幻影知覚 by 夜風見 / Yoll CAZAMI translation

original translation (Jun 29, 2023)

spacing for aesthetics

Perception

You're staring.
Tracing the outline
Fixed gaze, drawing in
Locking in your eyes
Perception
The whites of your field of view
Drifting light
The beginning of summer
I am in your
Perception¹ -tion -tion -tion -tion -tion -tion

Perception -tion -tion -tion -tion -tion -tion

Dont look away!
「Hey, you can see me right?」

Cutting short
Your² pulse, your life
My dependence on you,
How foolish is that?
Perception

This isolation,
You wash it away
The beginning of summer
You are in my
Possession³

Perception -tion -tion -tion -tion -tion -tion

Dont look away!
「Hey, you can see me right?」

A mockery of existence, [Cut short, ]⁴
I am a delusion
Still, not disappearing,
I am a delusion
A mockery of existence, I am a delusion
Still, not disappearing, I am a delusion
You're staring at me!

Perception

¹agency is flipped, more "you perceive me"

²your pulse? her pulse? whose life exactly? is it ambiguous? idk

³while "possession" makes for really good wordplay (also same agency thing), more "I restrain you"/"you're stuck on me"

⁴the line briefly switches from 在りもしない to 途切れている and back during a subinterval of the second 私は幻影. From "I am an illusion playing at existing" to "I am an illusion, suddenly halted" and back

w/ feedback (May 30 2024)

feedback from Violet330

Perception

You're staring.
Tracing the outline
Your gaze fixed, I draw you in
I steal your gaze
Perception
The whites of your field of view
Drifting light
The beginning of summer
I am in your
Perception¹ -tion -tion -tion -tion -tion -tion

Perception -tion -tion -tion -tion -tion -tion

Dont look away!
「Hey, you can see me right?」

Your pulse, your life
is dying away
I cling to you.
How foolish is that?
Perception

This isolation,
You wash it away
The beginning of summer
You are in my
Possession²

Perception -tion -tion -tion -tion -tion -tion

Dont look away!
「Hey, you can see me right?」

I'm something that shouldn't even exist [Dying away, ]³
I am a phantom
Still, not disappearing,
I am a phantom
I'm something that shouldn't even exist, a phantom
Still, not disappearing, I'm a phantom
You're staring at me!

Perception

¹agency is flipped, more "you perceive me"

²while "possession" makes for really good wordplay (also same agency thing), more "I restrain you"/"you're stuck on me"

³the line briefly switches from 在りもしない to 途切れている and back during a subinterval of the second 私は幻影. From "I am an illusion playing at existing" to "I am an illusion, suddenly halted" and back

『幻影知覚』ft.重音テト