Shoujo Kakumei Utena
"Heizoku Uchuu ni Fumetsu Koutei"
   "An Immortal Emperor in a Mundane Universe"
  Album: Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Tainai Tokei Toshi Orrery [KICA-387]
  Composition: J.A. Seazer
  Vocals: Tokyokonseigasshodan Engekijikkensitsu "Banyu-Inryoku"
  Translation v.1.o © Verthandi [verthandi@niji.or.jp]

seizon   kyoui   renkinjutsu
hikinzoku   kikinzoku
migi kara hidari
hajimari owari
hakai   shuryou   ranbu   shukuen

	Existance: wonderous alchemy
	Base metals; precious metals
	From right to left,
	Start to end,
	Destruction, the hunt, a frenetic dance, a celebration banquet

seitan   fukashi   renkinjutsu
jinkouteki   kumikae souchi
ue kara shita e
henkei ikei
shomotsu   tokumei   houjuu   kyoutai

	Birth: unviewable alchemy
	Apparatus of artificial recombination
	From top to bottom,
	A metamorphosis into a curious shape
	Books, anonimity, self-indulgence, wildness

sekai kawarazu (watashi)
watashi kawarazu
kawara   warazu
razuka   zukawa
kawarazu

	An unchanging world (I am)
	I am unchanging
	Ka Wa Ra Wa Ra Zu
	Ra Zu Ka Zu Ka Wa
	Unchanging

tomatte
tori to sakana ga karamawari
tomatte
tamago to BEDDO no damashiai
tomatte
fune to basha kara kodai mai
tomatte
umi to bakufu ni sakimawari

	It ends:
	The wasted labors of foul and fish
	It ends:
	The deceptive game of the egg and bed
	It ends:
	The ancient dance from the boat and carriage
	It ends:
	The anticipation of the sea and waterfall

KIRAKIRA   musou   YURAYURA   souzou
KARAKARA   kuusou   SERASERA   hassou
SARASARA   mousou   CHIRACHIRA   shikou
HIRAHIRA   soui   HARAHARA   kasou

	Glittering reverie, flickering imagination
	Parched vision, slithering expression
	Murmuring delusion, flittering thought
	Fluttering invention, trembling supposition

seitan fumetsu renkinjutsu
jikan kuukan uchuuran
tetsugaku suishou barajuuji
junketsu chouwa enkinhou

	Birth: immortal alchemy
	The cosmic egg of time and space
	Philosophic crystal, Rosicrucianism
	Purity, harmony, and perspective

watashi mirai kako genzai
watashi mirai kako genzai

	The future, past, and present me
	The future, past, and present me

KIRAKIRA   kigen   YURAYURA   kodoku
KARAKARA   meikyuu   SERASERA   jikuu
SARASARA   kaisou   CHIRACHIRA   kioku
HIRAHIRA   jouhatsu   HARAHARA   fumetsu

	Glittering origin, flickering solitude
	Parched labyrinth, slithering space-time
	Murmuring reminiscence, flittering memory
	Fluttering evaporation, trembling immortality

watashi mirai kako genzai
watashi mirai kako genzai

	The future, past, and present me
	The future, past, and present me

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Translator's Notes:

Rosicrucianism - Literally, "Cross of the Rose."  A 17th and 18th century movement devoted
to esoteric wisdom with emphasis on psychic and spiritual enlightenment.  The Rosicrucians
also studied alchemy. <http://www.rosicrucian.org/>

SERASERA - Apparently, this word imitates the other onomotopoeiac words in the song, but
has no meaning of its own. <http://www.duellists.tj/archives/utena-ml/2000-08/0046.html>
After reading some background articles on Japanese gitaigo, I chose to translate the word
as "slithering."  The "s" sound generally connotes quick, smooth, silent motion; the "e"
often connotes something unpleasant; and the "r" connotes something that flows.