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212609 No.1308  

The Fairytale of Light and Darkness

-And history alone remained…

“Wait up!”
“You’re slow, brother!”
“Hey, hey, brother….uwehhhhh”
“Ah…sorry, that must’ve hurt.”
“Hey! Something’s dropped beside the well!”
“Oh you.”

The Fairytale of Light and Darkness

“There…watch your steps.”
“Yes!”
“Are you doing okay? Not scared?”
“No. I’m really excited right now! Since the forest…the world is so huge!”
“Well, I’ll bring you to a nice spot today. Let’s go!”
“Yes!”

3..2..1…

When he looks up, he sees the round night sky, lit by a wavering azure moon
Cursing God’s name, he sings within the bowels of hell…

Within the blind darkness, he mistakenly thought the warmth to be light
Only later did he realize that its name was love

His first friend was a cute girl with azure eyes, goodbye
He did not realize that the sadness’ name was infatuation, even in the end

Like watering flowers…as always…sins required punishment, ah
An eventual “Good Evening”, the rushing “Seventh Story”
Turning backs on the law[God]-

3…2…1...

When he looks down, he sees the gloomy ground, lit by a flickering crimson flame
Embraced by his mother’s eyes, he falls into the depths of hell…

“This deserted village…is just like a graveyard…ehehe…”
“Elise, fairytales always begin in the graveyard.”

Why isn’t there anyone in this village now? –That’s because everyone died in the past

Then…why did all the villagers die in the past? –That’s because of the black death

Then…why were there a mother and her son in the forest’s village? –That’s because Id called them

Then…why did Id call for humans and for what? –That’s his instinct

Ah…no matter how much you dig, dig, dig the graves, there never seems to be an end
“Such a tragic era”
Ah…a mille feuille made from corpse and dirt, corpse and dirt, corpse and dirt
“The merciless state of affairs”

                            To live 

The goal of life is

                            To multiply

\Kill!/ \Ravish!/ [Id] sings

“Even if they multiply more than needed, they end up killing their hosts…”
“It’s the same as the relationship as humans and the earth…come…let’s continue the story.”

[A gloomy evening forest]

“Hey Hans! Is this really the right place?”

“No idea…you think I know?”

“Geez…such an eerie forest.”

“That kid…isn’t he the kid of the rumored witch in Thüringen?”

“Woah! We’re in luck today! Right?”

The boy steps on grass wet with night dew, his
Footsteps were light, suddenly so
(“Hey! Young mister!”)
The voice that stopped the boy had a vulgar ring to it, but he doesn’t know yet
(“We have some business with the female sage.” “Can you accompany us to her side?”)
Ah…the workings of the world, the malice of the world, he was raised without awareness of them-
(“Of course I don’t mind! I’ll guide you to my mother.” “Thank you~ Fuhihi”)

Embracing his friend –> he leads the uninvited guests -> towards his gentle mother -> and…

“Mother! I’m back!”
“Welcome ho..me…who are those men?”

If he looks over-

“Uwahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
“Maerz-----------!”
“Fuhihi! Look, it’s his friend!”
“Therese von Ludowing, though I have fallen, the blood of Landgraf still runs in my veins! Your ugly head is as good as gone!”
“Seriously?!”
“Hey, wait wait wait-“
“Don’t scream like a pig!”
“You’ll understand if you let us explain!”
“Don’t fret..! Ah!?”
“Don’t make this so hard on us!”

Like feathers on birds…as always…songs are in the night. Ah…
The “Rose Garden” will eventually by stained with “Good Morning”
Accepting the law[God]-

3…2…1…

“In that brilliant era when you’re smiling, when you don’t hate anyone nor grieve over death – let’s definitely meet there.”

                                     ~ “The Fairytale of Light and Darkness”

"The seventh graveyard...now begins our tale of revenge."

