Translation of the song swallowtail artist Nightmare

Japanese

swallowtail

English translation

無力さに震え

Trembling in powerlessness

幾度観た　明日が過ぎる

A tomorrow I've seen so many times passes

愚かさに嘆き

Grieving in foolishness

数分後　昨日が来る　不可逆の連鎖

A few minutes later yesterday comes - an irreversible chain

天秤は語る

The scales recite

「決断を」　非情な問い

A heartless question about decisions

目の前の「それ」は

That before my eyes

三途への辿り綱か　蜘蛛の糸か

Is it a rope going to Sanzu*? Or the thread of a spider?

ゆらめく揚羽

A swaying swallowtail buttterfly

不条理な時間の流れを変えれずに

Unable to change the flow of an absurd time

小さく途切れた愛しき声

Your dear voice interrupted it slightly

全てを無に戻すことを拒んだ先は

The point ahead of refusing to return everything to nothing

完成のない未来

Is an incomplete future

たゆたう者よ

Oh, fluttering being