Ga-Rei -Zero- 「Yuuki no Kodou (Heartbeats of Courage)/勇気の鼓動」


私だけひとりで闇のなかでも
偶然が呼ぶ、場所見つけよう
Even though it’s just me, alone in the dark,
Chance calls out: let’s find a place;
同じ苦しさ持って(苦しみの迷路)
歩む人と触れたら(触れた指)
流れ込む痛み分かち合って
愛の欠片をひろった
Holding similar suffering, (a labyrinth of suffering)
If you were to touch it with one who walks on foot,1 (the finger that touched it)
We would’ve shared with each other2 the pain that pours through,
And gathered fragments of love;
逃げないで
立ち向かう(勇気)この先でも(みせて)
悲しい記憶が邪魔をするけど
熱い(熱い)鼓動(熱く)伝えたい
会いたいよ きみも来て…
Please don’t run away;
Even as I fight against (courage) Whatever’s after this, (displaying)
Although miserable memories will hinder me,
I want show you this passionate (heated) beating (ardently);
I want to see you! And I want you back…
今はまだ想いが届かないよね
いつの日か咲く 夢信じよう
My feelings still haven’t reached you yet, huh!
Someday, they’ll bloom Let’s have faith in that dream;
壁が未来の前で(大きすぎても)
阻む今を脱けたら(砕け散れ)
ほとばしる希望抱きしめるの
愛と一緒に進むよ
At the wall in front of the future, (even if it’s too large),
If the fettered present collapses, (break and scatter it!)
I’ll clasp close the hope that wells up;
Together, with love, I will proceed!
負けないで
自分にも(意味が)時間にさえ(あるの)
必ずこころが道を辿って
答え(ひとつ)探し(ひとつ)強くなる
わかりたい 君のこと…
Please don’t be defeated;
Myself, too, (significance) Even this time, (is there?)
Without fail, my heart will always be following this path;
Answering (one thing) Searching (one thing) I’ll become stronger;
I want to understand Everything about you…
同じ苦しさ持って(寂しく冷たい)
歩む人と触れたら(触れてみよう)
流れ込む痛み分かち合って
愛の欠片をひろった
Holding similar suffering, (desolate, cold)
If you were to touch it with one who walks on foot,1 (I’ll try to touch it)
We would’ve shared with each other2 the pain that pours through,
And gathered fragments of love;
逃げないで
立ち向かう(勇気)この先でも(みせて)
悲しい記憶が邪魔をするけど
熱い(熱い)鼓動(熱く)伝えたい
会いたいよ 君も来て…
Please don’t run away;
Even as I fight against (courage) Whatever’s after this, (displaying)
Although miserable memories will hinder me,
I want show you this passionate (heated) beating (ardently);
I want to see you! And I want you back…
今はまだ想いが届かないよね
いつの日か咲く 夢信じよう
My feelings still haven’t reached you yet, huh!
Someday, they’ll bloom Let’s have faith in that dream;

Footnotes

1. The wording here is bizarre, but I believe this is a reference to the Ga-Rei -Zero- ending sang by Yomi; the title of the song is “I Can Hear the Footsteps of Dreams”, and the ending consists of Yomi walking on foot towards an unknown destination, with Kagura catching up with her up until the ending changes in episode 9.

2. The theme of misunderstandings and an inability to share how they feel runs between all of the songs sung from Yomi’s and Kagura’s perspectives, especially in how ruinous those misunderstandings prove to be. The language specifically used is「分かり合う」, between delight and alive, Yuuki no Kodou, and Paradise Lost. I’ve tried to keep it consistent.


Translation Notes

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Narrative Commentary

I want to understand Kagura’s brain.


Further Links

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