Lyrics: Marie - Focus Love

Song: Focus Love Lyrics: Kala Music: Satoshi Inohara Vocals: Marie Note: OP for Alcot’s LoveRec. Listen: http://music.163.com/#/song?id=399342783

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悩んで怒って泣いて笑って Worrying, getting angry, crying, laughing

ありふれた日々と　思っていた I thought those days were nothing special

覗くファインダー　星の世界 Peeking through the finder, a world of stars

輝いている　あなたの瞳 Your eyes are shining

見ているものを知りたい (その全てを) I want to know what you’re seeing (all of it)

ここから ねぇ 連れ出して From here — hey — take me out with you

あなたの映す世界へと Into the world you project

私を導いて Lead me there

もっともっと そばへ行きたいから Because I want to be closer, so much closer

あなたをつつむ世界ごと The whole world around you

守ってあげたいよ I want to protect it all

まだ小さな想いも Even this tiny feeling

いつか愛に姿を変えるよ Will someday take the shape of love

Focus love

この夏の日々を　忘れないよ I won’t forget these summer days

ズームするハート My heart zooms in

はじけそうで And feels like it’ll burst

シアワセな記憶　かけがえない These happy memories are irreplaceable

何より大切 な 人だから Because you’re the most important person to me

あなたじゃなきゃダメなの(大好きだよ) It has to be you (I love you)

今すぐ ねぇ 手を取って Right now — hey — take my hand

あなたの作る世界でね In the world you create

私は生きている That’s where I live

ずっとずっとそばにいたいよ I want to stay by your side forever and ever

あなたの望むことすべて Everything you wish for

かなえてあげたいよ I want to make it come true

だから 笑顔を集めて So gather up the smiles

きっと未来は 一つじゃないと I’m sure there’s more than one future

信じて I believe it

もし許されるなら If I’m allowed to…

愛してる―　魔法の言葉 “I love you” — a magic spell

そっとささやいてみて Try whispering it softly

一瞬が永遠になるような Like a moment frozen forever

キスして― Kiss me —

つかの間の夢でも Even if it’s just a fleeting dream

あなたの映す世界へと Into the world you project

私を導いて Lead me there

もっともっと そばへ行きたいから Because I want to be closer, so much closer

あなたをつつむ世界ごと The whole world around you

守ってあげたいよ I want to protect it all

まだ小さな想いも Even this tiny feeling

いつか愛に姿を変えるよ Will someday turn into love

Focus love(focus love)

Why translate this?

1. I was bored out of my mind
2. The song slaps
3. The lyrics translation on Spotify was complete garbage
4. Figured I’d learn something doing it — might translate more down the line

Tips:

The lyrics are tightly bound to LoveRec.’s plot — everything is written around the heroine, Hitomi, basically written for her. It’s the feeling of a camera that wants to stay by its owner’s side a little longer.

覗く (nozoku): to peek

ファインダー: Finder — usually a telescope or a camera’s viewfinder. In LoveRec. the heroine is a spirit living inside a camera, so this “finder” means the spirit looking through the viewfinder at the world where the protagonist lives.

映す (utsusu): a transitive verb, specifically the kind of “reflecting” where someone shows something to you. The intransitive 映る is the kind of image something casts of itself. There’s a game called 紅い瞳に映るセカイ — that’s the world reflected in her eyes, not a world someone projects for you. Incidentally, 映す as a transitive verb also carries the meaning of “to screen / project,” which lines up with LoveRec.’s story.

ズーム: Zoom. A camera zooming in, basically.

束の間 (tsukanoma): an instant, a brief moment.