Shoujo Kakumei Utena "Rekishi Bourou [Moji Sabaku]" "Historical Watchtower [Desert of Letters]" Album: Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Bara Tamago Sosei Roku Sophia - Chuusei yo Yomigaere! - Utinam reviviscat Medium Aevum! [KICA-467] Composition: J.A. Seazer Vocals: Tokyokonseigasshodan Engekijikkensitsu "Banyu-Inryoku" Translation v.1.3 © Verthandi [verthandi13@hotmail.com] shirobara akabara shouchou tokuchou shojo junkyouto no shomotsu, sunawachi, moji White rose, red rose; symbol and characters Virgin; books of the martyr, namely, letters fukuzatsu kouchi na shouchou, tokuchou tanjun junketsu juujika, sunawachi, moji Complex, exquisite symbols, characters Simple; chaste; the Holy Cross, namely, letters aa, eikyuu hyakka kakuu no shomotsu "FISHIOGUROSU" Ah, the many immortal objects of study The ficticious book: "Physiogolous" waga, higenjitsu chouryoubakko suzukuri, moete shinshite nao fukkatsu, moji Our faulty reality runs rampant: nesting, burning, Dying, it revives even still, letters. itan'ni ikyou kiseki no souzou muimi, hiimi kiwamete shinpi, moji Heretical child; strange land; miraculous creation Nonsense, countersense; exceedingly Mysterious, letters aa, fukashigi monogatari SORINUSU, PURINIUS "hakubutsushi" Ah, enigmatic stories Solinus and Pliny's "Historical Records" densetsu kidan shinwa setsuwa gensou kuusou zokugaku, sunawachi, moji Legend; adventure; myth; narrative Illusion; fancy; the secular school, namely, letters inmujosei danseimuma XX keishiki XY hen'i, moji Succubus; Incubus XX form; XY variation, letters aa, FOVERU monogatari VANSAN "mahou no kagami" Ah, Fovel's tales and Van Sant's "Magic Mirror" aa, HOMEROSU "ODUSSEIA" MANDIVARU hanshizen no monogatari Ah, Homer's "Odyssey" and Mandival's counternatural legends ----- Translator's Notes: Solinus - A third-century writer of geographic myth. He derived most of his "Collectanea rerum memorabilium" (Gallery of Wonders) from Pliny's respected "Historia naturalis" (Natural History), but focused on the sensational tales of monsterous beings. Plinius - Pliny the Elder, the first-century historian who wrote "Historia naturalis." Succubus - An evil spirit; a female demon that descends upon and has intercourse with sleeping men. Incubus - A nightmare; an evil spirit that descends upon and has intercourse with sleeping women.