DOMINATOR Translation

乾く喉に染み渡る　赤い呪縛を背負い

闇に埋もれ彷徨った　愛が目覚めないように

Kawaku nodo ni shimiwataru Akai jubaku wo seoi

Yami ni umore samayotta Ai ga mezamenai you ni

Spreading through my dry throat is the red curse I bear.

I wandered, buried in the darkness, so that my love wouldn't be awakened.

戸惑ったあなたの声が　鼓膜を行ったり来たり

揺れ動く気持ちに絡まる

Tomadotta anata no koe ga Komaku ni ittarikitari

Yureugoku kimochi ni karamaru

Your perplexed voice comes and goes in my eardrums

And I'm entwined in wavering emotion.

愛が無いのなら震えるこの手どけてよ

今更、報われない恋だと気付いて…

今にも襲ってしまいそうな本能を堪えた

あなたを飲み干すほど愛しているから

Ai ga nai no nara furueru kono te dokete yo

Ima sara, mukuwarenai koi da to kizuite...

Ima ni mo osotte shimaisou na honnou wo koraeta

Anata wo nomihosu hodo aishiteiru kara

If you don’t love me, push my trembling hand aside.

Only now do I realise that it's a love that won't be repaid...

Soon, I'll have to restrain the instinct that almost overwhelms me,

Because I love you so much I'll drink you up.

木漏れ月を眺めては　騒ぎだす胸の痛み

Komore tsuki wo nagamete ha Sawagidasu mune no itami

Gazing up at the moon that leaks through the leaves on the trees, the pain in my heart uproars.

朝日が顔を出す前に　あなたを吸い尽くしたい

揺れ動く気持ちは高まる

Asahi ga kao wo dasu mae ni Anata wo suitsukushitai

Yureugoku kimochi ha takamaru

Before I appear in the morning sun, I want to drink you to exhaustion.

My wavering emotions swell.

私に見合った赤い薔薇の花束を敷き詰め

眠りにつく私にKISSして…

今にも目覚めてしまいそうな感情を殺した

あなたを飲み干すほど愛しているから

Watashi ni miatta akai bara no hanataba wo shikitsume

Nemuri ni tsuku watashi ni KISS shite...

Ima ni mo mezamete shimaisou na kanjou wo koroshite

Anata wo nomihosu hodo aishiteiru kara

Exchanging glances with me, you spread a bouquet of red roses about the room

And kiss the sleeping me...

Soon, I'll kill off the emotions that awaken within me,

Because I love you so much I'll drink you up.

こんなにもあなたの事が　好きで好きでたまらない

揺れ動く気持ちが固まる

Konna ni mo anata no koto ga Suki de suki de tamaranai

Yureugoku kimochi ga katamaru

Like this, I love you, I love you so much I can't stand it!

The wavering emotions become firm.

いつか…愛が無いのなら震えるあなたの影を嗅ぎ付け

私とあなたは一つになる

Itsuka... ai ga nai no nara furueru anata no kage wo kagitsuke

Watashi to anata ha hitotsu ni naru

Someday... if I cannot have love,  I'll scent out your quivering shadow

And we'll become one.

愛が無いのなら震えるこの手どけてよ

今更、報われない恋だと気付いて…

今にも襲ってしまいそうな本能に従う

あなたを飲み干すほど愛していたから。。

Ai ga nai no nara furueru kono te dokete yo

Ima sara, mukuwarenai koi da to kizuite...

Ima ni mo osotte shimaisou na honnou ni shitagau

Anata wo nomihosu hodo aishiteita kara...

If you don’t love me, push my trembling hand aside.

Only now do I realise that it's a love that won't be repaid...

Soon, I'll obey the instinct that almost overwhelms me

Because I love you so much I'll drink you up...












Please do not steal this translation or use it publicly without crediting me. All rights belong to Aldious and their label VAA.

I Don’t Like Me Translation

A translation of Aldious’s “I Don’t Like Me” from their double-A side single “Dominator/I Don’t Like Me.” It’s a lovely, soft, sad song that I think a lot of people can identify with.

