2014/12/30

Prolog to SU-METAL's Birthday Celebration 2

Included in "LIVE - LEGEND 1999 & 1997 APOCALYPSE" (released on 2014 Oct. 29th),
played in Legend "1997" concert on 2013 Dec. 21st.

Prologue to SU-METAL's Birthday Celebration   on 2013 Dec. 21st

The Second Impact. It was in the winter of 1997.
It was the birth of a new warrioress who transcends the law of nature, "SU-METAL".
Charged with the mission of the Metal Resistance, in exchange for her own life,
she waged a battle in the legendary "special night of fifteen".
Executing the Metal Resistance in many music festivals in 2013,
SU-METAL made the legends one after another.
Before the birth of a new goddess, she returned beside the holy mother.
The holy mother said,
"A soul is repeated. Return to me, tracing your memory..."



  ROMAJI TRANSCRIPTION AND NOTES ARE BELOW.


Prologue to SU-METAL's Birthday Celebration   on 2013 Dec. 21st

Romaji TranscriptionEnglish TranslationNotes
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Sekando Inpakuto. Sore wa sen-kyuuhyaku-kyuujuu-nana nen no fuyu. The Second Impact. It was in the winter of 1997.2
Kono yo no kotowari o koeta arata-na senshi  "SU-METAL" no tanjoo de atta. It was the birth of a new warrioress who transcends the law of nature, "SU-METAL".3
Metaru Rejisutansu no shimei o seoi mizukara no inochi to hikikae ni Charged with the mission of the Metal Resistance, in exchange for her own life,4
tatakai ni idonda densetsu no "ichigo no yoru". she waged a battle in the legendary "special night of fifteen".
Nisen-juu-san nen ikuta no saiten de Metaru Rejisutansu o suikoo shi Executing the Metal Resistance in many music festivals in 2013,
tsugitsugi to rejendo o umidashita SU-METAL wa SU-METAL made the legends one after another.
arata-naru megami no tanjoo o mae ni sei-naru haha no moto e to kaetta no da. Before the birth of a new goddess, she returned beside the holy mother.
Sei-naru haha wa itta, The holy mother said,
"Tamashii wa kurikaesareru. Watashi ni kaeri nasai..., kioku o tadori..." "A soul is repeated. Return to me, tracing your memory..."
 

Notes

  1. The BGM is an arrangement of Edward Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance #1" a.k.a. "Land of Hope and Glory". It was playbacked also in Legend "D" & "1999" for SU-METAL's & YUIMETAL's Birthday Celebration.
  2. The "Second Impact" is the fictional meteorite impact happening on 2000 Sep. 13 in the anime "Neon Genesis EVANGELION". SU-METAL's birth may have made an impact equal to it.
  3. This "kotowari" means "logos" of the ancient philosophies rather than mere "physical laws" of the world. I dropped "kono yo no" (= of this world) since "the law of nature of this world" seems redundant.
  4. "--- to hikikae ni" is equivalent to "in exchange for ---", but both sound strange here. Probably 'he' wanted to mean "--- o gisei ni shite" which is equivalent to "by the sacrifice of ---" or something.

2 comments :

  1. Du Enki-san

    A link to "Soul's Refrain" Legend 1997 with English captioned introduction using your translations--
    https://youtu.be/A-nx7qwYeJM

    Cheers and ありがとうございました

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    1. Thank you for subtitling & uploading. I want Miss Suzuka to sing many good songs.

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