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時は奏でる陰鬱な大時計蒸気の帳で無我夢中 Time plays a melancholy grand clock, lost in a veil of steam 00:44

金塊を蓄えて聳える摩天楼で毎夜のマスカレード Every night a masquerade in skyscrapers towering with gold bullion 00:49

錆びた真鍮に金箔を施した幻想の大都市は崩れ堕ち The gilded fantasy metropolis, with rusted brass, crumbles and falls 01:00

哀れ黄金期の代償と王女はこの世を嘆いた Alas, the princess lamented this world as the price of its golden age 01:05

虚栄で身体を飾り立てるロマネスク Romanesque, adorning bodies with vanity 01:11

焼かれて初めて裸になるの Only when burned do we become naked 01:21

星座(ほし)からの啓示を読み解ければ If you can decipher the revelation from the constellations 01:31

更なる世界へと導かれる You will be guided to a further world 01:37

原初明かす記されたるコトバ「終焉(おわ)るセカイ」 The written word revealing the origin: "The world that ends" 01:42

末路示す秘められたるコトバ「興(おこ)るセカイ」 The hidden word showing the end: "The world that rises" 01:48

揺れる炎宇宙元素エーテル Flickering flame, cosmic element, ether 01:53

虚空輪廻対のアカシャ Void, reincarnation, paired Akashas 01:58

眠る生命(いのち)アストラルの幻影 Sleeping life, astral phantoms 02:17

リピカ綴る自己のイデア Repika weaves, the idea of self 02:21

空中庭園の古びた羊皮紙は父の遺した桂花の薫り The old parchment in the hanging garden, the fragrance of osmanthus left by father 02:23

滲むインクは今際に認(したた)めた最期のメッセージ The blurring ink, a final message written at death's door 02:28

賢き娘よ我が時代は終わる Wise daughter, my era is ending 02:38

暗澹の未来を紡いでおくれ Spin the dark future for me 02:44

誰も皆容易(たやす)く地位も名誉も Everyone easily wants position and honor 02:48

欲しがっては零落(おちぶ)れる成れの果てか Is the result a fall, a tragic end? 02:54

原初明かす記されたるコトバ「終焉(おわ)るセカイ」 The written word revealing the origin: "The world that ends" 02:59

末路示す秘められたるコトバ「興(おこ)るセカイ」 The hidden word showing the end: "The world that rises" 03:05

揺れる炎宇宙元素エーテル Flickering flame, cosmic element, ether 03:10

虚空輪廻対のアカシャ Void, reincarnation, paired Akashas 03:13

眠る生命(いのち)アストラルの幻影 Sleeping life, astral phantoms 03:16

リピカ綴る自己のイデア Repika weaves, the idea of self 03:18

神の存在が我らを惑わす The existence of God beguiles us 03:32

求めて縋り崇めば救う If you seek, cling to, and worship, you will be saved 03:36

いつしか人は進化を止めた Before we knew it, humanity stopped evolving 03:39

篝火に揺らめく装飾の馬車 A decorated carriage flickering in the bonfire 03:52

黄金の蒸気で術中を照らせ Illuminate the spell with golden steam 03:57

星座(ほし)からの啓示を読み解ければ If you can decipher the revelation from the constellations 04:02

更なる世界へと導かれる You will be guided to a further world 04:07

原初明かす記されたるコトバ「終焉(おわ)るセカイ」 The written word revealing the origin: "The world that ends" 04:13

末路示す秘められたるコトバ「興(おこ)るセカイ」 The hidden word showing the end: "The world that rises" 04:18

揺れる炎宇宙元素エーテル Flickering flame, cosmic element, ether 04:24

虚空輪廻対のアカシャ Void, reincarnation, paired Akashas 04:27

眠る生命(いのち)アストラルの幻影 Sleeping life, astral phantoms 04:29

リピカ綴る自己のイデア Repika weaves, the idea of self 04:32

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時は奏でる陰鬱な大時計蒸気の帳で無我夢中

Time plays a melancholy grand clock, lost in a veil of steam

金塊を蓄えて聳える摩天楼で毎夜のマスカレード

Every night a masquerade in skyscrapers towering with gold bullion

錆びた真鍮に金箔を施した幻想の大都市は崩れ堕ち

The gilded fantasy metropolis, with rusted brass, crumbles and falls

哀れ黄金期の代償と王女はこの世を嘆いた

Alas, the princess lamented this world as the price of its golden age

虚栄で身体を飾り立てるロマネスク

Romanesque, adorning bodies with vanity

焼かれて初めて裸になるの

Only when burned do we become naked

星座(ほし)からの啓示を読み解ければ

If you can decipher the revelation from the constellations

更なる世界へと導かれる

You will be guided to a further world

原初明かす記されたるコトバ「終焉(おわ)るセカイ」

The written word revealing the origin: "The world that ends"

