Shoujo Kakumei Utena "Warera Mizukara wo Suteta Datenshi Nari" "We Who Have Cast Ourselves Aside Become Fallen Angels" 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.2.3 © Verthandi [verthandi13@hotmail.com] "warera senaka ni hane no ato no aru kimagure tenshi nari" "With the traces of wings on our backs, We become capricious angels." hito no ko to omou yue koso hito no ko no na wo nanori hito no ko to omou yue koso hito no ko no sekai ni todomarite nazo maku chie ni ware wa ware wo wasuretekita The children of Man For the reason of feeling, Named with the names of the children of Man. The children of Man For the reason of feeling, Remained in the world of the children of Man. With such riddle-sowing wisdom, We forgot ourselves on the way. tenkai no ichizoku ni seinaru tsubasa, kiriwatashi ten yori wachishi, reimei no ko ware wa kimagure de ikiru mono By the host of Heaven, our Holy wings: severed, delivered; Fallen from Providence, we Children of Dawn, We are ones who live capriciously. "ware no minarazu hito wa mina mizukara wo suteta datenshi nari" "We who do not take example have all Cast ourselves aside to become fallen angels." SERIPIMU KERUBIMU TORONE shuken chikara nouryoku Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones. Sovereignity, Power, Faculty. "ware no minarazu hito wa mina mizukara wo suteta datenshi nari" "We who do not take example have all Cast ourselves aside to become fallen angels." SUKORA no jidai no kurayami ni hibiki watatta tenshiteki hakase DOKUTORU ANGERIKUSU (TOMASU AQUINASU no sho) mo ima ya fuzai unari sakenda shitenshi hakase DOKUTORU SERAPIKUSU (BONAVENTURA no tenshi no ron) mo guu guu guu...... An echo crossed over, Into the darkness of the age of schola. Angelic Doctorate: Doctor Angelics (Thomas Aquinas' book), now absent, Gave forth a great roar. Seraphic Doctorate: Doctor Seraphics (Bonaventura's discourse on angels) also growled mightily. "ware no minarazu hito wa mina mizukara wo suteta datenshi nari" "We who do not take example have all Cast ourselves aside to become fallen angels." seisho IZAYA EZEKIERU MOOZA SOROMON kyuuyaku jidai Holy Scripture, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Moses, Solomon, the age of Old Testament. "ware wa watashi ASSHIRIA SARUGON oukyuu KANAKERIBU oukyuu no chouzou shikaru ni hyoushiki TOOTEMUPOORU shinpi fushigi seiseitai shikaru ni ware wa watashi datenshi" I am myself, Assyria. The palaces of Sargon and Sennacherib's statues; The particular mark on the totem pole. Mystery, wonderous Eucharist; However, I am myself a fallen angel. yotsu no tsubasa yotsu no hishou MANDORURA shugo naru kimi yotsu no atama wa chuushin MATAI (ningen) migi no YOHANE (washi) hidari no MARUKO (shishi) shita no RUKA (oushi) sara ni, warera wa yotsu no sharin motsu Four wings and four wings, Mandorla; thou guardian. Our four heads are Matthias at the center (the man) Iohannes on the right (the eagle) Marco on the left (the lion) And Luca beneath (the bull). Furthermore, we carry four wheels. aa, umare sora yue boukyou nashi aa, soshite, sono keishiki wa hate naru mukashi kara tenshitekina shikou no ura ni naru Shizuka naru meisou nari Ah, for the sky-birth, I am not homesick. Ah, therefore, That form has become From antiquity, End; Reverse of angelic thought; Quiet mediation. --- Translator's Notes: Seraphim - A celestial being having three pairs of wings; one of the first order of angels. [from the American Heritage College Dictionary] Cherubim - A winged celestial being; one of the second order of angels. [from the American Heritage College Dictionary] Thrones - One of the third order of angels. There are nine orders in all. [from the American Heritage College Dictionary] Sargon - Sharru-kin, Sargon II, King of Assyria (721-705 BC), father of Sennacherib. Sargon conquered other lands to prove the might of Ashur, the god of the Assyrian Empire. http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/8/0,5716,67468+1+65775,00.html Sennacherib - Akkadian Sin-akhkheeriba, King of Assyria (705-681 BC), son of Sargon II. According to legend, an angel of God decimated Sennacherib's army. The legend, which may have its basis in a plague that occurred during his Palestinian campaign, inspired Lord Byron to write "The Destruction of Sennacherib." http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/5/0,5716,68495+1+66770,00.html http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/poems/byron1b.html Eucharist - A Christian sacrament in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed in rememberance of the death of Christ. [from the American Heritage College Dictionary] Guu, guu, guu - The onomatopoeic sound of a growl is GUUGUU. But instead of using the typical katakana, Seazer uses a kanji that signifies implication, suggestion, or allegory. Mandorla - a medieval Christian artistic convention by which an oval or almond-shaped area or series of lines surrounds a deity, most commonly Christ. The mandorla is thought to have derived from either Greek or Roman prototypes. Figures of deities were sometimes placed within semicircular outlines on Greek vases. The Romans surrounded portrait busts with medallions and shields. One of the earliest known uses of the mandorla in Christian iconography occurs in the 5th-century mosaics in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome. The principal applications of the mandorla, also sometimes termed aureole or vesica pisces, were in paintings depicting the Transfiguration, the Ascension, the Last Judgment, the Harrowing of Hell, and in symbolic portrayals of the evangelists and Christ in Majesty. The Virgin Mary and the major angels were also shown enclosed in a mandorla. The convention, like that of the halo, was discontinued during the Renaissance. [from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition] Matthias, Iohannes, Marco, Luca - also known as Matthew, John, Mark, and Luke. The four writers of the four Christian Gospels, listed here with their respective allegorical symbols.