Yousei Teikoku - Kikai Shoujo Gensou [Retranslated]

Oct 28, 2012 15:01

Not for the better, but with a different interpretation of the lyrics. I have no other hobbies apparently except trying to teach myself Japanese. You can compare to what I did back in 2009 and see if I've improved in any way.

I still have a hard time determining the perspective of the story. One line it's Yui as the character in the story, while the next is her as the storyteller. IDK. Oh yeah. I left out the random strange bridge. I think it's some kind of another language, but not anything I recognize. Random gibberish? Yui's self-created language? A spell to summon Spiritua? You tell me.

Yousei Teikoku - Kikai Shoujo Gensou [ The Machine Girl's Illusion ]
Lyrics by Fairy Yui

I want to be rid of this vulnerable body and obtain the one just created (artificially)
Why, despite their flawless theory and conduct, they still needed fools like us?*

With detailed machinery for brains to overcome egoistic thoughts
Bodies that goes against passing time and shines for eternity

The illusions we long for is right there in front of us

The city is now filled with the ongoing flow of man-made human with no personality
But then it's far too late to realize our mistake
The discarded (original) bodies had already been processed

With the brain too easily distracted with egoistic thoughts
The fading emotions, too, are the eternal worth

The illusions we long for are like a dream

There is no turning back to the bodies we desired to be

* I think it meant using them as a test subject or some sort.

translation, yousei teikoku

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