平沢進 -「作業(愚者の薔薇園)」/ Hirasawa Susumu - "Opus (The Fool's Rose Garden)" Lyrics

[phonon_belt]

Hello! It's been a while. My new job doesn't leave much time for translating, but I am still listening to Mr. Hirasawa, so all is well.

A while back someone asked about the song "Opus" and I finally got around to taking a stab at it.

As I discussed here, the theme for the Philosopher's Propeller album is alchemy and the process known as the

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[picturesmcgee]

[phonon_belt]

Hellooooo! *confetti* Yes, I sort of disappeared inadvertently. How are you?

And hurray, finally a Tumblr after my own heart! Very nice! Feel free to share the translations as long as there's a link back. I do go back every so often and tweak the translations or add a note, so I would like people have access to the latest version through the links. :)

[aural_elixir]

Hello! Welcome back! :D

Thanks for the translation! Interesting idea about the 'Great Work'. Though looking at Wikipedia, the two definitions of what this actually means seemed to be different. So maybe the 'great work' is a personal thing that people must discover and define for themselves? Maybe his idea with the whole alchemy theme is to help people discover their own path to spiritual growth? Or at least empathising with the fact that this is quite difficult?! That's the feeling I get from these lyrics, but I could be totally wrong though!
Nonetheless, the imagery is pretty cool. Love the line 'untangling the hair of the dragon running on mantras'. That's pretty crazy to be fair. 8)

And yay for the Tumblr page! I'd noticed there's a growing fandom over there. (I'm not on Tumblr though. I just lurk, hehe)