Earth as a Character Gallery

地球は人物陳列室
Chikyuu wa Jinbutsu Chinretsushitsu

Music & Words: J.A. Seazer (J.A.シーザー)
Arranged: Shinkichi Mitsumune (光宗信吉)
Chorus: Suginami Jidou Gasshodan (杉並児童合唱団),
Maki Kamiya (上谷麻紀), Kunihiko Ikuhara (幾原邦彦), & Shinkichi Mitsumune (光宗信吉)
Note: In the episode, the duel song only goes through the last three lines of the last stanza, though the recording used for soundtracks is the complete one.


The Earth as a Character Gallery
Translation from Nozomi
        DVD Release (2011)
The infinitely opposing relationship
in the interval between two mirrors.
The evergrowing desires and
the fickle, cruel lies.
Aah! Man does not exist
Aah! Within the darkness
Aah! The sound of the waves...
Even light makes darkness
I am opposed against myself!
Outbreak of loneliness, that's the reason...
I am opposed against myself!
Twins.
Step twins.
Scheming twins.
Absentee twins.
To see what can't be seen
a scheming world surfaces.
Made of gaming equipment and painted backdrops
a scheming world surfaces.



  
The Earth is a character, a museum.
The Earth is a character, a glass shelf.
 
The Earth is...
The Earth as a Character Gallery
Translation from Central Park Media
        DVD Release (2002)
The eternal opposing relationship
Between the two sides of a mirror
The ever-growing ambitions
And the fickle, cruel lies...
Ah, people are nothing
Ah, within the darkness
Ah, the sound of the waves
The light and the darkness
Both of them, both of them divide me!
Born alone, that's the reason
That I am, that I am divided!
Twins
Twins by duty
Twins by schemes
Twins who are absent
To see what can't be seen
A false world surfaces
Made of props and printed backdrops
A false world surfaces



   
Earth is just a trick made by man
Earth is just a ball of glass made by man
 
The earth is just...
The Earth as a Character Gallery
Translation by Teruno_Ruru
        (animelyrics.com)
My relationship with my relection 
multiplies infinitely  
within the space between two mirrors 
A whim of desire, an transient lie.
Ah, no people at all 
as I stand in the darkness 
Ah, the sound of the waves...
I grab the light to make the darkness 
I become a pair with myself. 
An outbreak of loneliness, that is the reason 
I become a pair with myself.
An egg,  
An egg of duty 
A mechanical egg. 
An egg of nothingness...
That we may see what may not be seen 
the mechanical world surfaces 
The mechanical world of a play equipment 
or a damashie surfaces
Earth is a character, mechanical 
Earth is a character, a toy box 
Earth is a character, a department store 
Earth is a character, a fair building 
Earth is a character, a museum 
Earth is a character, a glass shelf 

Earth is...
The Earth as a Character Gallery
Translation from Pioneer/Geneon
        Album Release (2005)
Infinitely opposite relationships
are in the space between two mirrors
Multiplying desires.
A whim of inanimate falsehood
Ah, there is not a single person
Ah, in the darkness
Ah, the sound of the waves
Even the light makes darkness
I am opposed against myself
The reason for an outbreak of loneliness
I am opposed against myself
Twins
Step-twins
Mechanical twins
Absentee twins
That we may see what may not be seen
the mechanical world surfaces
A game device and trick art
The mechanical world surfaces
The Earth is a character, mechanical
The Earth is a character, a toy box
The Earth is a character, a department store
The Earth is a character, an exhibition
The Earth is a character, a museum
The Earth is a character, a glass shelf

The Earth is...
Earth as a Character Gallery
Translation by Robert Paige &
        Utena Translation Project (1998)
Twin relationships are the
capricious, heartless lies of desires
propagating endlessly in the
interval between two mirrors.
Ah, man does not exist.
Ah, within the darkness
Ah, the sound of the waves
Even light casts shadows,
making a pair out of me and me.
Isolation outbreak,
that's the reason making a pair out of me and me. 
Twins,
twins-in-law,
Scheming twins,
absent twins...
Since we see the invisible,
The contrived world rises to the surface.
Amusement apparatus and optical illusions,
Then contrived world rises to the surface.
Earth is a contrivance of personalities
Earth is a toybox of personalities
Earth is a department store of personalities
Earth is an exhibition of personalities
Earth is a museum of personalities
Earth is a curio box of personalities

Earth is...
Chikyuu wa Jinbutsu Chinretsushitsu
Transcribed by Robert Paige,
        & Utena Translation Project
Mugen ni Tsui no Kankei ga
Nimai no Kagami no Hazama de
Zoushoku Shiteyuku Yokubou no
Kimagure Mujou no Itsuwari no
Aa Hito wa Nashi
Aa Yami no Naka
Aa Nami no Oto
Hikari tote, Kage Tsukuri
Watashi wo Watashi to Tsui ni Suru
Kodoku no Hasse, Sono Riyuu
Watashi wo Watashi to Tsui ni Suru
Futago
Giri no Futago
Karakuri Futago
Fuzai no Futago
Mienai Mono ga Mieru tame
Karakuri Sekai ga Fujou suru
Yuugisouchi ya Damashie no
Karakuri Sekai ga Fujou suru
Chikyuu wa Jinbutsu Karakuri no 
Chikyuu wa Jinbutsu Omochabako
Chikyuu wa Jinbutsu Hyakkaten
Chikyuu wa Jinbutsu Hakurankai
Chikyuu wa Jinbutsu Hakubutsukan
Chikyuu wa Jinbutsu Garasudana

Chikyuu wa...
地球は人物陳列室
As Provided by Robert Paige,
        & Utena Translation Project
無限に対の関係が
二枚の鏡の狭間で
増殖してゆく欲望の
気まぐれ無情の偽りの
あー人は無し
あー闇の中
あー波の音
光とて、影つくり
わたしをわたしと対にする
孤独の発生、その理由
わたしをわたしと対にする
双児
義理の双児
カラクリ双児
不在の双児
見えないものが見えるため
カラクリ世界が浮上する
遊戯装置やだまし絵の
カラクリ世界が浮上する
地球は人物カラクリの
地球は人物おもちゃ箱
地球は人物百貨店
地球は人物博覧会
地球は人物博物館
地球は人物ガラス棚

地球は・・・

Translation Notes From Teruno_Ruru:

or a damashie surfaces
A damashie is picture that looks different depending on what direction you look at it from.


Revolutionary Girl Utena music by KING Records, US release by Geneon. Content from these releases compiled here by Giovanna for Empty Movement. Fan-translations belong to named creators and reproduced with their permission. Yay!