[Lyrics & Translation] BAND-MAID – Forbidden tale

Information:

Artist:	BAND-MAID
Song title:	Forbidden tale
Release date:	25 September 2024
Lyricist:	Atsumi Saiki (厚見彩姫)
Composer:	BAND-MAID
Arranger:	BAND-MAID

Romaji / Romanized / Romanization / Transliteration

Haruka tooku umareru mae kara
Tsumuide iru Story
Ima wa tooku mienakute mo
I can feel you by my side.

Tatoe kurayami de hitori ni natte mo
Itsumo koko de namae wo yobu kara
Kono koe ga hikari ni kawaru koro
Te wo tsunaide Take me now.

Dareka no mono janakute
Bokura no story wa
Itsumo nariyamanai
Everybody knows nobody knows
Saa shunkan koete Screaming now
Mou genkai nante Sparking now
Todoroke
Let me hear your voice.

Haru no naka futari
Deatta hi no sora wa Starlight
Kimi ga ita ano hi no you na
I can feel you in the sky.

Ju ni kakarishi igyou no dance
Nou nou nou nou nou noudouteki
Shu ni somarishi meshikoromo no ranbu
Shou shou shou shou shou shoudouteki

Dareka no mono janakute
Bokura no story wa
Itsumo nariyamanai
Everybody knows nobody knows
Saa shunkan koete Screaming now
Mou genkai nante Sparking now
Todokoke
Let me hear your voice.

Ready to know!?
Ready to know!?
Tanbi na warera no na wo keshite
Hanayage ya utomo ukabare you mono ka
Ready to know?!
Ready to know?!
Kanbi na warera no sonzai wo
Mitodokete kure

Tatoe kurayami de hitori ni natte mo
Itsumo koko de namae wo yobu kara
Kono koe ga hikari ni kawaru koro
Te wo tsunaide Take me now.

I hold you tight.
Kanarazu mitsukedasu yo
Don't be sad.
Na wo yonde
Nanbyakunen demo Singing loud
Bokura wa koko ni aru tashika ni
Nobody can stop us.
Go on

Dareka no mono janakute
Bokura no story wa
Itsumo nariyamanai
Everybody knows nobody knows
Saa shunkan koete Screaming now
Mou genkai nante Sparking now
Todokoke
Let me hear your voice.

All that I want
Sonzai shoumei
All that you want
Kagayaku moment
All that we have
Seimei yuugen
All that we are
Michibikareru

Orignal / Kanji / 歌詞

遥か遠く　産まれる前から
紡いでいる Story
今は遠く　見えなくても
I can feel you by my side.

たとえ暗闇でひとりになっても
いつもここで名前を呼ぶから
この声が光に変わる頃
手を繋いで Take me now.

誰かのモノじゃなくて
僕らのストーリーは
いつも鳴り止まない
Everybody knows nobody knows
さぁ瞬間越えて Screaming now
もう限界なんて Sparking now
轟け
Let me hear your voice.

春の中　ふたり
出逢った日の空は Starlight
君が居た　あの日のような
I can feel you in the sky.

呪にかかりしイギョウノダンス
能　能　能　能　能　能動的
朱に染まりし召し衣の乱舞
衝　衝　衝　衝　衝　衝動的

誰かのモノじゃなくて
僕らのストーリーは
いつも鳴り止まない
Everybody knows nobody knows
さぁ瞬間越えて Screaming now
もう限界なんて Sparking now
轟け
Let me hear your voice.

Ready to know！？
Ready to know！？
耽美な我らの名を消して
華やげやうとも浮かばれやうものか
Ready to know？！
Ready to know？！
甘美な我らの存在を
見届けてくれ

たとえ暗闇でひとりになっても
いつもここで名前を呼ぶから
この声が光に変わる頃
手を繋いで Take me now.

I hold you tight.
必ず見つけ出すよ
Don't be sad.
名を呼んで
何百年でも Singing loud
僕らはここに在る　確かに
Nobody can stop us.
Go on

誰かのモノじゃなくて
僕らのストーリーは
いつも鳴り止まない
Everybody knows nobody knows
さぁ瞬間越えて Screaming now
もう限界なんて Sparking now
轟け
Let me hear your voice.

All that I want
存在　証明
All that you want
輝く moment
All that we have
生命　幽玄
All that we are
導かれる

There are two translations.

