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Translations © by Naoyuki Okada

Song Cycle by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)

View original-language texts alone: Les Illuminations

1. Fanfare
 (Sung text)
Language: French (Français) 
J'ai seul la clef de cette parade sauvage.

Text Authorship:

  • by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891)

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1. ファンファーレ
Language: Japanese (日本語) 
私だけがこの粗野なパレードの鍵を持っている。

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Translations of titles:
"Fanfare" = "ファンファーレ"
"Interlude" = "間奏曲"



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2. Villes
 (Sung text)
Language: French (Français) 
Ce sont des villes ! C'est un peuple pour qui se sont montés ces
Alleghanys et ces Libans de rêve !  Des chalets de cristal et de bois
qui se meuvent sur des rails et des poulies invisibles. Les vieux
cratères ceints de colosses et de palmiers de cuivre rugissent
mélodieusement dans les feux.  ...  Des cortèges de Mabs en robes rousses, opalines,
montent des ravines. Là-haut, les pieds dans la cascade et les ronces,
les cerfs tettent Diane. Les Bacchantes des banlieues sanglotent et la
lune brûle et hurle. Vénus entre dans les cavernes des forgerons et
des ermites. Des groupes de beffrois chantent les idées des
peuples. Des châteaux bâtis en os sort la musique inconnue.  ...  Le paradis
des orages s'effondre. Les sauvages dansent sans cesse la fête de la
nuit.  ... 

Quels bons bras, quelle belle heure me rendront cette région d'où
viennent mes sommeils et mes moindres mouvements?

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2. 大都会
Language: Japanese (日本語) 
これが都会だ!  これがこの夢のアレゲニー山脈と 
レバノン山脈をそびえ立たせた人々だ! 
目に見えない線路と滑車の上で動く、水晶と木で出来た山小 屋。
巨像と銅のヤシに囲まれた古い噴火口が、
炎の中で音楽的な唸り声をあげる。
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赤褐色と乳白色のローブをまとったマブの一団が、 峡谷を登る。
その上では、雄鹿たちが足を滝壺とイバラに入れながら
ダイアナの乳を吸う。街外れのバッカスの巫女たちはすすり泣き、
月は燃え、吠える。ヴィーナスは鍛冶屋と
隠者の洞窟に入っていく。
いくつもの鐘楼が人々の思想を歌い鳴らす。 
骨で建てられた城から見知らぬ音楽が流れてくる。 
嵐の楽園が崩壊する。 野蛮人たちが止むことなく
夜の宴を踊り続ける。
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どんな優しい腕が、どんな美しい時間が、私の眠りと安らぎを
もたらしてくれたこの領域を私に取り戻してくれるのだろうか?

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Translations of titles:
"Villes" = "大都会"
"Villes (Ce sont des villes !)" = "大都会(これが都会だ!)"



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3. Antique 
J'ai tendu des  cordes de  clocher  à clocher; des
guirlandes de fenêtre  à fenêtre; des chaînes d'or
d'étoile à étoile, et je danse.

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Gracieux fils de Pan! Autour de ton front couronné
de  fleurettes et de baies,  tes yeux,  des boules
précieuses,  remuent.  Tachées de lies brunes, tes
joues se creusent.  Tes crocs luisent. Ta poitrine
ressemble à une cithare,  des tintements circulent
dans tes bras blonds.  Ton cœur bat dans ce ventre
où dort  le double sexe.  Promène-toi,  la nuit en
mouvant  doucement  cette  cuisse,  cette  seconde
cuisse et cette jambe de gauche.

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3. フレーズ
私は鐘から鐘へ綱を張った。
窓から窓へ花飾りを繋いだ。
星から星へ黄金の鎖を張った。そして私は踊る。

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牧神パーンの優雅な息子よ! 小さな花と
ベリーの実で飾られた額の周りで、宝玉のような、
その眼は動く。褐色の酒澱にまみれ、その頬はくぼむ。 
その牙は輝く。 その胸はチターに似て、
奏でる音はその金髪に覆われた腕の中で広がる。
二重の性が眠るその腹の中で、その心臓は鼓動する。
歩け、夜になったら、優しくこの腿を動かしながら、
この第二の腿をそして 
左の脚を動かしながら。

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4. Royauté
 (Sung text)
Language: French (Français) 
Un beau matin, chez un peuple fort doux,  un  homme
et  une  femme  superbes   criaient  sur  la  place
publique:  "Mes amis,  je veux qu'elle soit reine!"
"Je veux être reine!"  Elle riait et tremblait.  Il
parlait aux amis de révélation, d'épreuve terminée.
Ils se pâmaient l'un contre l'autre.

En effet ils furent  rois toute  une matinée où les
tentures carminées se  relevèrent sur les  maisons,
et  toute l'après-midi, où ils s'avancèrent du côté
des jardins de palmes.

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4. 王権
Language: Japanese (日本語) 
ある晴れた朝、とても優しい民の前で、
ある身なりの良い男と女が公共の広場で叫んでいた。
「友よ、私はこの女を王妃としたいのだ!」
「私は王妃になりたいの!」女は笑い震えていた。
男は友人たちに啓示と、終わった試練について話した。
二人は互いに重なり合うようにして気絶した。

実際、二人は真紅の垂れ幕が家の上に立てられていた午前中は
ずっと王と王妃であり、またヤシの庭の方へと
向かっていった午後の間中も、
ずっと王と王妃であった。

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5. Marine
 (Sung text)
Language: French (Français) 
Les chars d'argent et de cuivre -
Les proues d'acier et d'argent -
Battent l'écume, -
Soulèvent les souches des ronces.
Les courants de la lande,
Et les ornières immenses du reflux,
Filent circulairement vers l'est,
Vers les piliers de la forêt,
Vers les fûts de la jetée,
Dont l'angle est heurté par des tourbillons de lumière.

