狂気幻想グリムガルド (Kyoukigensou Grimgard) - Grimgard: The stage of Madness and Fantasy - CD translation

I have just wrapped up my trilogy of translations... and I already start missing translating!
So the next CD I will translate is 狂気幻想グリムガルド (Kyoukigensou Grimgard) by -LostFairy-. I shall call it "Grimgard" for short. This CD is one of my favourite doujin CDs ever. Especially the second track is too lovely, Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu... Noël are you a genius? Yes you are!

If you have not heard anything of the CD yet, here is the crossfade:

The CD is a little pricey, as it contains 4 original songs, 3 rehashed songs and 8 tracks of voice drama. One of the reasons for you to buy the CD might be that the voice of Melusine is done by THE Uesaka Sumire! You can buy the CD digitally here (booth)

The CD is again part of a trilogy. The main characters Melusine and Colette were introduced in their own CD's before. The purple haired Melusine (Princess of the Abyss) was introduced in the CD 呪われし亡国のメフィストフェレス and the brunette Colette (Mysterious Girl) was introduced in 不思議な少女のオペレッタ. In this CD these two characters meet. I need to find a way to buy those CDs digitally and find scans for them. If I can find the scans then I can work on both CDs. For now I think I have enough information to decipher this CD. The three rehash tracks are also rehashes on Colette's story as far as I know. Anyway, I tried to decipher the story and wrote the contents of every story track in a post named "Story". To not spoil everything, I will not write down the script, 1. I want you to have a listen and enjoy it yourself, 2. I do not feel confident enough to do that!
Furthermore, I will not write the story down in this introduction post, please go to the Story page to read it.

How I feel about this CD? As said in the introduction, I was very very impressed by the second track,
I even made my own version of it, which I shall link when I have finished my translation! The story was also enjoyable, the voice acting is well done. The rehashes of the songs sound way better than in the crossfade of the original CD and the original songs sound good as well. Overall this is one of my favourite Doujin albums ever. It is so amazing, I am at loss for words.

The order of my preference of the songs is 02>>04>08>06>14>10>12 (see the tracklist below). I still like song 12 a lot, but it is inferior to all other songs. 10 has the right amount of darkness, but I prefer faster songs with a very nice beat. The fast part in the 4th song is awesome (幻想を超えて...), because of that awesome performance it became my favourite song after 02, which nothing can top!! The Re Storia songs are generally better than their original tracks in Colette's CD, I prefer the voice of Sayu over that of Hato, some of the parts were instrumentally improved as well.


Tracklist:

The tracklist of this CD is as follows: (Due to the length of the tracklist, the romanisation of the songs will be written in parenthesis behind the title)

01. 序章 -Prologue-

Story ＆ Compose : Noël

02. 狂気幻想グリムガルド (Kyoukigensou Grimgard)

Lyrics ＆ Compose : Noël　/　Vocal : 夢姫 , 沙悠 (Yuki, Sayu)

03. 第Ⅰ章

Story ＆ Compose : Noël

04. ベルフェゴール (Berufegooru)

Lyrics ＆ Compose : Noël　/　Vocal : 夢姫 (Yuki)

05. 第Ⅱ章

Story ＆ Compose : Noël

06. Re Storia ～孤高の塔～ (Re Storia ~ Kokou no tou~ )

Lyrics ＆ Compose : Noël　/　Vocal : 沙悠 (Sayu)

07. 第Ⅲ章

Story ＆ Compose : Noël

08. Re Storia ～迷いの森～ (Re Storia ~ Mayoi no Mori ~)

Lyrics ＆ Compose : Noël　/　Vocal : 沙悠 (Sayu)

09. 第Ⅳ章

Story ＆ Compose : Noël

10. 黒のワルツ (Kuro no Warutsu)

Lyrics ＆ Compose : Noël　/　Vocal : 夢姫 (Yuki)

11. 第Ⅴ章

Story ＆ Compose : Noël

12. Re Storia ～青の軌跡～ (Re Storia ~ Ao no Kiseki~)

Lyrics ＆ Compose : Noël　/　Vocal : 沙悠 (Sayu)

13. 第Ⅵ章

Story ＆ Compose : Noël

14. ゲーティアの魔紋 (Goetia no Mamon)

Lyrics ＆ Compose : Noël　/　Vocal : 夢姫 (Yuki)

 

15. 終章 -Epilogue-

Story ＆ Compose : Noël

 

Click on the names of the songs to go to the translation!

