Sound Horizon

[Anonymous No.]

Any decent Sound Horizon translations out there?

[Anonymous No.]

Lyrics-wise?

[Anonymous No.]

Yep. I'd like to follow the stories told.

[Anonymous No.]

Actually, there are, if you look hard enough. Any album, single or song in particular?

[Anonymous No.]

http://flandre.us/

There's a translation of Roman, along with a Sound Horizon image board, which I think might have more translations.

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>>1956535

I'm currently listening to Moira, so a translation for that would be awesome. Does the Moira story depend on the previous stories?

[Anonymous No.]

Here's the Roman translation shared by a kind Anon(?) way back.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?twmuqgzg4yo

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>>1956537
Ah, Moira ... As far as I know, it doesn't have a heavy connection to past singles and albums other than the occasional reference here and there ("The chronicles of Mythos. It's as rapid as the blink of an eye.").

A number of tracks are translated here: http://nattokinase.livejournal.com/35644.html

But I haven't really gotten around to listening to Moira yet, so I haven't really looked for the lyrics and translations of them. Most of my lyrical compilation are from previous Sanhora albums.

[Anonymous No.]

These links have been very helpful, thank you all!

[Anonymous No.]

Very welcome, Anon. Sanhora translations are hell to search for.

Out of all the albums I've tried to search for translations so far, "Elysion ~Prelude to Paradise~" has been the biggest pain to search for (I've yet to attempt Chronicle 2nd, and Shounen wa Tsurugi o ... is a single, though perhaps more of a pain).

So here, I'll post what I found while scouring. None of the translations are mine - I give credit to nattokinase, Onizuka90, dierapunzel, Blick Road and everyone else who went through the trouble of translating them.

First song: Ark ... in the next post, because apparently, the field's too long.

[Anonymous No.]

In the cage that pretends to be a miniature garden, they alter the forbidden organ
Did you think that you had become a proud, incompetent God?

... Love wishing to the "Ark"

"Decay -- that is the season that continued to conceive "Soror's" memory on a snowy February day"

'The ark that will lead us to Elysion
Will release our wretched souls from this earth
We give the Ark to you who are searching for salvation'
The thing called the Ark glittered silver in the moonlight

The rain of cold words betrayed even memories
Before the two that were happy fall out of reach forever ...

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>>1956618
"Subject #1096, known as 'Soror' (younger sister)
Killed subject #1076, known as 'Frater' (older brother)."
(Soror wishing Ark, Frater in the dark)
(Soror with the Ark, Frater it's dead)

{Case Number 12}
This dead-end model shows excessive dependence on projection
Namely, {False Ideal-type Ark Dependence Syndrome} [Ark]

They are able to draw closer to a perfect unity
Their memories are an illusion resembling madness
Submitting to desire, they steal kisses from one another
Little by little, they are chased out of Elysion
If the same trauma is piled up, it will resonate, but more than that ...

[Anonymous No.]

Next song: Tadoritsuku Uta

Silently the blind minstrel Luna parted her lips…

The song I’m going to sing now … is a song about a girl seeking her most important thing.
The tough journey. The difficult path. However the girl would never give up.
Rather than cursing the fate, the story chose the path to sing even in hard times.
Even though one day History will bury everything. Now … just close your eyes and listen.

My beloved, where are you?
I don’t have a single clue.
The song accompanying me on my lonely journey
Fly off toward the far off sky, disappear at the sunset glow.

The rain that fell from the sky, caught in my hand

[Anonymous No.]

What always supported me when I was frustrated is
This nameless song that was the last thing you left ...

“Fate … Even if you take the light from my eyes
You cannot take the songs from my lips …”

The seeking song brightens twilight’s darkness with sunshine.
The never withering flower blooms there dignifiedly

Ah ... the sorrowful whispering ...

Even if storms come and tear down everything
The most important things will still always be here.

(The song that seeks the most important thing/person)

[Anonymous No.]

Bless your kind heart, Anon.

[Anonymous No.]

