len ~錬~ || Forge

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6 responses to “len ~錬~ || Forge”

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   空見りんき

   30 January 2017

   Hello. Thank you for your translation.

   I cannot figure out what the theme is.
   The theme might be 錬 as the title goes, but I cannot associate it to the lyrics.
   Do you have any idea?
   This is just a guess; I came to have an image that Doremy Sweet eats someone’s precious but sad dream.

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      releska

      31 January 2017

      When I listen to this song, I think of death. I think it follows a spirit along their journey from the land of the living to hell, perhaps using the dream world as a path to get there. In this case, I think Doremy is either the one who guides them, or the ‘ruler’ of hell. So, the person involved is being ‘forged’ into something different than what they were previously.

      I like the idea of eating someone’s dream, though. It’s interesting, and I must admit I didn’t think of it that way before. That’s what I like about shuriken’s lyrics – they mean something different to everyone 🙂

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         空見りんき

         31 January 2017

         Thank you for your reply.

         When I listen to this song, I feel cold. It may be similar to that you think of death.
         Your idea about ‘forge’ is interesting. ‘Forge’ should be the key to interpret the lyrics, but they are too vague…
         I wonder how the lyricist wrote this song.

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         Shuji

         22 January 2019

         Well then, here’s my “late to the party” interpretation:

         Firstly, for the title, rather than translating 錬 as “Forge” I’d use the word “Refinement”, which naturally brings about the word “Purification”.

         Looking at the lyrics from this perspective then, I’d assume that the song follows a person whose loved one have committed suicide. Haunted by nightmares, they wound up in Doremy’s dream world, where she proceeds to devour these nightmares, slowly replacing that person’s memories of their beloved, trading sorrow and fear for resentment and acceptance, and thus “purifying” them of the weight of their loss. Meanwhile the felo-de-se is being painted in a more negative way as the song goes on, with the singer refering to them as “yokoshima-ya”(wicked/nefarious one) or “kisama”(probably the rudest way you can refer to someone in modern Japan). It’s knid of bittersweet in a way.

         Then again, the original lyrics are very cryptic and hard to make sene of. Had me stay up late for several night trying to figure out what it all means.

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            releska

            23 January 2019

            Thank you for your comment! I enjoyed reading your interpretation, and I definitely see why ‘refinement’ fits your interpretation.

            I think the imagery of weaponry is very strong, with halberds and swords. This, coupled with the flames and fire strewn throughout, make ne think that either the physical world or Doremy’s world resemble a hell.

            There’s a bit of an anachronistic image, since we hear about the wheels of cars screeching juxtaposed with traditional weapons. I thought that was interesting, too.

            One of the images that sticks with me the most is rain, scattered around like makeup. Shuriken wrote more about this track on their Twitter – I need to read it more closely. Either way, I look forward to translating the other tracks from spill over!!

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               Shuji

               24 January 2019

               While we’re still on the topic, I thought I’d leave something I only figured out after posting the original comment.

               I agree that the imagery of weapons, fire, and crumbling trees in the background gives the scenery a rather hellish vibe, and since in the text itself it’s referred to as “Baku’s reward”, I would assume that this is, in fact, a dream weaved by Doremy with the goal of magnifying the feelings of the singer’s eventual disappointment and fury after journeying through this landscape and finally coming face-to-face with her beloved (thus “inhereting her will”), only to find their reasoning for their departure from the world of the living lacking (most likely made up by Doremy as well).

               Though, regarding the weapons, I think that perhaps one instance of them appearing in your translation (“And the bronze blade begins to hesitate.”) may be misused. From what I’ve seen, the original text literally reads as “wavering bronze”. Personally, the first image that comes to my mind when I think of bronze is the bronze mirror. As far as I know, in aincient China and Japan, they were usually decorated with patterns closely resembling that of a compass, which would tie in nicely with the next line in the song. But besides that, they were often considered to be a charm, bringing good luck and warding off evil spirits, or in this case, keeping the painful memories at bay. The fact of it wavering then would serve as an indicator of Doremy’s influence taking hold of their mind.

               I suppose reading any further into it would just become my wishful thinking though, so I’ll stop here.

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