>> No.1309  
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Within this Tiny Bird Cage

A sky cut off at corners was the world of my young days
You, who landed on the windowsill, smiled gently like the moonlight…

Maerz von Ludowing <- -> Elisabeth von Wettin
Destiny’s cruel hand brought those two together,
Never to be bonded…

Supposed to be lowered beneath the cold ground
To be buried within the darkness of history
A shaded existence

I wanted a friend, but I had no idea what that was…

Struggling within the ends of sightless times
(“Please hurry!” “As you wish!...guh”)
Shaken on the back of a dappled horse
(“Hurry! (a name)” “Yes! Please grab on tightly!”)
A weak existence

I did not know what it was like to be within a bird cage…
Until I met you, I didn’t know the color of loneliness, nor the meaning of love…

You are-
Ah, my only wings. Your gentle eyes
Ah, told me of the world outside.

Within a dense and overgrown forest at night, beautiful flowers blossomed at their feet, and stardust scattered overhead
The two laughed…

“Look!”
“Wow! What is it?”
“A beautiful flower.”
“Wow, you’re right.”
“I’ll put it in your hair.”
“Really? Make it cute.”
“It fits you.”
“I’m really happy.”
“Let’s go over there next time!”
“Yes!”

No matter how happy the meeting, a day of parting will come
And that is – a sudden kiss under the setting sun

“Maerz, we remained too long in this forest, it’s about time we…”
“Mother.”
“What is it?”
“I’d like to say goodbye to my friend at least.”
“I see. I’ll make an exception for that child. Now go.”
“Yes! I’m going now.”
“I will be the last one to bear darkness. Please go into the light…”

“At least take this child with you in my place.”

“Maer…you’ll definitely come for me, right?”
“Yes, I promise you…”

“The female sage of the forest was burnt at the stake as a witch, and later on, I knew of his death…”

What the heartless passage of time has brought
Ah…a gray season without you, and an undesired wedding

The face wavering on the water surface now; phantom lights of days past

Until my impulses recede, they will fill me with lust
But my ego knows, that <<I shall never love anyone but him>>

Within this tiny bird cage, a world that lost its wings[Elisabeth: you Maerz: me]
Until I crash and burn, I shall fly like the moonlight…

“The weak, the rejected, companions on the receiving end of the world’s malice.
Can you laugh it off as a mere puppy love that sprung of licking each other’s wounds?”

Eventually beginning -> a tale of revenge -> [The Seventh Horizon] -> and the story continues…

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"Come, your father is waiting."

>> No.1312  

Thanks as always for the translations Defade.

>> No.1336  
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Why She Became a Witch

“Why…why wouldn’t you accept this child as a successor to this house..!”

“That topic is closed and done with.”

“Is it because I’m a concubine….no, is it because this child is disabled?”

“I don’t want to hear it, Anneliese.”

“Ah…I’m sorry. I’m a sinful mother…it’s my fault that you were born like that…”

“I said I don’t want to hear it!”

“Ah..ahh….”

“Anneliese….I deeply feel for you. However, I will not forgive you…”

My child, you who never saw light,
Know not of even the concept of sight

My child, you embraced my back
Said “Mother, the light is warm”, and laughed innocently

Ah…I’m sorry, I’m sorry, so sorry…
I am…I am the one who gave birth to you…<<I>>, full of sins…

“Aren’t you cold, Maerz?”
“No…”

She was both a mother and a sister, both the judge and the atoner.
The unknown story of Therese von Ludowing…

Moving to the forest, I lived out my days of atonement
Gathering herbs, I brewed medicine

Even if I pray to God, my cries will never reach
And I won’t even pray while embracing sin

I want to do everything I could for that child at least
I just can’t stand being idle in lament

-She healed wounds and cured sicknesses,
Sometimes she even delivered infants who nearly dipped into winter. The rumors of a wise woman living in the forest,
Eventually spread afar throughout the lands, and guide her to an ironic fate…

That night, the queen rushed in incognito
Believing in the lamp of hope within this moonless darkness
A female servant with a reason made the mother run out with hair disheveled
What she embraced within her arms no longer breathed

“This child isn’t dead yet! I know, I know this. Why, you ask? She was so energetic till the day before…I won’t accept this! She’ll definitely grow up to be a beauty. She IS my child. All the gentlemen throughout the empire won’t let her be. My, my, hehe. No, enough of that! Please be alive! Please be alive!”