Next up, a personal favorite of mine: Koibito o Uchiotoshita Hi ("The Day I Shot Down My Lover")

The bow bends and a flame springs forth, freezing the night sky over
Boldly, with a blue song of farewell, I shoot down you, my love ...

Something long forgotten in the past, the scars rip open
Your chest contains a cursed promise

"If my death is inevitable, then let it be carried out by those loving hands ..."
Unable to fight back, the darkness of impulse consumes him ...

The world distorts as the spiraling flames penetrates the metempsychosis
Boldly, with a bloody red kiss, I shoot down you, my love ...

“Have you forgotten anything ...?”

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>>1956646
Bonus: The Triumph Live version, a slower duet sung by REVO and YUUKI. Essentially the same song, just a couple of added verses and basically taking out all the spoken parts. A lovers' version, compared to the faster Aramary version, I suppose.

The bow bends and a flame springs forth, freezing the night sky over
Boldly, with a blue song of farewell, I shoot down you, my love ...
(I was shot down by my love …)

Something long forgotten in the past, the scars rip open
Your chest contains a cursed promise

"If my death is inevitable, then let it be carried out by those loving hands..."
Unable to fight back, the darkness of impulse consumes me …

The world distorts as the spiraling flames penetrates the metempsychosis
Boldly, with a bloody red kiss, I shoot down you, my love ...

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>>1956644
All for the love of Sound Horizon. Hopefully, this will help other frustrated fans trying to find out what the lyrics mean.

Next song: Rein no Sekai ("Rein's World"). Unfortunately, I've yet to find "Jimang no Sekai".

In a desolate plain walks a girl
A girl and an animal, to be more precise; in her right hand is a red string
The collar fixed to the end of it is also red
A dog with silver-black fur barks softly
As though it were speaking to its owner, the girl called "Rein" ...

You tumble into the magnificent ruins, frightened of the cold rain
The shining honour, the power of authority -- they are now nothing but possessions of the past

“Observation is a sharp tool to gouge out the sides of reality

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>>1956644
All for the love of Sound Horizon. Hopefully, this will help other frustrated fans trying to find out what the lyrics mean.

Next song: Rein no Sekai ("Rein's World"). Unfortunately, I've yet to find "Jimang no Sekai".

In a desolate plain walks a girl
A girl and an animal, to be more precise; in her right hand is a red string
The collar fixed to the end of it is also red
A dog with silver-black fur barks softly
As though it were speaking to its owner, the girl called "Rein" ...

You tumble into the magnificent ruins, frightened of the cold rain
The shining honour, the power of authority -- they are now nothing but possessions of the past

“Observation is a sharp tool to gouge out the sides of reality

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>>1956674
“"Death"... is something that has completely rotted away
Beginning from the senses that depend on the body, followed by the soul
Because of that humans take extreme measures to avoid and escape it
But even so, could they resist the cold kiss of an uninvited death...?”

“The incessant fear becomes the illusion of an ever falling rain
That is... the agony of having your soul broken even as you are alive
The eternal array of mirrors placed opposite each other, as clear as a glass ball
The sinners lie in her eyes, merely watching "the world", so it is said...”

“Seeing is believing -- no amount of hearsay can match that of one glance
Pity... contempt... scorn directed at the wrong places... that is to say the problem of others is none of your concern
You would not know the heat until you get burned, but once you are burnt it would be too late
How many can live in this world without committing a sin...?”

[Anonymous No.]

Next: Mahoutsukai Sarabanto ("The Magician Sarabanto")

Once upon a time there was a magician who lost his lover
He sought the forbidden secret to resurrect the dead
Despite knowing naught but calamity befalls any who ventures into that field
Why do people still seek the genie's power, a power that surpasses human knowledge ...?

The raging winds blow up the sand
Obstructing the path of the young traveller
To accompany his travels is one camel
He rides across the sand dunes and heads for town...

"How would you like a magic lamp?"
Whispers a shady-looking bearded man
A haggle in a dark alleyway

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>>1956688
In the pitch darkness he hears a familiar voice
From a warm and comforting light he hears a loving voice

"You must not come here just yet;
You still have something left undone."

