I've been meaning to get to these for a while. While not itself featured in Atelier Iris 3, this song continues from Weiß～幻想への誘い～, and leads into the extended version of the gane's opening theme, schwarzweiß ～霧の向こうに繋がる世界～. The three fit together as movements of a single piece, and the final song contains verses that complete the first two.
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Vocals: Composition: Lyrics / Arrangement: |
霜月はるか / Revo 霜月はるか Revo |
Haruka Shimotsuki / Revo Haruka Shimotsuki Revo |
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| Japanese | Romanization | Translation |
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| Ominous intro with rowing noises and "ah"s, ~51 seconds | ||
| 蒼く月映す水面に漕ぎ出した 白く小さな手は不器用に櫂を手繰り 昏く森を閉ざすように纏う霧は深くなる…… |
Aoku tsuki utsusu minamo ni kogi dashita Shiroku chiisa na te wa bukiyou ni kai wo taguri Kuraku mori wo tozasu you ni matou kiri wa fukaku naru...... |
She began rowing on water that reflected a pale moon, Her small white hands clumsily stroking the oars. The engulfing mist grows thicker as though to close off the forest in darkness...... |
| 辿りつきたる岸辺に咲ける花は―― 鮮やかに腐す1程に仄甘く―― |
Tadoritsuki taru kishibe ni sakeru hana wa—— Azayaka ni fusu1 hodo ni hono amaku—— |
The flowers able to bloom on the shore she reaches—— Are faintly sweet, moreso the more vibrantly they cause rot1—— |
| 「追憶ノ鎖ニ繋ガレタママ 父親2ヲ追イ駈ケ彷徨ウガイイ……」3 |
"Tsuioku NO kusari NI tsunaGARETA MAMA niGERUmono2 WO oIkaKE samayoU GA II......"3 |
"RemAIn bOUnd iN cHaINs oF rEMiniSCEnCe As yOu wANdEr iN puRSUit Of yOuR fLEeINg fATheR2......"3 |
| 少女惑ワス森ノ声ハ 奥ヘト誘イ込ム |
Shoujo madoWASU mori NO koe WA oku E TO sasoIkoMU |
ThE miSLeaDINg voICe oF tHe foREst LuRes thE giRL DeEPer. |
| 死と月明かりにくちづけ踊る蝶は―― 鮮やかに舞う程に仄紅く―― |
Shi to tsuki akari ni kuchidzuke odoru cho wa—— Azayaka ni mau hodo ni hono akaku—— |
The butterflies that kiss death and moonlight in their dance—— Are faintly red, moreso the more vibrantly they cavort—— |
| 「追憶ノ揺リ籠ニ揺ラレナガラ 望ム幻想4ニ抱カレ朽チ果テルガイイ……」 |
"Tsuioku NO yuRIkago NI yuRARE NAGARA nozoMU yume4 NI daKARE kuCHIhaTERU GA II......" |
"Be rOCkeD iN a cRaDLe oF rEMiniSCEnCe As yOu rOT aWAy iN tHe arMs Of thE dReAM4 yOu deSIrE......" |
| Sounds of a collapse. Interlude ~17 seconds | ||
| ――薄れゆく意識が見せた 懐かしい幼き日の幻影5 → 【散らばった歪な木片6を 崩さないように積み上げる遊戯】 ← 何度も上手く積もうとしたんだ―― そうだ…泣かないよ… 『約束7』したから…… |
——usure yuku ishiki ga miseta natsukashii osanaki hi no maboroshi5 → 【Chirabatta ibitsu na kakera6 wo kuzusanai you ni tsumiageru yuugi】 ← nan do mo umaku tsumou to shita n da—— Sou da... nakanai yo... 『yubikiri7』 shita kara...... |
——her fading consciousness showed her visions5 of precious childhood days → 【A game of stacking irregular scattered wood chips6 so they won't fall】 ← she tried over and over to stack them well—— That's right... I won't cry... after all, I promised7...... |
| Closing ~37 seconds, with intermittent "ah"s at first, then leading directly, if abruptly, into the next track. | ||
1 腐す (normally kusasu, to speak ill of) is given the nonstandard reading ふす (fusu), using the on-yomi of the kanji. The meaning appears to match the archaic verb 腐す (kutasu) or the modern 腐らす (kusarasu), both of which roughly transate to "cause rot". Are these flowers some kind of fungus? It seems to fit given how much "death" imagery the song as a whole has.
2 The kanji 父親 (chichioya, father) are given the reading 逃ゲル者 (niGERU mono, person who flees).
3 Here and elsewhere, the unusual combination of kanji and katakana suggests an unnatural tone, though the song itself is sung normally. The lyrics booklet also inverts the colors, using black text on a white mistlike backdrop instead of the white on black it uses for the rest of the page. I've used a mostly random mix of upper- and lower-case letters to loosely imitate the effect.
4 The kanji 幻想 (gensou, fantasy) is given the reading ゆめ (yume, dream).
5 As in the first song, the more bookish kanji 幻影 (gen'ei) are given the more colloquial reading まぼろ (maboroshi), both of which roughly translate to "phantom" or "illusion".
6 The kanji 木片 (mokuhen, wood chip) are given the reading かけら (kakera, fragment).
7 The kanji 約束 (yakusoku, promise) are given the more childish reading 指切り (yubikiri, pinky swear).