Diorama Wonderland Translation

A translation of Matenrou Opera’s “Diorama Wonderland” from their single “Otoshiana no Soko ha Konna Sekai”.

Please do not steal this translation or use it without my permission. All rights belong to Matenrou Opera and their label Sherow Artist Society/Bellwood Records.

 

 

 

~.oOOo.~

 

 

 

 

Creature - that's what I was born
Creature - that's what you were born
Creator - that's what dad is meant
Caress-hands - that's what mom is meant

 

Crazy beasts - killing each other
Crazy plants - feeding a dream
Crazy humans - playing with other species
Crazy words - proving our egos

 

どんな現実が どんな言葉が どんな幸福がお望みなの?
今見えてる 自由の中で 望める自由を叫んだ
Donna genjitsu ga Donna kotoba ga Donna koufuku ga onozomi na no?
Ima mieteru Jiyuu no naka de Nozomeru jiyuu wo sakenda
What sort of reality, what sort of words, what sort of happiness do you wish for?
I can see now how the freedom we wish for screams out from inside freedom.

 

重力の声に魅せられ 縛られることに安息を求め 僕らは飼われることを望んだ
在るべき星の上で 今、在るべき平和を掲げて
ああ ここに在ること ここで生きてく それも奇跡か?
Juuryoku no koe ni bakaserare shibarareru koto ni ansoku wo motome Bokura
wa kuwareru koto wo nozonda
Arubeki hoshi no ue de ima, arubeki heiwa wo kakagete
Aa Koko ni aru koto Koko de ikiteku Sore mo kiseki ka?
Bound and enchanted by the voice of gravity, we search for the repose we
hoped to raise.
Now, on the star on which we should live, we hoist the flag of peace that
should exist.
Ah, isn't the fact that we are here, that we are living here, a miracle inof itself?

 

Primal scream - beginning of life
Demier cri¹ - closing of life
Here comes a life - going straight to death
Time never stops - time never goes back

 

まるでジオラマ おとぎ話がリアルに僕を試している
笑えるじゃない 選択肢はない 無力な僕がいるだけ
Marude diorama Otogibanashi ga real ni boku wo tameshiteiru
Waraeru ja nai Sentakushi ha nai Muryoku na boku ga iru dake
As if using a diorama, I try making a fairytale into reality.
I can't smile. There's no choice in it, because only the powerless me is here.

 

重力の声に魅せられ 縛られることに安息を求め 僕らは飼われることを望んだ
在るべき星の上で 今、在るべき平和を掲げて
ああ ここに在ること ここで生きてく それも奇跡か?
きっと 何億の人が今在る自分を証明した それは自由でも 奇跡でもない 人のあ
がきさ
Juuryoku no koe ni bakaserare shibarareru koto ni ansoku wo motome Bokura
wa kuwareru koto wo nozonda
Arubeki hoshi no ue de ima, arubeki heiwa wo kakagete
Aa Koko ni aru koto Koko de ikiteku Sore mo kiseki ka?
Kitto nanoku no hito ga ima aru jibun wo shoumei shita Sore ha jiyuu de
mo Kiseki de mo nai, Hito no agaki sa
Bound and enchanted by the voice of gravity, we search for the repose we hoped to raise.
Now, on the star on which we should live, we hoist the flag of peace that
should exist.
Ah, isn't the fact that we are here, that we are living here, a miracle inof itself?
Surely, no matter how many people there are right now, I can prove I exist.
That's because even if there is no freedom, or miracles, people struggle on.

 

Creature - that's what I was born
Creature - that's what you were born
Creator - that's what dad is meant
Caress-hands - that's what mom is mean

Notes
1. “Demier cri” is a tricky one. Directly translated from French it means “half-cry”, but colloquially it means “the latest thing/try”. For this song, I would combine the two, because “the final cry” fits best. Anyone with a better idea, please do let me know.