 

I shall translate the titles as follows:

 

01 Prologue

02 Grimgard, The stage of Madness and Fantasy

03 Chapter I

04 Belphegor

05 Chapter II

06 Re Storia ~Solitary Tower~

07 Chapter III

08 Re Storia ~Forest of Illusion~

09 Chapter IV

10 Black Waltz

11 Chapter V

12 Re Storia ~Trails in blue~

13 Chapter VI

14 Demon Crest of Goetia

15 Epilogue

 

Drama CD review: 白雲病の住処 (Hakuunbyou no Sumika)

Before I will continue with my new translations, I want to do a small review on a drama CD I bought last M3 (27 October 2019), which was called 白雲病の住処 (Hakuunbyou no Sumika) or in English "The dwelling of the White Cloud Disease". The CD is produced by "asearoute". I saw the crossfade when I was searching for M3 releases and was interested in it. You can find the crossfade here:

Both the white haired boy and girl and the blonde boy and girl are siblings. The blonde girl actually reminded me of the Vocaloid Kagamine Rin, while her brother bears a striking resemblance to Kagamine Len lol. The white haired siblings kinda look like Kasugano Sora and Haruka from Yosuga no Sora, an anime I once saw the title of and I did not watch. Little did I know that the contents were actually quite ... questionable. Until I checked the official website. Now, shall we continue to the story?


Story:

So the story takes place in 1913 in Japan. Two siblings, a boy of 12 years old named Shuu and his little sister of 6 years old named Shigure are lost in the mountains. When they decide to ask the way to a seemingly kind man, named Ichii, who is probably in his 30's, he teaches them a shortcut. They are guided to a village which shouldn't have been there on their way home. Shuu and Shigure stay over at a house of a doctor Ginji and his wife Rin, who were researching a strange disease named the "White Cloud disease". A cloud appears on one's wrists and ankles, and then death is inevitable. They eat porridge there and that night Shigure falls ill. Shuu decides to try to find the way home and tell his parents of what happened. He leaves Shigure behind, although Shigure cries for her brother to not leave her, at the house of the doctor.

When he comes back, the doctor and his wife have disappeared. So he decides to go to search for Shigure.  Later, Ichii invites him back into his house and feeds him porridge. The meat inside was fresh according to Ichii, which makes Shuu think that the meat was imported from a foreign place. When Shuu asks where Shigure, Rin and Genji are, Ichii points out that she is in his stomach and thus what he has been eating was Rin and Genji's body. And that he had to kill Rin and Genji because they realised the truth about Ichii. He goes searching for Shigure, screaming out her name. When he finally is back in the room she slept in, Shigure as well has disappeared, only blood could be found on her futon. Then Ichii points out Shuu has also eaten her fingers. Shuu goes crazy that he couldn't protect his little sister. Shuu tries to throw up everything he has eaten... and Ichii wonders why Shuu still has not been affected by the disease... Apparently one gets the White Cloud disease by eating poison (or possibly eating infected others), which Ichii claims to be medicine. Shuu tries to kill Ichii and screams that he will avenge Shigure. Ichii is killed.... and.... Someone who comes in to visit Ichii is also stabbed by Shuu. Finally, Shuu also dies from the disease and is happy he can finally see Shigure again in the afterlife.

Over 100 years later, two kids, Harushi and Saika, have stolen lighters from the convenience store and have set a house on fire. Then they stumble upon the village "Hakuunmura/ White cloud village". They start expressing their doubt if this village truly existed and if the Saga of Ichii really happened, as it has become an urban legend. They search the other houses in the village and find black bones, which were probably burnt by Ichii. Harushi starts thinking about how cruel the disease actually was. Then, at the very end, Shigure welcomes Shuu to afterlife and says she had been waiting for him.

Then the theme song kicks in, named "月夜の暗涙" (Tsukiyo no anryou) meaning "Silent tears of the moonlit night". It describes the events again of Shigure and Shuu's story shortly again.

A secret story reveals that Ichii used to be a doctor that "tried to cure the White cloud disease", but in the end murdered out almost the entire village...

Review:

Now, where to start with my review? Let's start with the cover. Even though the art style is quite generic, I liked the art of the cover, so I had to buy the CD. The price, 400 yen (booth price for online) or 500 yen (physical) for roughly 36 minutes of main story, 20 minutes of secret story and 2 minutes of a theme song is very reasonable. The main story is actually quite short, I hoped that the main story was a full hour as described on the official site. Even though the story was questionable, in content, it was actually executed very well. A story like this is quite unique. The pace felt realistic and most events, except for Shuu killing two people, were realistic as well. At the beginning I didn't expect cannibalism in the story. Yes, I almost had to throw up because it was actually gross... The end of the main story did feel axed though. It made me doubt if I actually had heard everything.