Says the familiar voice in the pitch darkness
Says the loving voice from the warm and comforting light

"Instead of wishing for someone you have lost,
Take a look at what now lies before your very eyes."

When he comes around the sand is stirring and he finds himself lying in the sand dune
A beautiful girl with long black hair smiles with tears in her eyes

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Another personal favorite of mine: Raijin no Keifu ("The Genealogy of the God of Thunder").

"After the death of the “one-armed” hero
The evil god was sealed into the earth
Towns were built again, and barriers were lifted
In order to protect the now long-established peace"

"Proudly carved into his right arm is the proof: "The Emblem of Thunder"
The symbol of our nation and the name of our nation: Raijin
A legend passed through generations, the secret behind the crest
The story traces back to a boy; the genealogy of the God of Thunder"

The conspirators looked for a weak person
To use as scapegoat
In his childhood, he didn't know love

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>>1956697
"What happened? Granny ..."

"Oh ... What did you say?! On the other side of town, people in black robes were spotted?
Messengers of the prophet, those who bring the sealed mysteries
The evil god is unleashed!
But now, the blood of the Great God of Thunder has faded - only by his blood can we be spared
Ah, it's terrible! Heaven and earth are shaking with mighty force! The earthquake ... Ah, the earthquake is coming!"

"Howling, the earth is divided into two with its claws; six pairs of wings like raging, burning fire
Its eyes covered in darkness - one by one, brave warriors fall ..."

“Ah ... The humans facing this god are completely powerless
Everyone is swallowed in this moment of profound hopelessness
An dazzling flash went through the bodies of those with no thunder"

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>>1956705
"Granny, granny, hey granny!
What's wrong? What happened after that?"
"Oh ... that's all I heard, I'm sorry."
"Then did the God of Lighting defeat the evil god?"
"Well, I don't really know. It is an old story and I might have forgotten it."
"Eh! How sneaky!"

"Talking with a smile, the eyes of grandmother turned a tender color
I'm surprised, even now, that she amazingly remembered what happened that time
I continue to believe that the genealogy of the God of Lighting didn't end"

"The inherited things, the untold inherited things
Light passes through dark clouds as the white crow flapped its wings"

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Another narration-heavy song, and one of the creepiest in my opinion. Here's Ori no Naka no Hana ("The Caged Flower").

"The stage actress of slaughter, "Michele Malebranche"
She has been in the front stage of crime in three occasions.
Her short life is still a mysterious puzzle that has intrigued many.
Now, everything will be explained.”

(---First Act "Papa's Happiness Drawing" on November 21, 1887---)

"The eerie, violent death case of Joseph Malebranche (biological father)"

"With the lack of evidence, as well as her age
Voices of doubt rose up as to whether she could have killed him.
Her speech and behavior that indicated her non-recognition of the boundary of reality and fantasy was repeated.
Unusual behavior was something that could be seen from her many times."

[Anonymous No.]

wat is this sound horizon?

[Anonymous No.]

>>1956719
(---Second Act "Once more, by her hand" on July 30 1895---)

"Armand Olivier (Foster Father), the case of his attempt to abandon a strangled corpse.
At midnight, crazy laughter from the garden was heard, along with someone digging a hole in the garden
The neighborhood residents called the police and they rushed to the place in order to arrest the one responsible.
Since then, Ollivier turned completely insane in prison."

--- (Unknown interlude of the play)---

Changing from bright red to cold blue. From above the stage, the actress calls out
A shadow standing in the street corner. A young lady wearing darkness.

Loving intensely, a single flower petal falls down

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>>1956719
(---Second Act "Once more, by her hand" on July 30 1895---)

"Armand Olivier (Foster Father), the case of his attempt to abandon a strangled corpse.
At midnight, crazy laughter from the garden was heard, along with someone digging a hole in the garden
The neighborhood residents called the police and they rushed to the place in order to arrest the one responsible.
Since then, Ollivier turned completely insane in prison."