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5. マリーン (海洋画)
Language: Japanese (日本語) 
銀と銅の車が
鋼鉄と銀の船首が
泡を立てて 
イバラの根元を持ち上げる 
荒地の流れと
引き潮の巨大な 轍 が 
円を描くように東に向かって進む 
森の柱に向かって 
桟橋の幹に向かって 
その角が光の渦に衝突した

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6. Interlude
 (Sung text)
Language: French (Français) 
J'ai seul la clef de cette parade sauvage.

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6. 間奏曲
Language: Japanese (日本語) 
私だけがこの粗野なパレードの鍵を持っている。

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"Fanfare" = "ファンファーレ"
"Interlude" = "間奏曲"



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Translation © by Naoyuki Okada
7. Being beauteous
 (Sung text)
Language: French (Français) 
Devant une neige un Être de Beauté de haute taille.
Des  sifflements de mort et  des cercles de musique
sourde font monter,  s'élargir et trembler comme un
spectre ce corps adoré :  des blessures écarlates et
noires  éclatent  dans  les  chairs superbes.  Les 
couleurs propres de la vie se foncent,  dansent, et
se  dégagent autour de la Vision,  sur le chantier.
Et  les  frissons  s'élèvent  et  grondent,  et  la
saveur  forcenée de  ces  effets se chargeant  avec
les  sifflements  mortels  et les rauques  musiques
que le monde,  loin derrière nous,  lance sur notre
mère de beauté,  - elle recule, elle se dresse. Oh !
nos os sont revêtus d'un nouveau corps amoureux.

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Ô la face cendrée,  l'écusson de crin,  les bras de
cristal !  Le canon  sur lequel  je dois m'abattre à
travers la mêlée des arbres et de l'air léger !

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by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891)
7. 美しくあること
Language: Japanese (日本語) 
雪の前に背の高い美しき存在。死の鋭い音と
ひそやかな音楽の輪が、この愛しい肉体を
亡霊のように立ち上がらせ、広げ、震えさせる。
真紅と漆黒の傷口が
素晴らしい肉体の中で裂けていく。
そして幻想の周りと作業台の上で、
生の本来の色は濃くなり、踊り、発散される。
そして戦慄が立ち昇り、とどろき、死をもたらす鋭い音と、
しわがれた音楽に満たされた、この効果の熱狂的な味わいを、
私たちのはるか遠く後ろから、
宇宙が私たちの美の母に向かって投げつけ、
彼女は後ずさり、立ち上がる。おお!
私たちの骨は新たな愛おしい肉体で覆われている。

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おお、灰色の顔、たてがみの紋章、水晶の腕!
木々と軽い空気の入り乱れたところを通って
私が倒れ込まなければならない大砲!

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8. Parade
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Language: French (Français) 
Des drôles très solides. Plusieurs ont exploité
vos mondes. Sans besoins, et peu pressés de mettre en
œuvre leurs brillantes facultés et leur expérience
de vos consciences. Quels hommes mûrs ! Des yeux
hébétés à la façon de la nuit d'été, rouges et noirs, 
tricolores, d'acier piqué d'étoiles d'or ; des faciès 
déformés, plombés, blêmis, incendiés ; des enrouements
folâtres ! La démarche cruelle des oripeaux ! -- 
Il y a quelques jeunes,  ... 

Ô le plus violent Paradis de la grimace enragée !   ...  
Chinois, Hottentots, bohémiens, niais, hyènes, Molochs,
vieilles démences, démons sinistres, ils mêlent
les tours populaires, maternels, avec les poses et 
les tendresses bestiales. Ils interpréteraient des pièces 
nouvelles et des chansons « bonnes filles ». 
Maîtres jongleurs, ils transforment le lieu et les 
personnes, et usent de la comédie magnétique. 
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J'ai seul la clef de cette parade sauvage.

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8. パレード
Language: Japanese (日本語) 
とてもがっしりした道化師たちだ。
幾人もが君たちの社会を食い物にしてきた。
君たちの意識に対する
彼らの輝かしい能力と経験を生かそうと差し迫ってもいなければ、
必要でもない。なんとも手練れた連中だ!
夏の夜のように呆けた目、赤と黒の目、三色旗の目、
金の星が刺繍された鋼鉄の目。デフォルメされ、
鉛をつけたような、蒼ざめた、焼け焦げたような風貌。
陽気なハスキーボイス! 悪趣味な派手な服を着た残忍な足取り!
若いのも何人かいる!
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おお、いきり立ったしかめっ面の最も凶暴な楽園だ!
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中国人達、ホッテントット達、放浪者達、馬鹿者達、ハイエナ達、
モロク達、ボケ老人達、不吉な 悪魔達、
彼らは大衆的で母性的な表現と、
野獣のような態度や優しさとを混ぜ合わせる。
彼らは新作劇も演じるし、「いい女」といった歌も歌う。
巧みな曲芸師、場所も登場人物も変え、
魅惑的な喜劇を用いる。
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私だけがこの粗野なパレードの鍵を持っている。

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9. Départ
 (Sung text)
Language: French (Français) 
Assez vu. La vision s'est rencontrée à tous les airs.
Assez eu. Rumeurs des Villes, le soir, et au soleil, et toujours.
Assez connu. Les arrêts de la vie. Ô Rumeurs et Visions!
Départ dans l'affection et le bruit neufs!

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9. 出発
Language: Japanese (日本語) 
十分に見た。その幻影はどこにでも存在した。
十分に聞いた。街の喧騒、夜も、昼も、いつも。
十分に知った。人生の裁き。おお、喧騒と幻影よ!
新しい愛とざわめきへの出発!

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