English Translation

From long before, far away
A story has been woven
Even if it's distant and unseen now
I can feel you by my side

Even if I'm left alone in the darkness
I'll always call your name from here
When this voice transforms into light
We'll hold hands, take me now

It doesn't belong to anyone else
It is our story
It never stops resounding
Everybody knows, nobody knows
Now, let's transcend the moment, screaming now
Limits don't exist, sparking now
Resound
Let me hear your voice

In the heart of spring, the two of us
Under the starlight sky of the day we met
Just like that day when you were here
I can feel you in the sky

A cursed dance of strange beings
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, compelled into motion
The crimson-dyed robes whirl
Impulse, impulse, impulse, impulse, impulse, driven by instinct

It doesn't belong to anyone else
It is our story
It never stops resounding
Everybody knows, nobody knows
Now, let's transcend the moment, screaming now
Limits don't exist, sparking now
Resound!
Let me hear your voice

Ready to know!?
Ready to know!?
Erase our beautiful, decadent names
Even if we try to bloom, will we ever rise?
Ready to know?!
Ready to know?!
Witness our sweet existence
And watch over us

Even if I'm left alone in the darkness
I'll always call your name from here
When this voice transforms into light
We'll hold hands, take me now

I hold you tight
I'll find you, no matter what
Don't be sad
Call my name
Even if it takes hundreds of years, singing loud
We are here, without a doubt
Nobody can stop us
Go on

It doesn't belong to anyone else
It is our story
It never stops resounding
Everybody knows, nobody knows
Now, let's transcend the moment, screaming now
Limits don't exist, sparking now
Resound!
Let me hear your voice

All that I want
Existence, proven
All that you want
A shining moment
All that we have
Life, mystical
All that we are
Guided forth

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Official English Translation

Far, far away, before I was born.
Building a story
Even though I can't see you yet,
I can feel you by my side.

Even if you are alone in the dark
Because I always call your name here
When this voice turns to light
Hold hands Take me now

It doesn't belong to anyone else
Our story
never stops resonating
Everybody knows nobody knows
Come on, let's go beyond the moment, Screaming now
No more limits, Sparking now
Roar,
Let me hear your voice.

Two of us surrounded by falling cherry blossoms in the spring.
The sky on the day we met, Starlight
Like that day when you were here.
I can feel you in the sky.

A dance of monstrous figures cursed by a spell
Nou-nou-nou-nou-nou- Noudou-teki (active)
Ran dance of the servant's robe dyed in vermilion
Shou-shou-shou-shou-shou- Shoudouteki (impulsive)

It doesn't belong to anyone else
Our story
never stops resonating
Everybody knows nobody knows
Come on, let's go beyond the moment, Screaming now
No more limits, Sparking now
Roar,
Let me hear your voice.

Ready to know!?
Ready to know!?
Erasing the names of us, who passionately and tirelessly pursued beauty.
How can you feel any joy in doing that? Can their story ever find peace?
Ready to know!?
Ready to know!?
Witness us, as sweet and beautiful
as to leave you in a daze.

Even if you are alone in the dark
Because I always call your name here
When this voice turns to light
Hold hands Take me now.

I hold you tight
We'll find you.
Don't be sad.
Call my name.
Singing loud for hundreds of years
We are here, without a doubt
Nobody can stop us.
Go on

Not someone else's
Our story
never stops resonating
Everybody knows nobody knows
Come on, let's go beyond the moment, Screaming now
No more limits, Sparking now
Roar,
Let me hear your voice.

All that I want
Existence, Proof
All that you want
Shine moment
All that we have
Life, ethereal
All that we are
being guided

能　能　能　能　能　能動的 (Nou nou nou nou nou noudouteki) literal translation: Able, able, able, able, able — proactive
衝　衝　衝　衝　衝　衝動的 (Shou shou shou shou shou shoudouteki) literal translation: Impulse, impulse, impulse, impulse, impulse — impulsive

動的 (Douteki) means "dynamic" or "active
Kanji 動 (dou) means "to move"
Suffix 的 (てき-teki) is to turn word into an adjective "relating to/having the quality of"

能 "ability/capability"
If 能 + 動的 = 能動的 "proactive/acting with intention"
衝 "impact/impulse"
If 衝 + 動的 = 衝動的 "impulsive/acting on instinct"

So my translation for:
能　能　能　能　能　能動的 (Nou nou nou nou nou noudouteki) is "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes—compelled into motion"
And 衝　衝　衝　衝　衝　衝動的 (Shou shou shou shou shou shoudouteki) is "Impulse, impulse, impulse, impulse, impulse—driven by instinct"