Next up is the voice acting and background music. The voice acting is actually splendid... Especially Shigure's VA truly expresses the fear of the 6 year old girl when she is left alone. Harushi's voice actor sounds cold and calm, which was exactly what his character was like. Shuu making puke sounds actually sounded realistic as well. The background music and sounds were nice and did not feel out of place. The transitions were also well executed.

In the end, I don't regret buying the CD! It was worth my time to listen to and worth my money. If I had to rate this drama CD I would give it a 9 out of 10, because it was quite short and the ending felt axed.

If you are interested in buying this story, it is available on the official pixiv booth of asearoute: Here

Comprehensive post: Sandome Vengel Maisery Trilogy

So I have finally finished translating the trilogy of SanVenMai (Sandome Vengel Maisery), which was quite a ride. I have done some proofreading and helped with scanlations before, but taking on a project on my own was quite an adventure. I really enjoyed translating the CDs though! My compliments to Paspal, Yura and Lalue, and their production team for producing these CD's!

In this post, I want to explain the complete timeline of the trilogy, give my opinion on the lyrics and rate all the songs in my order of enjoyment.  I first shall post all the artworks/on the covers of the CDs to get into the spirit!

 Sandome

 Vengel

 Maisery

Timeline:

So, I suspect that the chronological order is roughly: Sandome (San) - Maisery (Mai) - Vengel (Ven).
and more precisely: Mai3 - Mai2 - San1/San2 - San3 - San4 - San5 - Ven3 - Mai1/Ven1 - Mai4 - Mai5 - Ven2 - Ven4 - Ven5

I suspect that order because Mai3 and Mai2 have taken place a long time ago, I think Mai3 was the first event, because it takes place in paradise. Mai2 introduces Bloody Mary, telling her past, without connecting to the present timeline. Then many, many years pass and Sandome takes place, all songs are in chronological order there, but San1 and 2 take place at the same time, in both songs the same ritual is performed, but San2 goes a little deeper into the past of the girl. I think Vengel and Maisery roughly take place around the same time. Vengel was not yet in the world of Sandome, but was still alive when the Maisery story happened. The 5th song in Vengel suggests Vengel dies, so I have to put that song at the end of the timeline. The "birth" of Vengel in song 3, has to be placed before the first song of Maisery and Vengel. About those songs... I think the first song of Maisery and Vengel refer to the same event, the error occurs in both songs... and I can name many more similarities. Then Bloody Mary takes over the second girl in song 4, Vengel exorcises the girl in Mai5 and then the rest of Vengel occurs.

Some crucial questions I thought of myself while making up this chronology were:

Why do I think Vengel died? Well, it seems that the words: 幕を下ろした appear in all the 5th songs. It means "let down the curtains", which refers to death. So, in the San5 the girl who has summoned bloody mary dies and becomes an angel. The possibility exists that that girl is actually the previous life of Vengel and I considered that theory too. I, however, have no proof of this theory. The only evidence I have is that both the girl who became Vengel and Sandome's main girl were sickly and lived in a broken house/ worn down mansion.

Why do I think Sandome and Maisery do not sing about the same events? Because the CD was initially named "The return of Bloody Mary", thus referring to that there are two times Mary has summoned someone. "Zetsubou no Quartet/ The Quartet of Despair"is a song she sings to both of her victims, but the victim in Sandome hears other songs than the girl in Maisery. The first named hears "Shuuen no Fantasia/Fantasia of Demise", "Yamanai koe no Rondo/ The rondo of the unstoppable voice"and the latter named hears "Fukushuu no Oratorio/ Oratorio of Revenge", "Kyouran no Prelude/ Prelude of Madness".

Lyrics:
So, in general I thought the lyrics of all songs including Vengel were amazing, they truly tell a story, one I would enjoy reading. I especially like how Paspal writes other kanji down than what is sung, which makes the lyrics even more impressive. However, it's harder to figure out what is actually sung. The ambiguousness in the lyrics was something I also like, especially in Vengel I was confused a lot. Who was who? Who is Vengel? Who is the friend? It made me think a lot!

 Finding stylistic elements such as chiasms, ellipses and parallelisms inside the lyrics and implementing them on purpose, although I have not written all down in the translation comments, truly made me happy too! I hope many more people can enjoy and find those elements in Japanese and my English translations.

