In anticipation of FF Type-0, I've attempted translating the theme song of the game. While I couldn't translate, I instead manipulated a literal translation to sound more songy or singable. I love singing this song, but since I have the voice of a dead frog I will just write it.
Original Song
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xsfr4c_vietsub-zero-bump-of-chicken_videogames
Zero
Original Lyrics by Bump of Chicken
Fan Translation by XIIISwords
Silent the footsteps of long lost souls,
These souls we trade in, in exchange for a hymn,
And when will this hymn become a shining flame,
A torch to guide others up onward.
With eyes that shine the color of the night,
The same darkness as of a clear evening sky,
Casting all sureness aside because I,
Was too focused in on searching for something else.
With a map of objectives clutched sitting right in my hands,
That guide my own body to far away lands,
In this world that moves too quickly, without going astray now,
Let me just hear, your one name, that is all that I need for now.
I want to be with you until the very end, ah ha,
That is all that I am sure, of in this whole world 'cause,
I can breathe here only if you're here beside me,
Regardless changes I'll protect you until the very end.
Let's go to the end of a, shining bright rainbow,
To a place that, nobody else knows,
A place no one else knows.
Lift your spirits higher up then they are,
Because it doesn't matter where we run to from here,
My heart, don't worry, will hold back all my tears,
And you needn't run from me, regardless all my fears.
Wishing that this cleansing rain reaches to your life,
Your stone-footed body, unable to fly,
If you stay free with me please, I'll never turn back now,
I'll come for you wherever you go regardless of the path.
If you're afraid I want you to shout out to me,
I want to let me know that, you are close to me 'cause,
As I hold your trembling upset body,
I want to let you know that you, will never be alone again,
We may not laugh as much, as we once have done,
But our hearts will, remember this place, and the bond that we did share.
I've wished to be free from all obligations,
From the moment that I figured out the ending was coming,
It's here I will say, is the name that you taught me,
And I'll repeat it till the end, so I can keep all the darkness away.
-Instrumental Solo-
I can't believe you chose me, lost in a world that's so big now,
Let me just hear, your one name, that is all that I need for now.
I want to be with you until the very end, ah ha,
That is all that I am sure, of in this whole world 'cause,
I can breathe here only if you're here beside me,
Regardless changes I'll protect you until the very end.
If you're afraid I want you to shout out to me,
I want to let me know that, you are close to me 'cause,
I want to be with you until the very end, ah ha,
That is all that I am sure, of in this whole world,
We'll go to the end of a, shining bright rainbow,
Always hold on, never letting go, oh no,
We may not laugh as much, as we once have done,
But don't worry, we'll make it to that place, a place no one else knows
A place no one else knows, oh oh.
Silent the footsteps of long lost souls,
These souls we trade in, in exchange for a hymn,
And when will this hymn become a shining flame,
A torch to guide others up onwards.
A torch lit of seven bright colors.