Giving up her young child, the queen crumbled in tears….

“Lady Sophie, please remain strong! Let’s believe in the female sage…”

If there are lives saved, there are ones lost.
Can we just write it off as karma…

Due to a mysterious incident, my son regained the light
However, is that really a good thing…now that I think about it, I can’t tell…

“Kill the witch! Kill her!”
“So that’s the witch of Thuringen, how scary. If you don’t behave- YOU’LL BE EATEN!”
“Eek!”

My lovely, cute child, who was once embraced by the winter
Your mother wished for you to live within the sunlight of spring and smile, her

“The Lord gives mercy to those who honor Him! Should we not deliver just retribution to the heretics then? Come, everyone! Bring down the iron hammer of justice on the witch!”

“Bring down the hammer!”

Feelings are all but in vain now, even the momentary sunlight
Is forcibly taken by caprice
Look! Ah….look at this comedy! Then I shall become a true <<witch> that curses the world…

-And then, the [Seventh Comedy] shall repeat itself…

>> No.1337  

Thanks a lot, Defade. n_n

>> No.1342  

Thanks for the translations! ^_^

>> No.1343  
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In track 3, some german is muttered in the later parts of the song. I've seen it written as

Horst du mich, du stehent?
dann komm her zu mir....grab mich aus...!

Which would be something like "You there, can you hear me? Then come here to me...dig me out!" or something. My german is pretty rubbish right now. Another interpretation I've seen is "dann kann mir du glauben...grab mich aus...!"

Any german speakers here help clarify?

>> No.1344  

>>1343
Bernd here:
I think the first sentence should be:
hörst du mich Stehender/ Der du dort stehst.
The second sentence is ok. Your translation is also right. The german in this single sounds like the result of an online translator or something alike. The chinese forums I visit use the booklet for translation of the songtext. It seems that the booklet has all the foreign passages also in japanese, which would be the original meaning before turned into a bad foreign language.
Like "And the history remained..." =
"Und die His/Risse or whatever ist übrig geblieben." The word "His" does not exist in German, at least if revo use the language from the last few hundred years. It is actually possible, that it´s a word from medieval or even earlier. Because they spoke completely different than the Germans today. "Risse" means "scars" so it has no direct connection to "history". Maybe it´s just a typical japanese paraphrase, that is completely changed by a translating program.

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The booklet does have some german in original Japanese, but that part in track 3 was nowhere to be found, so there's quite a bit of confusion on what it's supposed to be. I can definitely hear 'du' after 'mich', but after that I'm completely lost. Does the surround audio make any difference? http://nicosound.anyap.info/sound/sm11199394

>> No.1352  

So... she, a concubine, got pregnant, but since the child wouldn't be acknowledged, she took it an ran to the forest?

>> No.1353  

>>1352

*and, rather.

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See, that's the part where I'm rather confused about. What you said is what I'd normally assume, but it's rather clear that Annelise and Therese are different people...Annelise is the concubine with a disabled child, and Therese apparently got pregnant with her father, took a blind kid and ran into the forest. At this stage I'm not sure how they're related exactly.

>> No.1361  

Fools will question...where would to queen head
After abandoning her impregnable castle?
The wise shall know...no matter how solid a defense one might boast of
There is no castle that won't fall...

Britannian calender year 627 "The Battle at Canterbury"
The fourth platoon of knights was led by captain Parsifal
And headed towards battle with the first wave of empire soldiers that landed on Dover
Engaging them in combat on the plains of Canterbury

We shall fear no enemy and swing our swords to protect our country
O, comrades who bear the proud rose of the queen on your chests
Let us march on! We are the <Knights of the Rose!