--- (Unknown interlude of the play)---

Changing from bright red to cold blue. From above the stage, the actress calls out
A shadow standing in the street corner. A young lady wearing darkness.

Loving intensely, a single flower petal falls down

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---(Self proclaimed genius of criminology, M. Christophe Jean-Jacques Saint-Laurent writes:)---

"It looked as if she was some kind of witch, but that kind of explanation isn't something I should come up with.
Her murder motives could be discussed from many points of view – the question isn't unanswered, the answer is as clear as crystal.

I think she locked herself inside a cage from where she couldn't break out, which made her extremely paranoid.
But, unfortunately that's what she wanted for her life, no matter the circumstances.
And, even after a century of her death, she is still inside that cage.

How can I make all these assertions? That's a good question.
Fine, even if all this could be proven false.
This, Christophe Jean-Jacques Saint-Laurent, dares to declare here.
We, as her, are inside the cage."

---(A note of Michele Malebranche, a left behind fragment of a poem)---

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Last from the Elysion ~Prelude to Paradise~ album: the ever-catchy Yield.

An only daughter diligently sows seeds
A past that cannot be changed, a future that will never arrive

With an infertile deed, would you smile?
In that case, you must be content ...

Beneath the lingering snow, spring waits
Once summer passes, it will be a ripe autumn ...

Harvest, harvest. It yields the 'fruit'
La la latest harvest. It yields the 'sweets'

For just one night, I don't mind a dream (an affair)

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>>1956765
Why do people fall in love and meet at appropriate seasons?
Ah ... Dad ... Mom ...
“--Even so, I want to become happy ...”

Sweets La La Sweets La La bright red 'fruits'
If it can't be picked, it just needs to be reaped ...
Sweets La La Sweets La La bright red 'fruits'
Ahh ... but isn't that a neck ...?

"Two women, one man. Which is the most unhappy?
A fallen berry ... the sound of something tumbling
A balanced number ... the sound of something pulled

3 - 1 + 1 - 2

[Anonymous No.]

Am I the only one who gets confused by these?

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>>1956793
They're pretty confusing by nature, with the way Revo adores metaphors - I find it helps to listen to the songs while reading, and watching the live performances.

[Anonymous No.]

What's Eru no rakuen about?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXAi0Oi-mzY

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>>1956827
Thanks for providing these by the way.

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>>1956793
Haha, nope. There are a lot of interpretations for different songs, and I think Revo encourages that.

Personally, here's what I think goes on in the Elysion ~Prelude to Paradise~ songs:

Ark: Soror and Frater are siblings who are part of some human experimentation project. Soror is brainwashed into thinking that the "Ark", a knife, will save her, and after somehow being betrayed by Frater, kills him with the knife, intending to 'return to paradise'. The masked man at the end links to the Elysion ~Paradise Illusion Story Suite~, and there's a doujin for Ark that better explains it.

Tadoritsuku Uta: Luna is a blind minstrel singing about searching for her lost love, Endymion (Greek/Roman mythological references) with the song he composed for her before he left.

Koibito o Uchiotoshita Hi: Pretty straightforward - the man who shielded his lover from a demon on the day they met turns into a demon because of the wounds he sustained, and he asks her to be the one to kill him. She shoots him dead, and then herself.

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>>1956846
No problem. Glad to share them.

>>1956843
Damn, that video always freaks me out.

Anyway, "Eru no Rakuen [->side: E->]" ... To understand it best, you should also listen to the other songs on the Elysion side because they're all connected, but basically, the song starts out with Abyss, El's father, dying just after he makes it into their house.

El is a sickly girl who has a fascination with paradise, and for her upcoming birthday, Abyss was going to purchase her a picture book. Too far gone into her sickness, El doesn't realize that her father is dead and constantly questions him about paradise, falling into delusions and, as far as my interpretation goes, eventually dying herself.

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>>1956856
Rein no Sekai: ... Honestly, I have no idea what this song is about, exactly, other than a girl with a dog and if the girl opens her eyes, a monster will be released. I think another character is involved, someone running away from his problems and longing for all the things he once had, but other than that, I have no idea. I do find it amusing how it can be connected to "Hoshikuzu no Kawahimo", though.

