Historical Watchtower [Desert of Letters]

Music, Arrangement, Lyrics: J.A. Seazer (J.A.シーザー)
Chorus: Tokyo Konsei Gasshodan (東京混声合唱団) &
Engeki Jikken-shitsu "Ban'yū Inryoku" (演劇実験室 "万有引力") Theater Laboratory "Universal Gravitation"

History Watchtower "Desert of Letters"
Translation by Ayu Ohseki

White rose, red rose, symbol, characteristic
Virgin, The Book of Martyrs, in other words, letters

Complicated and elaborate symbols, characteristics
Simplicity, purity, cruciform, in other words letters

My unreality, domination, burn the nest-building
Even in death is there rebirth, letters

Enfant terrible, strange land, miraculous creation
No meaning, non-meaning, extremely mystical, letters

Ah, Collection of Curiosities
Solinus and Pliny the Elder's "Natural History"

Legends, mysteries, myths, narratives
Illusions, fantasies, worldly studies, in other words letters

Succubus, incubus
XX form, XY variation, letters

Ah, Roman de Fauvel
Vincent's "Mirror of History"

Ah, Homer's "Odyssey"
Mandeville's "The Travels of Sir John Mandeville"

Historical Watchtower [Desert of Letters]
Translation by Verthandi

White rose, red rose; symbol and characters
Virgin; books of the martyr, namely, letters

Ah, the many immortal objects of study
The ficticious book: "Physiogolous"

Our faulty reality runs rampant: nesting, burning,
Dying, it revives even still, letters.

Heretical child; strange land; miraculous creation
Nonsense, countersense; exceedingly Mysterious, letters

Ah, enigmatic stories
Solinus and Pliny's "Historical Records"

Legend; adventure; myth; narrative
Illusion; fancy; the secular school, namely, letters

Succubus; Incubus
XX form; XY variation, letters

Ah, Fovel's tales and
Van Sant's "Magic Mirror"

Ah, Homer's "Odyssey" and
Mandival's counternatural legends

Rekishi Bourou "Moji Sabaku"
As Provided by Ayu Ohseki

Shirobara akabara shouchou tokuchou
Shojo Junkyouto no Shomotsu, sunawachi, moji

Fukuzatsu kouchi na shouchou, tokuchou
Tanjun junketsu juujika, sunawachi moji

Aa, eikyuu hyakka
Kakuu no shomotsu "Fishiogurosu"

Waga, higenjitsu chouryoubakko sudzukuri, moete
Shishite nao fukkatsu, moji

Itanji ikyou kiseki no souzou
Muimi, hiimi kiwamete shinpi, moji

Densetsu kitan shinwa setsuwa
Gensou kuusou zokugaku, sunawachi moji

Inmujosei danseimuma
XX keishiki XY hen'i, moji

Aa, Foveru Monogatari
Vansan "Rekishi no Kagami"

Aa, Homerosu "Odyusseia"
Mandiviru "Hanshizen no Monogatari"

歴史望楼「文字砂漠」
As Provided by Ayu Ohseki

白薔薇　赤薔薇　象徴　特徴
処女　殉教徒の書物、すなわち、文字

複雑巧緻な象徴、特徴
単純　純潔　十\字架、すなわち文字

あゝ、永久百科
架空の書物「フィシオグロス」

我、非現実　跳梁跋扈　巣造り、燃えて
死してなお復活、文字

異端児　異郷　奇蹟の創造
無意味、非意味　きわめて神秘、文字

あゝ、不可思議物語
ソ\リヌス、プリニウス「博物誌」

伝説　奇譚　神話　説話
幻想　空想　俗学、すなわち文字

淫夢女精　男性夢魔　
XX形式　XY変異、文字

あゝ、フォヴェル物語
ヴァンサン「歴史の鏡」

あゝ、ホメロス「オデュッセイア」
マンディヴィル「反自然の物語」

Translation Notes From Ayu Ohseki:

In the fictional book "Physiologus"
Although in Japanese, the text is written as though the translation should be "Physiogulos," I believe this is an error. The "Physiologus" is a didactic text that describes various animals and plants, both real and fictional, including immortal creatures such as the phoenix.

Ah, Collection of Curiosities
The literal translation of "Fukashigi Monogatari" would be something like "Wondrous/Mysterious Story," but Solinus is known for his text Collection of Curiosities, a.k.a. The Wonders of the World, which is taken in large part from Pliny's Natural History.

Ah, Roman de Fauvel
Roman de Fauvel is a French poem that translates into the Story of the Fawn-Colored Creature.

Mandeville's "The Travels of Sir John Mandeville"
The literal translation of "Hanshizen no Monogatari" is "Unnatural Story"; "The Travels of Sir John Mandeville" describes a great many unnatural things while journeying through various exotic locales, so I suspect that the Japanese version took liberties.

Translation Notes From Verthandi:

Solinus
A third-century writer of geographic myth. He derived most of his "Collectanea rerum memorabilium" (Gallery of Wonders) from Pliny's respected "Historia naturalis" (Natural History), but focused on the sensational tales of monsterous beings.

Plinius
Pliny the Elder, the first-century historian who wrote "Historia naturalis."

Succubus
An evil spirit; a female demon that descends upon and has intercourse with sleeping men.

Incubus
A nightmare; an evil spirit that descends upon and has intercourse with sleeping women.

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