So the total story of the lyrics becomes:

Somewhere in heaven, God has angels who gather flowers for him. Everytime a child dies, it becomes an angel. One day, God locks up two angels inside a clock that can look into someone's memories... Then Bloody Mary is born, she is loved by her mom and dad, until one day her dad murders her mom, her dad remarries, her new mom is murdered again. Mary murders her dad and starts to prosecute protestant Christians.... Many years later, a sickly girl hears of the rumour of Bloody Mary. The girl was never happy and wanted friends to play with. She was abandoned by her parents and nobody wanted her, except for an eldery couple who took her in. The couple gave her a mirror, and one night she utters this in front of the mirror: Bloody Mary... Bloody Mary... Bloody.... Mary.... *sounds of a mirror shattering*. The girl is very frail and thin and thus the girl is possessed by Mary.... Mary takes over and only desires to see beautiful red blood! The girl goes crazy from the ringing voice in her head.... but finally she succombs and ascends to heaven, becoming an angel (possibly becoming Vengel). So an angel (who later becomes Vengel) is born, but instead of having white wings, her wings are mechanical. Vengel remembers that she once was a sickly girl, who was bedridden. Her life was brightened by a flower, which she couldn't take with her to afterlife. Once in afterlife, she was not long in heaven, although she had become an angel, she was captured and her wings were cut off. She grew mechanical wings and continued to search for the flower. During that search for the flower, she was sent out for all kinds of jobs, to bring people from real life to the afterlife. She had to do this and was never thanked for what she did. She did her job without emotion, until one day, her emotions pierced through and she failed her mission. She is sent out again, to take down a girl who is possessed by Bloody Mary, they have a fierce fight and Vengel wins in the end. The vengeful spirit of Mary wanders eternally.... But then Vengel continues her duty and her search for the flower and comes to a broken city and a broken house. She remembers her only "friend", who was actually herself of the past and a flower. She finally found the flower, all whithered, and thought of her angelic past self, but then she realised that the past self had become the cruel angel that she now was. She wanted vengeance on god for making her cruel.... Hence she then is an angel who wants vengeance, becoming Vengel. In the end she kills herself......

Enjoyment:

My personal enjoyment of the songs in order from favourite to least favourite is in general Maisery > Sandome > Vengel. the exact order as of 24/11/2019, including the instrumental outros is
Mai4>Mai2>Mai5>Mai6>San4>San3>San2>San1>Ven6>Ven2=Ven1>Mai1>San5>Ven3>Ven4>Mai3>Ven5.

There are multiple things I take into account when I rate songs.The most important thing for me is numbered with 1 and the least important with 6. This list is not exhaustive!

1. Mastering
2. Main melody, including pitch correctness of the singer
3. Composition (background music) overall
4. Originality of the music, does it contain variety in itself? refraining from using ostinatos?
5. Voice of the singer
6. Lyrics/meaning (Unless it is really vulgar, then it will take top priority)

I enjoy Yura's voice more than Lalue's for example, Lalue, however, does a truly good job in this CD trilogy.  Next to that, I prefer heavier/more powerful compositions such as Mai4 and Mai2 over Mai3 and Ven5 (especially when the background music fades away, I think the composition becomes too lacking), as my favourite genre in music is "Gothic Metal"!

That was it for the compilation post.... Oh no! One more thing! Not only do I like listening to the songs, I also like to sing them!

This is an example of me singing "Maisery" with a friend named Rippi! Check it out!

楽園 (Rakuen) - Heaven - Booklet pages

This story takes place between the second (futari dake no sekai) and fourth (fuugawari na tenshi) song.

The last song is an instrumental, a nice and calm one. I think this song is my favourite one of the album. The title of this song means "Paradise".
I will put the text of the final pages of the booklet on this page. This text is a prelude to the 3rd song in maisery and fifth song in Vengel. This text in the booklet goes a little bit more into the "God" and the flowers named in the songs.

The story at the back of the booklet is telling us a little bit more about life in heaven. Angels hand flowers (in bouquets) to God, who embraces the flowers and kisses them. The flowers all regain their power to bloom and they are planted in heaven. The children who had died became angels, and they all got a chance to sing in the choir of god as equals. After a while, the eccentric angel realises that her favourite flower (here in red as "her friend") was not between the flowers that were brought in by other angels. Thus she goes to search for the flower, keeping in mind that the flower could have gone everywhere. 