The knights of rose that few not even death follow in his footsteps...
A streak of thunder that roams the crimson battlefield, Parsifal's spear
Let us march on! We are the <Knights of the Rose>!

The time has come, it's the reaper! The time has come, it's the reaper!
[Chrono, Velesa! Chrono, Velesa!]
The time has come, it's here! Look, the reaper!
[Chrono, Venies! Vidies! Velesa!]

The first year of the imperial calender "The Battle at Grasmere"
The third platoon of imperial soldiers led by General Alvarez
Landed on a border area, Whiteheaven
Riding on horses that dashed like gale, they attacked the enemy camp from its back...

Forget that there are those who love and those who pray for the ones we killed
Let us exterminate all heretics! Don't avert your eyes, this is a <Holy War>!

Burning mountain villages; massacred people
A girl who was too slow in her escape; a man who chased after her
He drew an arrow on his horse, and locked onto his prey
The released arrow of flame grazed the thin girl's body

"Charlotte!"

The girl stumbled and fell; a man jumped out
And countered the blade that was swung down on her

The motionless girl; two men facing each other
Here...is Alvarez on a white horse
There...is Gefenbauer on a black horse

"What are you trying to do to an unarmed person?"
"She's a girl, but she's still a heretic. There's no need for me to pity her..."
"Don't go wrong! Open your eyes..."
"I don't want to hear that from you...hypocrite, hero maniac, murderer Albelge"

"My dad died at Offenburg...my older brother...my younger brother...my comrades...are all..."

"Wait...you bastard, are you betraying the empire? ...well, fine with me. Albelge...don't forget the name of the man who will kill you! His name is Gefenbauer!"

Mistakes repeated over and over again, just what could we learn from history?
There is darkness that we only being to take note of after plundering and suffering deprivation...

The time has come, it's the reaper! The time has come, it's the reaper!
[Chrono, Velesa! Chrono, Velesa!]
The time has come, it's here! Look, the reaper!
[Chrono, Venies! Vidies! Velesa!]

A white horse galloped through the narrow mountain paths like wind
A man with silvery armor sat on the horse
Embracing the injured girl, he ran south...

"Gerenbauer...eyes that tell of hatred and curses upon the world...
That man was me, he was my past...Lotte...ah....Charlotte...what should I fight against?"

-

Part 1 is translated way back on the first page...also, a somewhat revamped version of idoido translation is here: http://defade.livejournal.com/334882.html#cutid1

The major difference is in track 3...I misinterpreted a word.>_> I have no idea why said word keeps bringing up connotations of 'servant', but in reality it's referring to Elisabeth.

>> No.1363  

"Where am I? I remember that I've been chased...
Shot by an arrow, and I lost consciousness..."

"I'm glad you're awake. Are you okay?
My name is Alverez.
I am commander of the army that attacked your village.
I used to be...but now I'm a refugee myself.
Still...that's just an excuse...do you hate me?"

"If I say...no, I don't hate you...that'd be a lie...
But I want to believe in my savior."

"I am from Belga. I am a < foreigner >[Albelge] who headed towards the former land of Flandre
In order to take revenge for my destroyed country.
Do you understand what this means, young lady?
My hands are stained beyond salvation..."

"At first I attacked Preuzehn out of anger...
Then Lombardo, to secure a spot for myself in foreign countries...
After that, I destroyed Castilia
Just to fulfill my own desires..."

"Even today, a certain scenery flashes vibrantly in my mind
If I close my eyes.
There's one place that I want to take back, no matter what.
His Majesty Childebert VI back then made me a promise..."

"On the condition that I conquer just one more country...
For example, Britannia.
Then he would grant Belga self-governing rights.
I tried to buy back my own country
By selling out the country of others..."

"I am such a foolish man..."