末路示す秘められたるコトバ「興(おこ)るセカイ」

The hidden word showing the end: "The world that rises"

揺れる炎宇宙元素エーテル

Flickering flame, cosmic element, ether

虚空輪廻対のアカシャ

Void, reincarnation, paired Akashas

眠る生命(いのち)アストラルの幻影

Sleeping life, astral phantoms

リピカ綴る自己のイデア

Repika weaves, the idea of self

空中庭園の古びた羊皮紙は父の遺した桂花の薫り

The old parchment in the hanging garden, the fragrance of osmanthus left by father

滲むインクは今際に認(したた)めた最期のメッセージ

The blurring ink, a final message written at death's door

賢き娘よ我が時代は終わる

Wise daughter, my era is ending

暗澹の未来を紡いでおくれ

Spin the dark future for me

誰も皆容易(たやす)く地位も名誉も

Everyone easily wants position and honor

欲しがっては零落(おちぶ)れる成れの果てか

Is the result a fall, a tragic end?

原初明かす記されたるコトバ「終焉(おわ)るセカイ」

The written word revealing the origin: "The world that ends"

末路示す秘められたるコトバ「興(おこ)るセカイ」

The hidden word showing the end: "The world that rises"

揺れる炎宇宙元素エーテル

Flickering flame, cosmic element, ether

虚空輪廻対のアカシャ

Void, reincarnation, paired Akashas

眠る生命(いのち)アストラルの幻影

Sleeping life, astral phantoms

リピカ綴る自己のイデア

Repika weaves, the idea of self

神の存在が我らを惑わす

The existence of God beguiles us

求めて縋り崇めば救う

If you seek, cling to, and worship, you will be saved

いつしか人は進化を止めた

Before we knew it, humanity stopped evolving

篝火に揺らめく装飾の馬車

A decorated carriage flickering in the bonfire

黄金の蒸気で術中を照らせ

Illuminate the spell with golden steam

星座(ほし)からの啓示を読み解ければ

If you can decipher the revelation from the constellations

更なる世界へと導かれる

You will be guided to a further world

原初明かす記されたるコトバ「終焉(おわ)るセカイ」

The written word revealing the origin: "The world that ends"

末路示す秘められたるコトバ「興(おこ)るセカイ」

The hidden word showing the end: "The world that rises"

揺れる炎宇宙元素エーテル

Flickering flame, cosmic element, ether

虚空輪廻対のアカシャ

Void, reincarnation, paired Akashas

眠る生命(いのち)アストラルの幻影

Sleeping life, astral phantoms

リピカ綴る自己のイデア

Repika weaves, the idea of self

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Key Vocabulary

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Vocabulary	Meanings
時 /とき/ B1	noun - time
奏でる /かなでる/ B2	verb - to play (a musical instrument)
陰鬱 /いんうつ/ C1	adjective - gloomy, morose
時計 /とけい/ A2	noun - clock, watch
蒸気 /じょうき/ B2	noun - steam
幻想 /げんそう/ B2	noun - fantasy, illusion
崩れる /くずれる/ B2	verb - to collapse, to break down
代償 /だいしょう/ C1	noun - compensation, recompense
嘆く /なげく/ B2	verb - to lament, to sigh
虚栄 /きょえい/ C1	noun - vanity, conceit
身体 /しんたい/ A2	noun - body
飾る /かざる/ B2	verb - to decorate
ロマネスク /ろまねすく/ C2	noun - Romanesque (art/architecture)
星座 /せいざ/ A2	noun - constellation

Key Grammar Structures

時は奏でる陰鬱な大時計蒸気の帳で無我夢中

➔ The particle "は" indicates the topic of the sentence, emphasizing 'time'.

➔ The "は" particle marks the topic of the sentence, highlighting what the sentence is about.
崩れ堕ち

➔ The verb "崩れる" (kuzureru) in the potential form, meaning 'to collapse' or 'to break down'.

➔ The verb "崩れる" is used here in a form indicating possibility or potential, implying something can collapse or break apart.
読み解ければ

➔ Conditional form "～ば" attached to the verb "読み解く" (to interpret), meaning "if you can interpret".

➔ The "～ば" form expresses a conditional, meaning 'if/when you can interpret'.
終焉(おわ)るセカイ

➔ The verb "終える" in its dictionary form "終わる" meaning 'to end' or 'to finish'.

➔ The verb "終わる" means "to end" and is used here to indicate that the world is coming to an end.
興(おこ)るセカイ

➔ The verb "起きる" in its potential form "起こる" meaning 'to occur' or 'to arise'.

➔ The potential form "起こる" expresses the possibility of something occurring or coming into existence.
リピカ綴る自己のイデア

➔ Verb "綴る" (tsudzuru) in its basic form meaning 'to compose' or 'to inscribe'.

➔ The verb "綴る" means "to compose" or "to inscribe" and is used here metaphorically to mean constructing one's idea.