 天使たちは、神様に花束を手渡した

神様はそれを抱きしめ、愛を注いだ

花は輝きを取り戻し、不思議な力に包まれた

天使たちが幸せそうに歌い続ける中、ある事に気付いた

それは、先に来ているはずの友達が見当たらない事だ

『そうだ、あの花を探せばきっと会える。』

その体は軽く、どこまでも飛んでいけそうだった。

The angels handed bouquets to God

God held those tight and filled them with love

The flowers regained their sparkle, they were wrapped up in a mysterious power

While the angels happily continued to sing, I realised something

That was, that my friend who had come previously could not be found.

I thought『That's right, if I search for that flower, I will surely meet it』

Her body was light, it seems that she could have flown everywhere

On the next page this is written:

At that time old memories are evoked
They are gentle yet sad memories.

These two sentences refer to the moment when the angel  thinks about the flower and reminiscences her past...

Vengel - Romaji and Translation

This is the last vocal song in the CD, I actually liked it least melody wise. Back to the story. So, having found the flower which the angel kept in her previous life, she came to the realisation that the once gentle past her was no more. Her goal was to bring this flower to heaven, but then she realised that the past her had become a cruel killing machine. She also came to the realisation that "god" was actually a puppet, controlled by an organisation of very cruel people. The angel got really angry and cuts the flower in two, through the heart of the flower. Actually, the scene of the angel cutting the flower can also be seen on the cover art, it's the pinkish/red flower which has been sliced in two.    Then she attempts to pierce herself in the heart... And I think she didn't succeed, because the mechanical angel still appears in the CD of Maisery.

A question that I thought of during this CD is, who is Vengel? I think Vengel is the combination of the mechanical wings, the past self and the future self of the angel. The angel wants vengeance on the God, for deceiving her and cruelly treating her, for never rewarding her, for all the things she had to go through.

A last time the colour code:

Gray stands for an angel, the identity of him/or her is ambiguous and can be interpreted on different ways, (Amended as of 23/11:) This might actually be the combination between red and blue.
Red stands for the wings/machine, I think it refers to the angel in her previous life, even though the songs dictate that it is the angel's only and best friend. Read more about this in song 4.
Blue stands for an eccentric angel, which is in this case the angel from whose point the songs are sung. This angel brings souls from the one side (real life world) to the other side (God's side)

Translation:

面影を探し求め続けた花は
変わらずに　灰が降る街の中　揺れた
溢れ出す感情で滲む目を開き
咲き誇る　一輪の愛情に口づけを

omokage wo sagashi motometsudzuketa hana wa
kawarazu ni hai ga furu machi no naka yureta
afuredasu kanjou de nijimu me wo hiraki
sakihokoru ichirin no aijou ni kuchidzuke wo

The flower who was continuously searching for her image
was wavering as always, in the town where ash was falling
The emotions that starting to overflow spread and the girl opened her eyes
the flower was in full bloom, and the girl kissed the flower with affection

輝く花びら　情景を見せた
羽を奪われた天使

kagayaku hanabira joukei wo miseta
hane wo ubawareta tenshi

The sparkling flower petals showed a spectacle
to the angel who had stolen feathers

 崩れ落ちた希望が胸を貫くのは
君のいない世界に意味など無いから
滅びゆく心の奥底に燃えた炎が
『神様なんて居ない』と告げた

kuzureochita kibou ga mune wo tsuranuku no wa
kimi no inai sekai ni imi nado nai kara
horobiyuku kokoro no okusoko ni moeta honoo ga
aa『kamisama nante inai』to tsugeta

The crumbling hope pierced through my chest
because a world without you, is a world without meaning
the flames that destroyed the bottom of my heart burnt
and I came to realise that 『God does not exist』

偽りの楽園を支配する者は
神様の皮を被る人間達で
花束を集めさせ利用して　騙す
気づかずに踊らされた天使が笑い合う

itsuwari no rakuen wo shihai suru mono wa
kamisama no kawa wo kaburu ningentachi de
hanataba wo atsumesase riyoushite damasu
kidzukazu ni odorasareta tenshi ga waraiau

The persons who rule the paradise of lies
are humans who put on the mask of god
they use angels to collect bouquets and betray them
those angels don't realise they are marionettes and smile

輝く花びら　運命を見せた
機械の天使と翼

kagayaku hanabira unmei wo miseta
kikai no tenshi to tsubasa

The sparkling flower petals showed her fate,
the mechanical angel and her wings

やっと見つけた君は残酷な姿で
白く光を纏い　羽ばたいた翼
優しくて温かい　かつての君はもう居ない
約束の花　強く握った・・・・・・

yatto mitsuketa kimi wa zankoku na sugata de
shiroku hikari wo matoi habataita tsubasa
yasashikute atatakai katsute no kimi wa mou inai
aa yakusoku no hana tsuyoku nigitta......

