming together I’m lost and crying out with emotion I have no answers for this confusion “I hate this” “I hate this” (That is why...) “I hate this” (That is why...) That is why... We cannot defy The flow of time We live a proper life... We die, we cry... And I’m always swept away I’m always swept away I’m always swept away I’m always swept away Until I’m drowning Our future is buried in the past The buried past is in our future My timid voice describes our present What is it that makes us hide? That is my That is my (Weak...) That is my (Weak...) That's my love That is why.. We cannot defy The flow of time All of us shrink in fear We stray, we weep And we’re all drifting away We’re all drifting away We’re all drifting away We’re all drifting away Yet we still survive As it’s so... That is why... I cannot deny Since I was born The realization that I’ve been loved Something I now recognize And I’m always swept away I’m always swept away I’m always swept away I’m always swept away But I’m still alive That is why… That is why... |
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