Baptize – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Yousei Teikoku

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the powerful and evocative world of Yousei Teikoku with their song "Baptize." This track, featured as the opening for the anime "The Qwaser of Stigmata," offers a glimpse into gothic metal with lyrics that delve into complex emotions and spiritual searching, providing a unique way to engage with themes of redemption and divine intervention.

[English]

When the winter buds bloom

The color of the sky shines silver

The atmosphere trembles, the wind scatters the petals

Blowing them away like feathers

Inviting, beckoning to his place

The golden shining paradise

Swallows everything, heaven or hell

In the frozen moment

Enduring loneliness, who are you waiting for?

Oh God, am I a sin?

What do those azure eyes reflect?

Even ancient tales cannot stir him

Beneath the deep, deep ice

A newly born sacred light

Please guide him

Clinging to life, begging for forgiveness

The dew of grace sent from heaven

Is it mercy that drinks it all or malice?

With thoughts of decay

Who do I entrust my hope for life to?

Oh God, grant me redemption

The cold air covering the white earth

Drops the stained red impurity deep in my eyes

The pain of a deadly struggle that takes and takes

I lost someone dear

Knowing the pain of the end

In the melted moment

Embracing loneliness, waiting for the morning

Oh God, reveal the truth to me

What do those red eyes forgive?

Turning the raging storm in my heart into a blade of iron

As the weight of sin spreads

Increasing the density of my prayers

In the name of resolve, I admonish, Baptize

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[Japanese]

冬の蕾花咲く頃

空の色は銀に輝く

大気は奮え風は花弁を

羽根のように吹き散らす

誘い誘え彼の場所へと

金に輝く桃源郷は

全て飲み込む天か地獄か

凍ったままの刻の中

孤独に耐えて誰を待つ

神よ私は罪ですか

碧い瞳は何を映すの

古の物語でも彼を奮わせられない

深く深い氷の下には

生まれたての聖なる光

どうか彼を導いて

生に縋り赦しを乞い

天の遣わす恵みの露

全て飲み干す慈悲か悪意か

堕落した思考のまま

生きる希望誰に託す

神よ私に贖いを

白い大地を覆う冷気は

染みついた赤い穢れを瞳の奥に堕とす

奪い奪う死闘の痛みは

大切な人を失くした

終末の痛みと知る

融けた刻の中

孤独を抱いて朝を待つ

神よ私に真実を

赤い瞳は何を赦すの

吹き荒ぶ胸の嵐を鉄の刃に変えて

背負う罪が広がる速さに

祈りの密度を高めて

覚悟の名で誡めてBaptize

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
冬 /fuyu/ A2	noun - winter
蕾 /tsubomi/ B1	noun - bud (flower)
花 /hana/ A1	noun - flower
咲く /saku/ A2	verb - to bloom
空 /sora/ A1	noun - sky
色 /iro/ A2	noun - color
輝く /kagayaku/ B1	verb - to shine, to glitter
大気 /taiki/ B2	noun - atmosphere
風 /kaze/ A1	noun - wind
花弁 /kaben/ C1	noun - petal (of a flower)
羽根 /hane/ B2	noun - wing, feather
誘い /sasoi/ C2	noun - invitation, lure
場所 /basho/ A2	noun - place, location
桃源郷 /tōgenkyō/ C2	noun - Utopian land of peach blossoms, paradise
飲み込む /nomikomu/ B2	verb - to swallow

Key Grammar Structures

• 冬の蕾花咲く頃

  ➔ Noun + の + Noun + Verb (when something happens)

  ➔ This structure indicates a time frame, meaning 'when the buds bloom in winter'.

• 神よ私は罪ですか

  ➔ Noun + よ + Subject + Verb + か (questioning)

  ➔ This structure is used to ask a question, meaning 'God, am I a sinner?'

• 孤独に耐えて誰を待つ

  ➔ Verb + に + Noun + Verb (indicating purpose or reason)

  ➔ This structure indicates the purpose of enduring loneliness, meaning 'enduring loneliness to wait for someone'.

• 生に縋り赦しを乞い

  ➔ Verb + に + Noun + Verb (indicating a request)

  ➔ This structure indicates a request for forgiveness, meaning 'clinging to life and begging for forgiveness'.

• 堕落した思考のまま

  ➔ Verb + た + Noun + の + まま (indicating a state or condition)

  ➔ This structure indicates a state of being, meaning 'remaining in a state of fallen thoughts'.

• 覚悟の名で誡めてBaptize

  ➔ Noun + の + Noun + で + Verb (indicating a means or method)

  ➔ This structure indicates the means by which something is done, meaning 'by the name of resolve, I baptize'.