百合と夜鶯 - ALI PROJECT traduction en anglais

百合と夜鶯

月に羽根を染めた
夜鶯が舞い降り
馨しき憂いの百合へと
問いかける
何故あなたは
夜毎 花を濡らして
美しい宵を
ただ泣いて過ごすの？
それは恋しい人が
娘を抱くから
やさしく触れた指が
忘れられずに
枯れるだけのこの身が
哀れで悲しい
あの人の胸のなか
香れるならば
一夜の命も惜しまぬのに
百合は答え甘く慄える
森の苔の褥
彷徨うのは娘
葉末の間から
夜鶯は訊ねる
何故あなたは
ひとり暗い小径を
茨に血を流し
迷い込んだの？
それは恋しい人が
去って行ったから
移ろい変わるものは
時だけじゃなく
人の愛と心と
知ってしまったの
愛しい腕のなかに
戻れぬならば
もう夢の欠片も見えぬでしょう
長い髪に薄闇が散る
やがて娘は
朽ちた百合の根元に
倒れてその目蓋を
閉じて動かない
乱れるように開く
花の底から
黄金の花粉は降り注ぐ
移ろい揺らぐものが
儚いのなら
清らかなまま昇る
魂はどこへ
白い墓標の上で
囀る夜鶯は
天使の翼に憧れて
一晩中
羽搏きました

Lily and Nightingale

With moonlit wings,
The nightingale descends,
To the fragrant lily laden with grief.
He inquires,
"Why do you,
Drench your petals every night,
Wasting your fragrant beauty,
In endless weeping?"
"It's because my beloved,
Embraces another,
His gentle touch, ever present,
Haunts my memory,"
Replies the fading lily,
"My fate is pitiful and sad."
"If only I could,
Bloom within his heart,
I'd gladly sacrifice my fleeting life.
The lily trembles, her answer sweet.
"In a woodland sanctuary,
A maiden wanders,
Through the verdant canopy,
The nightingale questions,
"Why do you,
Tread this gloomy path alone,
Your flesh torn by thorns,
Lost in the labyrinth?"
"Because my beloved,
Forsook me,
And in the ebb and flow of life,
'Tis not only time that changes,
But love and hearts as well,"
Confides the maiden,
"If I can no longer reside,
Within his loving embrace,
My dreams shall forever elude me.
Twilight descends upon her flowing hair,
And finally,
At the roots of the withered lily,
She collapses, her eyelids,
Closing in eternal slumber.
Wildly, petals unfurl,
From the flower's depths,
A golden shower of pollen descends.
"If all that is transient,
Is but ephemeral,
May our souls ascend in purity,"
To realms unknown.
Upon her snowy tomb,
The nightingale sings,
Yearning for angelic wings,
And throughout the night,
His melodies resound.