Mahoutsukai Sarabanto: A fun spin on the usual Aladdin-esque story. A magician seeks to resurrect his lover with the power of the genie, and a shady old man 'helps' him out. However, he is trapped, and while unconscious, his late lover tells him to move on. He wakes up to find the female genie, takes his lover's advice and decides to wish her free and take her with him on his journey.

Raijin no Keifu: Kind of a sequel to a song in the Chronicle album. One of the last descendants of the God of Thunder is outcast, and the only one that treats him well is the village chief's daughter, whom he falls in love with. He berates himself for it, though, especially since she's supposed to be married off on her 16th birthday. However, on that day, enemies summon a monster that can only be defeated by someone with the blood of the God of Thunder. The boy steps up, even though it might cost him his right arm, but the girl adds her power and together, they defeat the monster. The one telling the story, presumably, is the girl, who married the boy and continued the line of the God of Thunder, as evident by her grandson.

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>>1956928
Ori no Naka no Hana: Michele Malebranche is a stage actress who's been murdering people since she was a little girl, starting with her father. Eventually, they found her body atop the corpses of her victims, and Christophe declares that she trapped herself inside a cage that continues even after her death. Check out "Norowareshi Houseki" for an interesting story of her curse beyond the grave.

Yield: Possibly the most confusing song in this album, with regards to what exactly happened. Basically, the daughter is in love with her father, but is in conflict over it, and her desire to become happy eventually leads her to kill someone. The greatest argument is over what the "equation" means: 3 - 1 + 1 - 2.

[Anonymous No.]

got links to the cds?

[Anonymous No.]

Wow. I'm really intrigued by all these, do you call them "back-stories" ?
Can someone provide the music downloads as well ?
Thanks !

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>>1956965
>>1956968
/rs/ has most of them up for direct download - everything from "Elysion ~Rakuen e no Zensōkyoku~" (Prelude to Paradise) onwards, except for the "Shounen wa Tsurugi wo ..." single, I think.

[Anonymous No.]

what are the titles of their releases?

[Anonymous No.]

Prelude to Paradise is a bad album to look for translations of because it's basically a compilation of songs Revo did as a doujin artist re-released after he got on a major label.

Meaning they are all taken out of context.

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>>1956965
>>1956968

Have some cool free DDL links.

http://anet.kayin.nl/music/

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>>1957020
Somewhat chronologically:

"Chronicle"
"Thanatos"
"Lost"
"Pico Magic"
"Pico Magic Reloaded"
"Chronicle 2nd"

"Elysion ~Rakuen he no Zensoukyoku~" (Elysion ~Prelude to Paradise~)
"Elysion ~Rakuen Gensou Monogatari Kumikyoku~" (Elysion ~Paradise Illusion Story Suite~)
"Shounen wa Tsurugi wo..." (The Boy with the Sword)
"Roman"
"Seisen no Iberia" (Holy War of Iberia)

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>>1957082
Hm. I always thought it was odd that it was the only album whose songs weren't related to each other, though I kinda assumed that it was related to the next album.

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>>1958653
Nope, all the songs are taken from earlier doujin releases.

1. Ark - technically from Elysion proper, but looking at the pico magic albums you'll see revo'd been working on that song for a while.
2. Tadoritsuku Uta - track 3 on Chronicle 2nd
3. Koibito wo Uchiotoshita Hi - track 3 on Lost
4. Rein no Sekai - track 7 on Pico Magic Reloaded
5. Mahōtsukai Sarabanto - track 4 on Lost
6. Raijin no Keifu - track 17 on Chronicle 2nd
7. Ori no Naka no Hana - track 4 on Pico Magic Reloaded
8. Yield - like Ark, this was probably in production when he got picked up by a major label. Majo to LaFrench from Elysion also was. (Fuck you I am not going to come up with a better romanization of ラフレンツェ just for you.)