Текст и перевод песни ALI PROJECT - 薔薇架刑

薔薇架刑

もしもわたしが
仄蒼き薔薇(そうび)なら
肉体(からだ)は綻ぶ花でしょう

添い寝する駒鳥たち
刺で抱きしめ
甘き蜜を引きかえに
生き血を注がせ赤く赤く
月を浴びて燦燦と
盛りの刻を立ち止まらせて
祈りのように 呪いのように
開いた花唇の奥底で唄う

そうまでもして
咲き誇るのかと
問うなかれ

もしもわたしが
野に咲いた薔薇なら
心は蠢くその根でしょう

土深くに亡骸を
幾つ数えて
闇に染みし濁る夜露
貧り尽くし吸い尽くして
朱い茎を昇りつめ
光の在処 探りつづける
天女のように 獣のように
堕ちていく場処は墓穴と知れど

それほどまでに
愛したいのかと
問うなかれ

枝を巡り 葉を滲ませ
自らの身を架刑とせん
月に潜み煌煌と
わたしは薔薇でわたしは女
呪いのように 祈りのように
秘する想いは薫りつつ爛れ

そうしてなおも
生きてゆくのかと
問いながら

Rose Crucifixion

If I were
A pale rose
My body would be a blooming flower

The songbirds that lie with me
I would embrace with thorns
In exchange for their sweet nectar
I would make them bleed, red and red
Bathed in moonlight, I would glitter
And stop the moment of my greatest beauty
Like a prayer, like a curse
I would sing in the depths of my open petals

Is it so
That I bloom thus?
Do not ask

If I were
A rose blooming in the field
My heart would be its writhing roots

In the depths of the earth, I would count
The number of corpses
The dark, murky dew, stained with darkness
I would suck it all up, until I was nothing
I would climb my crimson stem
And search for the light
Like a celestial maiden, like a beast
Though I know my fall will be into the grave

Is it so
That I love thus?
Do not ask

I would spread my branches and leaves
And make my body a crucifixion
Hidden in the moonlight, I would shine
I am a rose, and I am a woman
Like a curse, like a prayer
My secret thoughts rot while they perfume the air

And still
You ask if I will go on living
As I question it myself