PRINCE Translation

PRINCE is the first song on Versailles’ second single, “PRINCE & PRINCESS”, and was featured as a bonus track on the American release of NOBLE. PRINCE is my favourite track on the CD, and has managed to stay in my top five songs from Versailles despite the advent of “JUBILEE”. To me, there’s something very calming about the song and the music.

 

KAMIJO, in an interview, stated that the basis of PRINCE is, “Let’s journey to a land beyond our dreams. If you hesitate to go there with me, I’ll drag you along.” There is that sort of forcefulness about it, but there is also a gentle touch of love, so that the force isn’t necessary. Perhaps that’s why I like it so – it has that feeling of protection and gentleness and love.

 

Anyway.

 

Please do not steal this translation or use without my permission. All rights belong to Versailles and its label Sherow Artist Society.

 

~.oOOo.~

 

 

 

さぁ怖いのなら腕を貸して 連れ去れてあげる
"何かに傷付き何度も泣いたあなた"を想う度
Saa, kowai no nara ude wo kashite Tsuresareteageru
"Nanika ni kizutsuki nandomo naita anata" wo omou tabi
So, if you're afraid, I'll give you my arm and take you away.
I remember you, who "often you cried when something hurt you".

 

 

こみ上げる愛しさが心を押し潰してゆく
夜が明ける前に
このまま
Komiageru itoshisa ga kokoro wo oshitsubushiteyuku
Yoru ga akeru mae ni
Kono mama
Overwhelming feelings of love will crush my heart.
So, before the dawn breaks,
Just like this,

 

 

あなたを奪い去って もう何処へも逃がさない
今あなたを抱き上げて 空へ連れ去リたいこの未来へ
Anata wo ubaisatte Mou dok he mo nigasanai
Ima anata wo dakiagete Sore he tsuresaritai kono mirai he
I will carry you away, and I won't let you escape anywhere else again.
Now, I'll take you in my arms, and I want to whisk you away to the sky,
to this future.

 

 

Ah．．．その指に触れ．．．その肩を抱き．．．そっとくちづけた
壊れた心を強がる花を守ってあげたい
Ah... sono yubi ni fure... sono kata wo daki... sotto kuchizuketa
Kowareta kokoro wo tsuyogaru hana wo mamotteagetai
Ah... touching that finger... embracing those shoulders... We quietly kissed.
My broken heart wants to protect the flowers that pretend to be strong.

 

 

こみ上げる愛しさが心に溶けて
Komiageru itoshisa ga kokoro ni tokete
Overwhelming feelings of love will thaw my heart.

 

守られる幸せを知ってほしい
きっと誰も例外無く守られてる
それに気づき人を愛せるようになるはずだから
Mamorareru shiawase wo shittehoshii
Kitto dare mo reigainaku mamorareteru
Sore ni kizuki hito wo aiseru you ni naru hazu dakara
I want you to understand I can protect your happiness.
Surely, no one else will be able to protect you,
For those who realize it should be able to love.

 

 

あなたを奪い去って もう誰にも渡さない
今あなたを抱き寄せて 空へ連れ去リたいこの未来へ
Anata wo ubaisatte Mou dare ni mo watasanai
Ima anata wo dakiyosete Sore he tsuresaretai kono mirai he
I will carry you away, and I won't give you to anyone else.
Now, I embrace you, and I want to whisk you away to the sky, to this future.

 

 

両手で羽ばたく事は出来ないけど
あなたを抱きしめたままで空へ飛び立てるなら
Ryoute de habataku koto ha dekinai kedo
Anata wo dakishimete mama de sore he tobitateru nara
Though I can't flap both my wings,
When I hold you, I can leap to the sky.*

 

心を奪い去って もうあなたを離さない
今全てを抱き締めて 奪い連れ去りたいこの未来へ
Kokoro wo ubaisatte Mou anata wo hanasanai
Ima subete wo dakishimete Ubaitsuresaritai kono mirai he
I'll whisk away your heart. I will never be parted from you again.
Now, I'll hold it all close. I want to drag you away to this future.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Looking at the Japanese, the literal feeling of these lines is, “I can’t fly with both my wings, but when I hold you with one, I can fly with the other.” In the same interview mentioned above, KAMIJO stressed that this was probably the section that contains the pure message of the song.

The Love from a Dead Orchestra Translation

The second song (after the instrumental introduction) on Versailles'’ first album “Lyrical Sympathy”. Oh, how I love this song. The music is amazing, the lyrics are striking, there’s a long beautiful piano solo entwined with the band… ah, so good.

