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Keru ([personal profile] digivice) wrote in [community profile] joyfulbox2017-02-21 01:25 am

☆ Ensemble Stars! - Love Ra*bits Party!! (English translation)

Nazuna Hajime Tomoya Mitsuru


Did the secret invitation
Reach you properly?
Hajime/Tomoya: Hey, we're all ready to welcome you here
On this side of the curtain
We're all pretty restless
Mitsuru/Nazuna: Come on, the music on the stage is flowing out right on time

Hajime/Tomoya: Our charm and appeal
Mitsuru/Nazuna: Is a little bit unique
Tonight's our debut, 3, 2, 1 PARTY!!

La la Beats, Love Ra*bits, together we'll have a dreamy night
Escorting you with a pounding heart
If you stretch up just a little further
We'll go diving deep into your eyes!!
La la Beats, Love Ra*bits, together we'll have a starry night
We want to make this an extraordinary evening
Your heart is unprepared
Because we'll put you in a trance

Nazuna/Hajime: With a slightly composed expression
Mitsuru/Tomoya: I wonder, is this the feeling of meeting for the first time?
Come on, we're at our all time high Cute plus alpha Charming♪ [1]

Nazuna/Hajime: Give us a smile
Mitsuru/Tomoya: And we'll become a little bolder
Colouring that dream with a call & response [2]

La la Beats, Love Ra*bits, it's the greatest dreamy live
So produce us with excitement
It'll make your heart beat even more than usual
We want to cast a magic spell
La la Beats, Love Ra*bits, it's the greatest starry live
It's a moment you won't be able to forget
So we'll be the first star you see tonight
We want to burn it into your memory

Take a thrilling deep breath
To make you happy from head to toe
Mitsuru/Tomoya: In order to make tomorrow just as fun
And make you smile
Let's sing, sing for joy

La la Beats
Love Ra*bits
Together we'll have
A dreamy night
Escorting you with a pounding heart
If you stretch up just a little further
We'll go diving deep into your eyes!!
La la Beats, Love Ra*bits, together we'll have a starry night
We want to make this an extraordinary evening
Your heart is unprepared
Because we'll put you in a trance


TL notes: Lyrics are always so tricky! While many parts were very straightforward, this song also had a lot of terms that don't have concise direct translations, so I did my best to keep it simple and convey the meaning as best as possible.

[1] "Cute plus alpha Charming♪ (Cute プラスα Charming♪)" is a confusing phrase on its own, but to put it more simply, it means something like "we're the cutest and the most charming!"

[2] A "call and response" is when an idol (or group) says a set phrase, which is followed by the audience responding with a second set phrase. As a simple example, Yoshino Nanjou's call and response during Love Live concerts is "kashikoi, kawaii?", to which the audience is supposed to respond with "Elichika!"