You, who I had finally found, were in a cruel state
You flapped your wings, which spread white light 
the kind and warm you I once knew was no more
I tightly grasped the flower of promise......

 崩れ落ちた希望が胸を貫くのは
君のいない世界に意味など無いから
滅びゆく心の奥底に燃えた炎が
 風に乗せられ　舞い上がる空

kuzureochita kibou ga mune wo tsuranuku no wa
kimi no inai sekai ni imi nado nai kara
horobiyuku kokoro no okusoko ni moeta honoo ga
kaze ni noserare maiagaru sora

The crumbling hope pierced through my chest
because a world without you, is a world without meaning
the flames that destroyed the bottom of my heart burnt
Riding on the wind, I soared to the sky

動き出す世界は　復讐の蒼空
 一輪の花　握った天使
心臓　貫かれた命は
世界 憎みながら
幕を下ろした—―。

ugokidasu sekai wa fukushuu no sora
ichirin no hana nigitta tenshi
kokoro tsuranukareta inochi wa
sekai nikumi nagara
maku wo oroshita.

The world that is starting to move has a blue sky of revenge
the angel grasped tightly on the single flower
she pierced it through the heart
as she came to hate the world
she let the curtains fall on her life.

Translation notes:
- 面影 - translated as "image" and the one it refers to is the angel. Thus the flower has waited for the angel to come back and bring it to heaven.

- 気づかずに踊らされた - "Being danced" literally translated. since being controlled, having to dance out of orders is what I consider to be "marionette"

- I'm moving 命は to 幕を下ろした and interpretting it as 命の幕を下ろした.

風変わりな天使 (Fuugawari na Tenshi) - Quirky Angel - Romaji and Translation

 In this song, the life of the angels in general is described, and her fusion with the "eccentric angel" also takes place after she escaped from the events in the previous song. Then there is a time skip to after the events of song 1, where she has failed her duty. She now is in the broken town and found the flower she so was fond of in her previous life and remembered the smile of her past self when she was with the flower. She is so happy to see the flower again and wants to bring it to the side of God, she briefly reminiscensed her past life and her emotionlessness seemed to fade for a second.

Once more the colour coding:
Gray stands for an angel, the identity of him/or her is ambiguous and can be interpreted on different ways, (Amended as of 23/11:) This might actually be the combination between red and blue.
Red stands for the wings/machine, I think it refers to the angel in her previous life, even though the songs dictate that it is the angel's only and best friend.
Blue stands for an eccentric angel, which is in this case the angel from whose point the songs are sung. This angel brings souls from the one side (real life world) to the other side (God's side)

I am actually indifferent about the melody of this song. It is okay, not as good as the first song, not as mediocre as the fifth, just... normal?

Translation:

縛られることなく　どこまでも自由に
大空へ飛び立つ　白い天使
命落とした子は　やがて生まれ変わる
楽園で羽ばたく為に

shibarareru koto naku doko made mo jiyuu ni
oozora e tobitatsu shiroi tenshi
inochi otoshita ko wa yagate umarekawaru
rakuen de habataku tame ni

Not being tied up anymore, I could move freely everywhere
The white angel took off to the sky
The child who had lost its life, finally reincarnated
in order to fly to paradise.

天使の使命は花を集め
子供の命を天空へ繋ぐ
神様のもとへ導き　羽を授ける
いつの日も繰り返した

tenshi no shimei wa hana wo atsume
kodomo no inochi wo sora e tsunagu
kamisama no moto e michibiki hane wo sazukeru
itsu no hi mo kurikaeshita

The duty of angels was to collect flowers
to connect the lives of children to the heavens
to lead them to the side of god, who gives them feathers
this repeats itself everyday

大きな花も弱い花も　等しく輝ける場所
奇跡とともに　祝福を歌いましょう
今　神様に口づけされた花たちは
幸せ咲いて　優しく笑い合うから
夢のような　苦しみのないこの世界が『楽園』

ookina hana mo yowai hana mo hitoshiku kagayakeru basho
kiseki to tomo ni shukufuku wo utaimashou
ima kamisama ni kuchidzukesareta hanatachi wa
shiawase saite yasashiku waraiau kara
yume no you na kurushimi no nai kono sekai ga 『rakuen』