 

I think one of the most amazing things about Versailles is how every song reveals a bit of their story, just a tiny bit by tiny bit, so even when you look at the songs as a whole, you still are fascinated with this mystery that they paint. “The Love from a Dead Orchestra” is one of the most amazing ones, revealing so much at yet so little.

 

I took some artistic liberty with the chorus, because due to the breaking of the lines, it sounded better in English to combine them than to try and make every line its own sentence.

 

Please do not steal this translation or use without my permission. All rights belong to Versailles and its label Sherow Artist Society.

 

 

~.oOOo.~

 

 

黒い海 なぞる風の遠吠え
その狭間で
薔薇に変えた記憶を今辿り始めた
Kuroi umi Nazoru kaze no tooboe
Sono hazama de
Bara ni kaeta kioku wo ima tadorihajimeta
The howl of the wind traces over the black sea
And at that time,
I began to follow the memories that turned into a rose.

 

獣達が絵画の中傷つけ合う
闇に記憶さえ渡して
Kemonotachi ga kaiga no naka kizutsukeau
Yami no kioku sae watashite
In the painting, beasts hurt each other
And even memories are given to the darkness.

 

時代はなぜこんなに立ち止まる事を拒み
Jidai ha naze konna ni tachidomaru koto wo kobami
Why did those days refuse this halted fact?

 

人を醜く変えてくのか？
青き静寂へと変わりゆくその旋律
消えてしまうがいい
Hito wo minikuku kaeteku no ka?
Aoki seijaku he to kawariyuku sono senritsu
Kieteshimau ga ii
Are people going to become ugly?
That tune will change into blue silence.
It should all disappear.

 

脈絡から 疎外された…
幻惑から思惑へと
文節では 区切られない
史実が描かれ
Myakuraku kara Sogaisareta...
Genwaku kara omowaku he to
Bunsetsu de ha Kugirarenai
Shijitsu ga egakure
I'm alienated from the connection,
From fascination to expectation.
That phrase will not be cut off,
Painted by the facts of history.

 

青き静寂へと変わりゆくその指先
人は孤独を胸に刺して
薔薇を見つめながら流れゆく死の旋律
Aoki seijaku he to kawariyuku sono yubisaki
Hito ha kodoku wo mune ni sashite
Bara wo mitsumenagara nagareyuku shi no senritsu
That fingertip will change the blue silence.
People stab their hearts with loneliness.
While I gaze at this rose, the tune of death will flow.

 

Ah...堕ちてしまうがいい
Ah... Ochiteshimau ga ii.
Ah... it should all fade away.

 

消えてゆけ 燃えてゆけ 醜い私よ
いくら殺しても甦る屍
この想い 届くなら 全てを消し去り
汚れなき薔薇のようにただ咲いていたい
Kieteyuke! Moeteyuke! Minikui watashi yo
Ikura koroshitemo yomigaeru shikabane
Kono omoi Todoku nara Subete wo keshisari
Yogorenaki bara no you ni tada saiteitai
Disappear! Burn! No matter how many times
You kill the ugly me, my corpse will resurrect.
If this feeling reaches through, I will erase everything.
I just want to bloom like a rose without blemish.

 

雲の中を突き抜け行く…
Kumo no naka wo tsukinukeyuku...
It will pierce through the clouds...

 

死神が今生まれる
Shinigami ga ima umareru
A death-god will now be born.

 

消えてゆけ 燃えてゆけ 醜い私よ
いくら殺しても甦る屍
この想い 届くなら 全てを消し去り
汚れなき薔薇のように咲いていたい
Kieteyuke! Moeteyuke! Minikui watashi yo
Ikura koroshitemo homigaeru shikabane
Kono omoi Todoku nara Subete wo keshisari
Yogorenaki bara no you ni saiteitai
Disappear! Burn! No matter how many times
You kill the ugly me, my corpse will resurrect.
If this feeling reaches through, I will erase everything.
I want to bloom like a rose without blemish.

 

消えてゆけ 燃えてゆけ 醜い私よ
汚れなき薔薇のようにただ咲いていたい
Kieteyuke! Moeteyuke! Minikui watashi yo
Yogorenaki bara no you ni tada saiteitai
Disappear! Burn the ugly me!
I just want to bloom like a rose without blemish.

Sound in Gate Transcription

This song, the “last” song on Versailles’ “JUBILEE”, is all in English, but has no lyrics in the lyric booklet. So, I just transcribed.

 

Sound in Gate is probably my second favourite song on the album. The music is amazing. That’s probably just me being an ex-orchestra member, but YUKI’s solo is also spot-on.

 

Please do not steal this translation or use without my permission. All rights belong to Versailles and its label Sherow Artist Society.

