「Zess」英訳
私の場合、音楽における言葉の意味に興味はありません。詩が良いのと、音楽が良いのとは全く関係がないからです。
しかし、言葉の響きが音楽にもたらす効果には興味があります。意味は分からなくても良い。けれども、発音の美しさといった視点で聴くと、また違った楽しみ方が出来るのではないかと思います。
「Zess」の詩の原文はフランス語です。私は全くフランス語を解さないので、意味は分かりません(邦訳もありますが)。出来れば活字に起こされた原文を眺めたいのですが、ネット上では見付かりません。最近になって、英訳されたものを発見しましたが、意外にオリジナルに近い「勢い」を持っているなと思ったので、記念にここに遺したいと思います。誰が訳したのかは分かりませんので、引用元は省略します。
「Zëss」英訳
Greetings, oh divine Master of the Universal Powers, we are there ! We are ready !
In this ancient stage, we have come for the final meeting !
Today is the Day we are going to die.
And I say Thank You !
I am the Master of Truth, of Blasphemy and of Deceit !
I am the Master of Conscience !
I am the Master of Myself !
I am the Master of Worlds where I don't exist anymore !
They are there, the Planets, the Galaxies, The Birds that have sung since the Dawn of Time,
the entire Universe, all Souls, all kinds of Music, all the Joys and all the Pains,
and you too Kreühn Köhrmahn.
In this ancient stage, we have come for the final meeting !
In this ancient stage, begins the End of Ends, The Chaos of the Apocalypses, where everything returns to Nothing !
In this ancient stage, we are going to die.
And I say Thank You !
He is Pure now, Wisdom is his name !
Master of Winds, of the Air, of the Rains, of everything that flies, of everything that is free, like foam you lay yourself down, like foam you vanish under the soft Sun,
The Messenger is your name !
Master of Lightning, of Storms, of Elements of Trance, Great Instigator of the Internal Dilemma,
Madness is your name !
Master of Waters, of Blood, of the mass of Lakes, of Rivers and of Oceans,
Abyss is your name !
Master of Furies, who dance on the Blood of the Blasphemists, for who we celebrate the Feast, Sehnteht!
The Day of Sins is his name !
Master of Terrors, that we celebrate at Dusk, who creates the Mystery in these Worlds of the Unconscious Mind,
Strange is your name !
Master of Passions, Master of Revulsions, Master of Tears and of Torments,
Love is your name !
Master of Clouds, that overcast the Dead, whose Desire it is to hide the Corpses, that they carry out of the Infinity, close by those for whom the heart beats no more,
Tenderness is your name !
Master of Magics, of immeasurable Forces, of the Obscure, of the Sorcery, of the Gohëtie,
Obviousness is your name !
Master of Lavas, of Volcano Masses, of Fire that dries up our Tears and burns our anguishes, You are the Universal Core !
Purification is your name !
And you Kreühn Köhrmahn, Master of all Life and of all Death,
ZEUHL is your name !!!
Master of Time, Renowned and Wise in the Indifference, Inundating the Heavens of a Marble Smile, You are there ! And you know, we will be battling you till the last Instant !
Impassive is your name !
And we can fly and sing like Birds, we can fly over the Prairies of the Universe, like the Eagle pursuing his Prey, but there is no more Prey, because the Eagle is a Flower, and the Prey its Perfume.
Today is the Day when everything rebecomes the whole !
In this Ancient Stage, we are coming for the final meeting !
In this Ancient Stage, begins the End of the Ends, The Chaos of the Apocalypses, where everything returns to Nothing !
Today is the Day we are going to die.
And I say Thank You !
--Christian Vander--
動画もどうぞ。
『Bobino 1981 DVD』から。詩の朗読部分も入っています。
ここに現れる触覚付きのオブジェは、次の写真に写っている物でしょうか。意外と小さいものですね。