"Yes....if you're such a foolish man
Then you won't mind if I kill you here, right?"
"Ah...do as you like...
I committed unredeemable mistakes..."

"You idiot! That won't solve anything!
You might be satisfied with just that
But there might be people who want to exact your revenge
That line of logic repeats itself, and creates new tragedies..."

"There is no history that you can't redeem...that's why it's irreplaceable
That's why we create new history...
A fool...is not someone who makes a mistake
But one who realizes his mistake, yet makes no attempt to correct it..."

"...right?"
"Young lady...you're strong..."
"Yes..of course I'm strong
The future of this country lies on me, after all."
"The future of this country?
I heard that Britannia's queen was a young girl, but...
Don't tell me...you are...!"

"Rose Guine Avalon
Yes...I am this country's[Britannia's] queen
Please excuse my silence...but I want you to understand...
General Alvarez...I'll believe in you..."
"I...please excuse my rude behavior out of ignorance of your majesty's identity..."
"Please! Don't be so upright! I don't like that.
Just call me Rose..."

"Still, you are the famous < Reaper of Belga >[Albelge]...who would've thought...
...you're quite different from what I imagined
I thought you were a big man like a bear..."

"...but...you better drop this < Reaper of Belga >[Albege] business...
It's not going to be popular in this country. Britannian-styled, it would be
Hmm, something like < Roughneck of Belga >[Arbelge]?
That's way better, hey, please do that...?"

"What? You've been staring at my face for quite a while..."
"No...when I saved you at first
I thought you were similar to a certain woman, but..."
"But?"
"...now that I think about it, you're not similar at all..."
"What-!?"

A gust of white wind dashed through Windermer's lakeside...
Towards the land protected by the six platoon of knights, led by captain Tristram
Lancuster...

>> No.1364  

Where's part 1?

>> No.1365  

>>1364

Nevermind, found it.

>> No.1366  

The defection of Alvarez sent shock waves rippling not only within the Empire,
But also the entire continent of Garia...

The era seeks for a hero, and counterattacks were launched one after another
The former region of Castilla announced its independence from the empire
The former region of Lombardo and former region of Preuzehn follow its lead
And the accumulation of the dislike for holy war reached its breaking point in the empire

With Alvarez as an example, soldiers and peasants alike rushed to defect
Being forced into fierce battles form all four directions
The empire continued to lose territory, its power exhausted...
And...the changing tides of war brought one decision upon this era...

That is...one letter addressed by Emperor St. Childebert VI
To the queen of Britannia...

4th year of the imperial calender "Verseine cease-fire agreement convention"
Imperial territory, palace of Yvelines Verseine
The queen of roses proceeds through the marble corridors
On her left is Parsifal, on her right is Alvarez
Within the shade of the pillar is an uninvited guest...

An assassin sent by the Black Order...
A fatal strike of time made from the blind spot...
Ah...history does not allow alterations...

Alvarez crumbled to his knees
Within the frozen time
Parsifal's thunder spear flashed
And Gefenbauer fell as well

Is that...the moment when history changed its course?
Or is everything decided from the very beginning?

"...so you went first...Gefenbauer...
Humans are...such sad beings..."

Even within the final darkness that invites him...

"Ah...how red...such a red sunset...
Charlotte...I'll definitely...definitely come back..."

Year 630 of the Britannian calender The hero Albers Alvarez
Fell to the strike of an assassin within the palace of Yvelines[Verseine]...carved on his tombstone
Is one stanza from a poem Luna Ballad dedicated to him...

He killed many; and spared as many. He troubled many; and fulfilled as many.
Ah...< Brethren of Belga >(Arbelge) rests here...

The great war involved all of Garia, and seems all but unstoppable now
When it reached its finale...more blood and tears would've been shed
And 5 years would've passed...

A hill stained by the sunset. Two tombstones nestled close to each other.
The white crow flies on bravely, towards the endless sky...



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