 

 

~.oOOo.~

 

 

 

When the church bell rang,
You should have come back to your senses.
The thing you saw between the sword pointing east
And the sword pointing west
Was his memory.

 

When the sun rises above your head,
And the shade fades away,
The key of the heart will appear
And the thirteenth gate will be opened.

 

Don't be afraid of the night.
Darkness is not born out of darkness.

 

To those who are used to having their hearts pierced...:

 

You realized the true feeling of "solitude",
A stream from the heart,
A purification
A notification
Of a new consciousness.
Reincarnation.

 

The glass heart,
And the glass fate...
The thirteenth gate exists in the past.

 

God Palace.

crystal scherzo - Announcement #2

Okay, well, since #1 was a fail, here's something real.

I have a class ending in two weeks. This means I must concentrate. Concentrate! So, no scanslations will be done until March.

Also, if I keep updating Monochrome Factor at this rate, then I will run out of Japanese chapters so everyone will just have to wait anyway. I think I'll limit it to one chapter every month or two, so that we're not having huge long breaks of 5+ months until the next tankouban comes out.

The reason I say "no more scans" and then post about three song translations a week is because song translations are easy and a quick break from studying, plus a recap on Japanese. I need this, often.

So, please hold on another month or so. Then scanslation will resume.

Shout & Bites Translation

Here’s a translation of Shout & Bites, from Versailles’ first album “Lyrical Sympathy”. I like this song a lot – it’s probably my favourite from the album. :)

 

The PV is creeper fest. |D And it’s nothing but flashing lights. I gave up trying to take decent, clear pictures. It’s impossible. XD At any rate, enjoy.

 

Please do not steal this translation or use without my permission. All rights belong to Versailles and its label Sherow Artist Society.

 

~.oOOo.~

 

 

 

絡み付いた薔薇の棘が黒い死神を突き刺して笑う
Karamitsuita bara no toge ga kuroi shinigami wo tsukisashite warau
The entwined rose-thorns pierce a black death-god, laughing.

 

 

傾いた月の時計の下 甘い血の匂い
揺らめく蜉蝣 立ちすくみ
Katamuita tsuki no tokei no shita Amai chi no nioi
Yurameku kagerou tachitsukumi
Under the time of the waning moon, there is the sweet smell of blood
And the wavering ephemerality stands still.

 

 

 

 

 

 

彼らが望んだ美薬を与えた死神は誰？
破壊の呪文を唱えよう
Karera ga nozonda biyaku wo ataeta shinigami ha dare?
Hakai no yumon wo tonaeyou
Who the death-god that granted the beautiful drugs that were desired?
I shall recite the spell of destruction.

 

 

Shout & Bites
淫らな程綺麗ね
Shout & Bites
青い鎖骨の上へ
Shout & Bites
Midarana hodo kirei ne
Shout & Bites
Aoi sakotsu no ue he
Shout & Bites
It's so dirty it's beautiful, isn't it?
Shout and bites
Above the pale collarbone.

 

 

絡み付いた薔薇の棘が黒い死神を突き刺して笑う
絡み付いた薔薇の毒が染み渡るほどAh...眠れないね
Karamitsuita bara no toge ga kuroi shinigami wo tsukisashite warau
Karamitsuita bara no doku ga shimiwataru hodo Ah... nemurenai ne
The entwined rose-thorns pierce a black death-god, laughing.
The entwined roses' poison spreads so that... ah, I cannot sleep.

 

 

 

 

 

Shout & Bites
淫らな程綺麗ね
Shout & Bites
青い鎖骨の上へ
Shout & Bites
Midara na hodo kirei ne
Shout & Bites
Aoi sakotsu no ue he
Shout and bites
So dirty it's beautiful, isn't it?
Shout and bites
Above the pale collarbone.

 

 

絡み付いた薔薇の棘が黒い死神を突き刺して笑う
絡み付いた薔薇の毒が染み渡るほど眠れないね
絡み付いた薔薇の
Karamitsuita bara no toge ga kuroi shinigami wo tsukisashite warau
Karamitsuita bara no doku ga shimiwataru hodo nemurenai ne
Karamitsuita bara no
The entwined rose-thorns pierce a black death-god, laughing.
The entwined roses' poison spreads so I can't sleep.
The entwined roses’...

 

 

 

 

 

 

絡み付いた薔薇の棘が黒い死神を突き刺して笑う
絡み付いた薔薇の毒が染み渡るほど眠れないね
Karamitsuita bara no toge ga kuroi shinigami wo tsukisashite warau
Karamitsuita bara no doku ga shimiwataru hodo nemurenai ne
The entwined rose-thorns pierce a black shinigami, laughing.
The entwined roses' poison spreads, so I can't sleep.