I’m planning on doing more Aldious translations in the future, since it’s really awesome to have an all-metal girl band that’s visual-kei influenced, and they deserve some more attention. I was going to wait until after I finished some other bands but this song has been stuck in my head nonstop for awhile, so I wanted to go ahead and do it.

Please do not steal this translation or use it publicly without my permission. All rights belong to Aldious and their label Bright Star Records.

 

 

 

~.oOOo.~

 

 

 

 

神様にはいつも見放されてると思ってた
生きる意味も探せず
なんとなく過ごしてた時間はもう戻らないの
今になって焦り出してみたり
Kamisama ni ha itsumo mihanasareteru to omotteta
Ikiru imi mo sagasezu
Nantonaku sugoshiteta toki¹ ha mou modoranai no
Ima ni natte aserudashite mitari
I had always thought that I'd been abandoned by God,
So I never searched for the meaning of living.
Somehow, the time that's passed will never return.
At this point, I'm just hurrying through.

 

『もういいかい?まだだよ』決まって隠れだすから
またきっと明日もきっと自分探してる事だろう
"Mou ii kai? Mada da yo" Kimatte kakuredasu kara
Mata kitto asu mo kitto jibun sagashiteru koto darou
"Isn't that enough? No, not yet." I hid my resolution.
Surely there will be another tomorrow. Surely, I'll keep searching, right?

 

I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
笑う顔も誰かとすり替えられたら
I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
これ以上僕に何を望んでも何一つイイ事はない
I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
Warau kao mo dareka to surikaeraretara
I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
Kore ijou boku ni nani wo nozonde mo nani hitotsu ii koto ha nai
I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
If I could switch my smiling face with someone else...
I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
No matter what I wish now, nothing good will come to me.

あの人に憧れあの人追い抜かそうと
決めた意志薄れていく
時間が経つにつれて自分がもうわからないの
嫌いだった大人になっていく
Ano hito ni akogare ano hito oinukasou to
Kimeta ishi usureteiku
Toki ga tatsu ni tsurete jibun ga mou wakaranai no
Kirai datta otona ni natteiku
My determination to pass beyond that person I so yearn for
Grows weaker.
I don't understand the me that's come with the passing of time.
I hated growing up.

 

消えないで…死なないで…余っている今の夢。
だけどなんで遠ざかっていってしまう一方なの?
Kienai de... shinanai de... amatteiru ima no yume.
Dakedo nande toozakatte itteshimau ippou na no?
Please don't disappear... please don't die... the dream remains.
But, why does it keep growing so far away...?

 

I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
歌う声も誰かとすり替えられたら
I don't like me. don't like. I don't like me.
これ以上僕が何を叫んでも何一つイイ事はない
I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
Utau koe mo dareka to surikaeraretara
I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
Kore ijou boku ga nani wo sakende mo nani hitotsu ii koto ha nai
I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
If I could switch my singing voice with someone else...
I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
No matter what I scream now, nothing good will come to me.

本当はただ振り向いてほしかっただけで
子供のように甘えてしまいたい
きっとこれからは もっと強くなる
だけど今はまだ…
Hontou ha tada furimuite hoshikatta dake de
Kodomo no you ni amaeteshimaitai
Kitto kore kara ha Motto tsuyoku naru
Dakedo ima ha mada...
In reality, I just wanted to turn away
And depend on others like a child.
Surely, from here on, I'll become stronger.
But right now, I'm still...

 

I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
笑う顔も誰かとすり替えられたら
I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
これ以上僕に何を望んでも何一つイイ事はない
I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
Warau kao mo dareka to surikaeraretara
I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
Kore ijou boku ni nani wo nozonde mo nani hitotsu ii koto ha nai
I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
If I could switch my smiling face with someone else...
I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
No matter what I wish now, nothing good will come to me.

 

I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
歌う声も誰かとすり替えられたら
I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
これ以上僕が何を叫んでも何一つイイ事はない。
I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
Utau koe mo dareka to surikaeraretara
I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
Kore ijou boku ga nani wo sakende mo nani hitotsu ii koto ha nai
I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
If I could switch my singing voice with someone else...
I don't like me. Don't like. I don't like me.
No matter what I scream now, nothing good will come to me.

Notes
1. “Jikan” (“space of time”) is written, but Re:No sings “toki” (“time”).