After I decided to make a version 2.0 of the Gakutocana, here is the result. This is also available for you to download. Free to use but pls don’t claim them as your own.
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Gackt
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あてもなく一人 さまよい歩き続けた
ate mo naku hitori samayoi aruki tsuzuketa かすかな吐息を ただ白く染めて kasukana toiki wo tada shiroku somete 移り変わりゆく 季節のその儚さに utsuri kawari yuku kisetsu no sono hakanasa ni 理由もなく 涙がこぼれた wake (riyuu) mo naku namida ga koboreta 「今も愛している…」 “ima mo aishite iru…” 降り続く悲しみは 真っ白な雪に変わる 解り合えなくて 何度もキズつけていた 遠ざかる想い出は いつまでも眩しすぎて 最後に見せた涙が消せなくて この白い雪たちと 一緒に消えてしまっても 寄りそって抱き合った 温もりは忘れないでね 「もう一度強く抱きしめて…」 |
あてもなく一人 さまよい歩き続けた
Wandering alone aimlessly, I kept on walking かすかな吐息を ただ白く染めて My faint breath just whitens the air 移り変わりゆく 季節のその儚さに and at the transience of the changing seasons 理由もなく 涙がこぼれた my tears overflowed for no reason1 「今も愛している…」 “I still love you…” 降り続く悲しみは 真っ白な雪に変わる 解り合えなくて 何度もキズつけていた 遠ざかる想い出は いつまでも眩しすぎて 最後に見せた涙が消せなくて この白い雪たちと 一緒に消えてしまっても 寄りそって抱き合った 温もりは忘れないでね 降り続く悲しみは 真っ白な雪に変わる 「もう一度強く抱きしめて…」 |
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Credits goes to greyornament@Moon-Struck
1. Written 理由 riyuu “reason”, sung わけ wake “reason”. The former gives the written text a slightly more elegant feeling but there is no difference in meaning. |
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雪月花-the end of silence- | Setsugekka-the end of silence-
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Gackt
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三日月を抱いた君に呟いた
mikatsuki wo daita kimi ni tsubuyaita 「粉雪と踊る君に逢いたい…」 “konayuki to odoru kimi ni aitai…” たった一つだけの想いを乗せて tatta hitotsu dake no omoi wo nosete 紅く染まる雪を宙に散りばめた akaku somaru yuki wo sora ni chiribameta 君を抱きしめる花となれ 吐息紅く染めて詠い続けてた 君を抱きしめる雪となれ 君の微笑みが今、霞んで見えないよ 君を照らし出す月になれるなら 躰 朽ち果てても… 君を抱きしめる雪となれ 君に届きますように… |
三日月を抱いた君に呟いた
I whispered to you who embraced the crescent moon 「粉雪と踊る君に逢いたい…」 “I want to meet you, as you dance with the powder snow…” たった一つだけの想いを乗せて Carrying just one, solitary feeling 紅く染まる雪を宙に散りばめた I starred the sky with the crimson stained snow1 君を抱きしめる花となれ 吐息紅く染めて詠い続けてた 君を抱きしめる雪となれ 君の微笑みが今、霞んで見えないよ 君を照らし出す月になれるなら 躰 朽ち果てても… 君を抱きしめる雪となれ 君に届きますように… |
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Credits goes to greyornament@Moon-Struck
The title of this song, “Setsugekka” is a phrase that originates in old Japanese and Chinese poetry, the first recorded usage being in a poem by Chinese poet Bai Juyi, “雪月花時最憶君- At times of snow, moon or flowers, I think of you the most“. The phrase became a popular theme in Japanese art and literature to represent both beauty and the passage of time through the seasons. GACKT has said that he would personally translate the title as “Three Beautiful Things”. 1 The word I’ve variously translated as “starred” “scattering” and “setting”, 散りばめる chiribameru actually means to “stud” or “set” jewels all over something. Unfortunately there’s no single English word that carries that concept. There are two possible kanji that can be used to write this word, he chose the one that means “scatter”. 2 This line is written in archaic Japanese, similar to that used in the Heian era poetry anthology Man’yoshu that GACKT has mentioned as an inspiration. |
Years ago I created Gakutocana and I wanna share it here too. I still love it and think Gackt should release one himself 😀 Currently I’m thinking about doing one again. Which Pictures of him so u prefer? Nevermind, here is the Gakutocana, have fun~ 😉
Do you still remember the first song you heard? That one moment that ultimately changed your life? Unsuspecting, I stood in my favorite bookstore. It was time for the weekly acquisition of books. There it was, just like that on a cute little pile. The album Crecent by Gackt. Shrink-packed, of course. I remember picking it up and thinking [Hm … is that a man or a woman? Who is that?] And I thought about it really long. Because I used to buy books so often, I only had a certain budget for the week to spend on them. And this album pushed me to my budget limit. The standard was that I always left the shop with 2-3 new books. But if I bought this album, it would only be one book for this week. I found it difficult to decide. I mean, I didn’t know the artist. I didn’t know if his music was good and I would like it and for this uncertainty should I forego my beloved books for the week? They were all looking for a new home! (the books! :D) Then I put the album back aside and kept looking for new books. But I already noticed that I could no longer get involved so much in choosing new books. No book really interested me anymore, so I could have said: [Hey, I really want to read THAT!] I was standing at a loss in the bookshop and my eyes kept falling back on this album. So I decided to buy it. If I couldn’t find any interesting books anyway, I could safely buy this CD, despite the uncertainty whether I would like the artist or not. And that’s where it all started …
When I got to my apartment I was filled with anticipation, I didn’t know where it was coming from! I literally tore the foil off the album, took out the CD and put it in my player. Since I ran my playlist on //Random Tracks// before, it was still stored and instead of starting with the first track, my player jumped to track number 7. Lust for Blood THAT WAS IT! I stood rooted in the room, my jaw dropped and I couldn’t move. I just stood there paralyzed for the whole song and just listened to this arrangement of instruments and this voice that moved something deep inside me. When the song was over I noticed that tears were in my eyes. Confused, I wiped them away and was annoyed at myself for reacting to a song like that. I didn’t really notice the rest of the songs on the album. I was very busy analyzing myself. But since I couldn’t get any further, I played this one, very specific track again and sat on my bed. I listened to the music, I listened to myself and all I found was a longing that was greater than anything I had known in life before. A deep connection, this pain of being alone, this abysmal longing for this one moment … This voice from this artist evoked all these feelings in me. It took me a long time to recover from that first time with Gackt. I don’t think I’m a mentally unstable person myself, on the contrary. I’m self-critical and not exactly timid about that and sometimes I would see myself as emotionally dull, so it was all the more astonishing for me that this song aroused such emotions in me. And over the years it was still like that. This artist has accompanied me through my life from that moment on. There are times when I listen to his music every day until this longing grabs me. Then there are times again when I can no longer hear him, BECAUSE this longing grips me otherwise. But I know he (Gackt and his music) has become an important part of my life. He showed me what it means to really give everything and I am very grateful for that. What was your first time?
Sorry, but I just had to get rid of that. This memory has been buzzing around in my head for days and refuses to go away.