A place where big flowers and delicate flowers shine equally
Not only do they sing about miracles, they shall also sing about blessings
Right now, the flowers that have been kissed by God
bloom happily and kindly smile
that world, which is like a dream without suffering, is called 『Rakuen (Paradise)』

使命を果たさずに　汚い街の中
風変わりな天使 ふらつく羽
がらくたが続いた薄暗い裏道
脆い家の前に着いた

shimei wo hatasazu ni kitanai machi no naka
fuugawari na tenshi furatsuku hane
garakuta ga tsudzuita usugurai uramichi
moroi ie no mae ni tsuita

Without accomplishing her duty, an eccentric angel found herself in a dirty town
Her wings wandered aimlessly
The broken angel continued her way on the dim backstreet
and arrived at the front of a brittle house

思い出の花を探し続け
見つけられると　きっと会えるから
そう信じ続け　夢中で軌跡を巡る
たった一人の友達

omoide no hana wo sagashitsudzuke
mitsukerareru to kitto aeru kara
sou shinjitsudzuke muchuu de kiseki wo meguru
tatta hitori no tomodachi

Continuing to search for the flower of reminiscence
"If I can find it, I will surely meet you again"
Continuing to believe that, I was obsessed with letting that miracle happen
for my only friend

奇麗な虹も星も花も　全てを教えてくれた
君だけでいい　君と私だけでいい
今　あの花を探して神様のもとへ
また会えるから　少しだけ待っていてね
二人だけの　幸せなその世界こそが 『楽園』

kirei na niji mo hoshi mo hana mo subete wo oshiete kureta
kimi dake de ii kimi to watashi dake de ii
ima ano hana wo sagashite kamisama no moto e
mata aeru kara sukoshi dake matteite ne
futari dake no shiawase na sono sekai koso ga 『rakuen』

Beautiful rainbows, stars and flowers, you were the one who had taught me about them
Being only with you is fine, if you and me can together I'll be happy
Now, I will search for the flower, and bring it to God's side
We shall meet again, just wait a little more, okay?
The world in which we are happy, a world for only you and me
that world is for sure 『Rakuen (paradise)』

風に乗せて　遠くまで届け　私の旋律よ

kaze ni nosete tooku made todoke watashi no senritsu yo
Ride on the wind, and reach far and wide, my melody!

ついに出逢えた赤い花は　変わらないその笑顔で
君と重なる　大好きなその笑顔で
凍てついた心を優しく溶かした
溢れる涙　透き通る頬を伝う
震える手でそっと包み　口づけをした　花びら

tsui ni deaeta akai hana wa kawaranai sono egao de
kimi to kasanaru daisuki na sono egao de
aa itetsukuita kokoro wo yasashiku tokashita
afureru namida sukitooru hoho wo tsutau
furueru te de sotto tsutsumi kuchidzuke wo shita hanabira

I finally found the red flower and thought of the your ever unchanging smile,
the smile that I loved so much
ah, my frozen heart softly started to melt
tears started to fall down from my transparent cheeks
with a trembling hand i slowly bundled the flowers and kissed the flower petals.

translation note:

- とともに
Instead of using "Together with", I connect the word miracle and blessings, and write them down like "not only ... but also..."

- がらくた literally means "trash", and i think it refers to the angel. Thus I wrote broken angel.

機械ノ翼 (Kikai no tsubasa) - Machine Wings - Romaji and Translation

The third song, "Mechanical Wings", describes what was done to the girl after she died.
The title of the song is actually coloured in red: thus it is confirmed that the song is about "the friend"/previous life of the angel. So in this song, The soul has been separated from her body, which is burnt, and instead of being immediately sent to heaven, where other angels collect flowers, she is tied up inside a cage for quite some time. "People" cut off and stole her feathers. I actually think this was the doing of God. Later, she escaped and I think she actually fused with the eccentric angel (the future her).

This song actually made me think a lot. It made me think whether I have interpreted everything correctly or not. Which of the two is Vengel? The name Vengel stands for Vengeance Angel, both the "I''-person and the "you"-person have reasons to take vengeance on the "heavens". Based on this song, I decide that I think the "I"person after all, is Vengel.  Because she is actually also an angel with mechanical wings... Then I started to think that maybe both persons are the same, but the red is the past, the blue is the future her (only for song 3) or present her in song 1, 2, 4 and 5...

