Asutoragarusu Chikyuu Sugoroku
Astragalus Earth Backgammon

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Album / Collection: OST 7: Bara Tamago Sosei Roku Sofia -Chuusei yo Yomigaere!- (Rose Egg Revival Record Sophia -Middle Ages, Revive!-)
Track # 2


Vocals: Toukyou Konsei Gasshoudan, Engeki Jikkenshitsu "Ban'yuu Inryoku"
(Tokyo Mixed Chorus Troupe, Theatrical Laboratory "Universal Gravitation")
Lyrics, Music, Arrangement: J.A. Seazer

From 7th album "Bara Tamago Sosei Roku Sofia -Chuusei yo Yomigaere!- UTINAM REVIVISCAT MEDIUM AEVUM!"
(Rose Egg Revival Record Sophia -Middle Ages, Revive!- IF ONLY WE COULD REVIVE THE MIDDLE AGES!)

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Original / Romaji Lyrics	English Translation
Lyrics from Animelyrics.com Chikyuu sugoroku    fune, ashi, kuruma Seinaru kyuusoku    saikoro ruten Chikyuu sugoroku    umi, riku, sanka Seinaru furidashi    saikoro rinne	Lyrics from Animelyrics.com Earth backgammon: by boat, by foot, by car Holy repose: the dice's circle of Earth backgammon: by sea, by land, by river Holy throw: the dice's transmigration [1]
Lyrics from Animelyrics.com Danieru Sho, mokushi    eigou sho, kaiki "Ware ha ware no tame ni ikazu, ikazu  Sekai no tame ni ware ha iku, iku"	Lyrics from Animelyrics.com The Book of Daniel, apocalypse: the Eternal Book, recurrence [2] "I live not for myself, myself  I live for the world, the world"
Lyrics from Animelyrics.com Chikyuu sugoroku    hakugai kikin Intou, gyakusatsu    saikoro kaimei Chikyuu sugoroku    teikoku pesuto Seinaru Maou ga    saikoro shinpan	Lyrics from Animelyrics.com Earth backgammon: persecutory famine Lewdness, massacre: the dice's darkness Earth backgammon: imperial pestilence The Holy Devil is the dice's judgement
Lyrics from Animelyrics.com Kamigami-tachi no honshou    ekupiroshisu no honoo "Ware ha yakitsukusaretemo nao, nao  Sekai no tame ni ware ha iku, iku"	Lyrics from Animelyrics.com The true nature of the Gods, the flames of ekpyrosis [3] "Even if I am burnt to nothing at all, at all  I live for the world, the world"
Lyrics from Animelyrics.com Chikyuu meisuu    komonjo yogen Banshou eremento    shizen no keiji Issai no mono ha tada hitotsu Sore ha "Waga, ware no, waga naru, ware taru, ware nari" Hitotsu    hitori    hitomi    hitote    hitoe Hitona    hitou    hitoto	Lyrics from Animelyrics.com Earth's life span, ancient prophecy The elements of all creation, natural revelation All things are but one That is "My, mine, that is me, that which is me, that is called me" One thing, one person, one's person, one's effort, one day One self, one being, one human [4]
Lyrics from Animelyrics.com Sore ha sunawachi Umi no na    watashi Riku no na    watashi Ten no na    watashi Ware no na    watashi Watashi watashi Watashi watashi Watashi watashi	Lyrics from Animelyrics.com That is namely The name of the sea: myself The name of the land: myself The name of the heavens: myself The name of me: myself Myself myself Myself myself Myself myself
Lyrics from Animelyrics.com Watashi Sofia Watashi watashi watashi Sofia Watashi watashi Sofia Watashi Sofia watashi Sofia Wata So shi wa Fi tashi A Watashi Sofia Wa So ta Fi shi A	Lyrics from Animelyrics.com Myself Sophia [5] Myself myself myself Sophia Myself myself Sophia Myself Sophia myself Sophia Myse So lf my Phi self A Myself Sophia My So se Phi lf A
Lyrics from Animelyrics.com Watashi Sofia Sofia watashi	Lyrics from Animelyrics.com I am Sophia Sophia is me

^[0] In the title, the "astragalus," a.k.a. the talus bone, refers to a bone in the foot that various cultures have used as dice or jacks.
"Sugoroku" is a Japanese dice-based board game identical to backgammon save some rule variations. Another version is closer to chutes and ladders.

^[1] The "circle of... transmigration" refers to the Buddhist concept of samsara, known in Japanese (among other phrases) as "rutenrinne".

^[2] Eternal recurrence (a.k.a. eternal return) is a philosophical concept known (among others) to the Stoics as the infinite recurrence of the universe in similar forms every time it ends and begins anew.

^[3] The flames of ekpyrosis refer to a universe-ending blaze in Stoic beliefs.

^[4] This sequence actually doesn't have a clear-cut translation, being made up of apparently nonsense words. The translations I chose derive from the prefix "hito" (one) and the suffixes/words "na" (I, you), "u" (Buddhist concept of bhama, or existence/becoming), and "to" (person), which seemed to fit the theme of this verse best.

^[5] Sophia is in Gnosticism a goddess of wisdom, alternately an aspect of God, who chose to fall from Heaven in order to share her wisdom with and protect humanity.

Translated and transliterated by Ayu Ohseki
http://theeternalmind.livejournal.com/

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