L'Arc~en~Ciel: Butterfly's Sleep

04.07.20
Artist: L'Arc~en~Ciel
Title: Butterfly's Sleep
Words: Hyde
Music: Ken

Eyes delicate like a young girl's, gone transparent
pale white skin that's never been defiled
a dress which dances like a butterfly.

even if your secret wishes are never brought to fruition,
in the season when one wishes for eternity,
the lord of the dark discreetly hides his shadow
crooked gears.

I don't care if the world is reduced to ash
I don't care if they scramble around grabbing at everything.

Your eyes will never again be graced with visions of a beauftiful dawn,
even if you tie your life up in a bundle and offer it.

Please rise from the dead on earth with my last kiss.

I don't care if the world is reduced to ash
I don't care if they scramble around grabbing at everything.
No matter what wish is made, only sadness comes of it.

Forevermore I'll quietly watch that sleeping face
until the gentle wind which tempts us to sleep
surrounds me.

This love will extend beyond time
I'll make it bloom before you
living endless nights and mornings
in a land where no one's hand may reach.

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Sakuma Takako

Translator's Notes: The word Ubaiai is similar to riot in many ways. But it also means literally people scrambling for the same thing. Rather than use the weak sounding "the world should be reduced to ash", we opted for the more poignant, "I don't care if the world is reduced to ash" because that's the feeling of the song. Its not exactly a bright and cheery love song is it ? It's like the love between these two people just couldn't make it in this world, so their hoping for luck in the next.

Romaji

To Be Added

Romaji By: Brian Stewart