The first track from Chara's album "Junior Sweet." I can't count the number of times I've gone to sleep listening to this on my headphones, reveling in the Ran-ness of it. Chara, of course, is an expert at sounding like a little kid, but in this case it's actually appropriate. Consider this song part of my soundtrack for Clover 4! About the translation--it's, well, highly interpretive. Chara songs sort of demand that. I remain open to interpretations other than my own!

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Miruku

Minna wa ii ko da yo Jibun wa neko da yo
Naitatte miruku shika kurenai--.
Hitori de negoronde tochuu de hourinagete
Dareka ga otoshita wake ja nai
Jibun de katte ne susunde, shiteiru koto dakara
Nannimo iwanai
Damatte. Damatte. Daite
Kagami no nai sekai de Kagami no nai sekai de

Anata wa odayaka ni sugosu koto wo
Kodoku ya sabashisa to onaji tte itte kara...
"Unzari suru you na akirekaeru you na
Yaruki no nasa de... gomen ne"
Sugata wo arawashita kono boku wo
Kirai ni naranaide kono boku wo tomete
Damatte daite. Kowareyasui mono wo
Kiratte. Kiratte. Aisenai
Damatte. Damatte.
Tochuu de hourinagete kowasu--
Kagami no nai sekai de Kagami no nai sekai de Kagami no--
Damatte daite kowareyasui mono wo
Damatte. Damatte. Kikoenai
Wakatte. Wakatte.
Kowareyasui mono wo daite
Kagami no nai sekai de

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Milk

We're good kids, all of us. Me, I'm a cat
Even if I cry they won't give me anything but milk--
Lying down all alone, it wasn't that anyone threw me out
And abandoned me along the road
It's selfish of me to go on like this, and I know it, so
I won't say anything
Silently. Silently. Hold me
In a world without mirrors In a world without mirrors

Ever since you said quietly that just passing the time
Was the same as solitude or loneliness...
"I'm sick of it, I'm bewildered,
I don't have the will to... I'm sorry"
This one who has appeared before you
Please don't hate me--let me stay the night
Silently hold me. Fragile things,
You hate them. You hate them. You can't love them
Silently. Silently.
Throw me out along the road and you'll break me--
In a world without mirrors In a world without mirrors Without mirrors
Silently hold me, this fragile thing
Silently. Silently. I can't hear
Understand. Understand.
Hold this fragile thing
In a world without mirrors