I amended my statements for the colour coding:
Gray stands for an angel, the identity of him/or her is ambiguous and can be interpreted on different ways, (Amended as of 23/11:) This might actually be the combination between red and blue.
Red stands for the wings/machine, I think it refers to the angel in her previous life, even though the songs dictate that it is the angel's only and best friend. Read more about this in song 4.
Blue stands for an eccentric angel, which is in this case the angel from whose point the songs are sung. This angel brings souls from the one side (real life world) to the other side (God's side)

Translation

宙に浮かんだ　無垢な心は
肉体から離れて天使となった
思考さえ邪魔をする　割れる様な声が
やがて頭を灼き尽くした

chuu ni ukanda muku na kokoro wa
nikutai kara hanarete tenshi to natta
shikou sae jama wo suru   wareru you na koe ga
yagate atama wo yakitsukushita

Floating in space, was her pure heart
Separated from her body, she became an angel
Only thoughs interfered, a voice with enough power to break
In the end, her head was burnt to cinders

鎖に繋がれ　籠に囚われて
終わらぬ痛みを重ね
切り裂いて羽を奪った・・・・・・

kusari ni tsunagare kago ni torawarete
owaranu itami wo kasane
kirisaita hane wo ubatta......

Tied together by chains, she was captured in a cage
she was bearing an unstoppable pain
they cut off her feathers and stole it......

白い翼は本能で拒む《鮮血》に染まった
《解体》 されて《結合》られて　閃光疾走る
檻の中で瞳に映る 光景は
悲劇さえ　冷笑う

shiroi tsubasa wa honnou de kobamu 《aka》ni somatta
《bara》sarete 《tsunage》rarete senkou hashiru
ori no naka de hitomi ni utsuru koukei wa
higeki sae seserawarau


Her white wings denied by instinct and dyed them in "fresh blood (red)
"having disassembled (found out)" and "having combined (connected), her wings quickly let out a flash of light.
The scenery that was reflected in the eyes inside the cage
 She scornfully laughed at the tragedy and said

 『キミニアイタイナ・・・・・・』
『kimi ni aitai na......』
『I want to see you......』

 閉じ込められた　かつての天使
どれ位の時間が経ったのだろう
言葉さえ許さない　割れる様な声が
やがて心を灼き尽くした

tojikomerareta katsute no tenshi
dore kurai no jikan ga tatta no darou
 kotoba sae yurusanai wareru you na koe ga
yagate kokoro wo yakitsukushita

The ex-angel was locked up
I wonder how much time had passed since then
As long as you keep talking, I won't forgive you, she said with a voice with enough power to break
In the end, her heart was burnt to cinders

鎖を解かれた　籠から出されて
曖昧な痛み重ね
引き裂いて夢を奪った・・・・・・

kusari wo tokareta kago kara desarete
aimai na itami kasane
hikisaite yume wo ubatta......

She unfastened the chains and got out of the cage
carrying a vague pain
She tore up their dreams and stole them

白い翼は狂気が滲んだ　機械の姿
《破壊》されて《創造》られた　兵器の光
「最後にその命を組んで完成さ」
その意味も解らぬまま

shiroi tsubasa wa kyouki ga nijinda kikai no sugata
《kowa》sarete《tsuku》rareta heiki no hikari
「saigo ni sono inochi wo kunde kansei sa」
sono imi mo wakaranu mama

Her white wings blurred into madness, and gave her a mechanical form
"being destructed" and "being created", the light of her weapons
「In the end the construction of her life was complete」 
Without understanding the meaning of it.

『ソラハキレイカナ・・・・・・？』

『sora wa kirei kana.......?』
『I wonder if the sky is beautiful.......?』


白い翼が羽ばたくのは　鳥たちの行く蒼空
《 選別》ばれて《装着》られた　機械の天使
その背に刻む悲しい罪科も知らずに
感情を持たずに　ただ花を斬り続けた

shiroi tsubasa ga habataku no wa toritachi no yuku sora
《era》barete《tsuke》rareta kikai no tenshi
sono se ni kizamu kanashii tsumi mo shirazu ni
kanjou wo motazu ni tada hana wo kiritsudzuketa

She spread her white wings and took off to the blue sky where the birds go
"Being selected" and being "Equipped (dressed)", a mechanical angel
Without knowing of the sad punishment that was etched in her back
Without feeling any emotion, she only continued to cut down flowers

Translation notes:

花を斬り続けた
 斬り is verb that has a human undertone in it. It means "kill people", but instead I chose to translate it in the view of flowers.