p.s. - "I kinda saw like a pathway into the dark nights, made out of keyboard lights.. we are all walking, tip-toe all the way up together..." 

Original by Maaya Sakamoto

Translations by Mumu Alpaka (GPT Assisted)

13 May 2026

トロイメライ

Toroimerai

Träumerei (Dreaming)

スタンバイ　打ち上げまで瞬き1回ぶんの1秒

Sutanbai uchiage made matataki ikkai bun no ichibyou

Standby: One second left until launch, the blink of an eye

スタンドアップ　一か八かオンボロロケットに飛び乗って

Sutando appu ichikabachika onboro roketto ni tobinotte

Stand up: Jumping onto a rickety rocket, all or nothing

待ってたって始まんないよ　時間ないよ

Mattetatte hajimannai yo jikan nai yo

Nothing starts just by waiting; there's no time

つまんないって言い訳ならうんざりだよバイバイ

Tsumannai tte iiwake nara unzari da yo baibai

I'm fed up with "it's boring" excuses, so bye-bye

ごらんよ　最新最上級のトワイライトが始まる

Goran yo saishin saijoukyuu no towairaito ga hajimaru

Look: the latest, highest-grade twilight is beginning

超新星の　太陽光線の　真ん中を突っ切って　引力を断ち切って

Choushinsei no taiyou kousen no mannaka o tsukkitte inryoku o tachikitte

Breaking through the center of a supernova’s solar rays, cutting off gravity

もう考えないよ　考えらんないよ　行けるとこまで　行きたいとこまで行け

Mou kangaenai yo kangaerannai yo ikeru toko made ikitai toko made ike

I won’t think anymore, I can’t think anymore—go as far as you can, to wherever you want to go

スタンバイ　無重力まで深呼吸1回ぶんの1秒

Sutanbai mujyuuryoku made shinkokyuu ikkai bun no ichibyou

Standby: One second left until zero gravity, the length of one deep breath

スタンドアップ　罪か罰か　オンボロロケットは旅立って

Sutando appu tsumi ka batsu ka onboro roketto wa tabidatte

Stand up: Whether it’s sin or punishment, the rickety rocket sets off

なんだかんだやめらんないよ　止まんないよ

Nandakanda yamerannai yo tomannai yo

One way or another, I can’t quit; it won’t stop

大嫌いって言ってるだけ　愛があればオーライ

Daikirai tte itteru dake ai ga areba oorai

Just saying "I hate it"—as long as there’s love, it’s alright

浮世は儚き夢　トロイメライだと知りながら

Ukiyo wa hakanaki yume toroimerai da to shirinagara

Knowing this fleeting world is but a transient dream, a Träumerei

生きてた証　流れ星は塵をばら撒いて　そうばら撒いて

Ikiteta akashi nagareboshi wa chiri o baramaite sou baramaite

Proof of having lived: shooting stars scatter dust, yes, scattering it around

燃え尽きてしまうだろ

Moetsukite shimau daro

It’ll all eventually burn out, won't it?

消えてく轍　僕が死んだら全部ばら撒いて　そうばら撒いて

Kieteku wadachi boku ga shindara zenbu baramaite sou baramaite

Fading tracks: when I die, scatter it all, yes, scatter it all

忘れてくれないか

Wasurete kurenai ka

Won't you forget me?

わかんないよ　全然わかんないよ

Wakannai yo zenzen wakannai yo

I don’t know, I don’t know at all

教科書に書いていない　地図にも載っていない

Kyoukasho ni kaite inai chizu ni mo notte inai

It’s not written in textbooks; it’s not on any map

細胞分裂を　前進と後退を　延々と繰り返して　永遠を蹴散らして行け

Saibou bunretsu o zenshin to koutai o enen to kurikaeshite eien o kechirashite ike

Repeating cell division, advances, and retreats endlessly—go on and kick eternity aside

やれるとこまで　やりたいことだけやれ

Yareru toko made yaritai koto dake yare

Go as far as you can; do only what you want to do

行けるとこまで　行きたいとこまで行け

Ikeru toko made ikitai toko made ike

Go as far as you can; go wherever you want to go