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Persona Alice (日本語)
それは、遠い世界でのお話。
ある所に、魔女に「他人の顔を見ると死んでしまう呪い」を
かけられた女の子がいました。
彼女は呪いのかかった日からずっと独りで薄暗い日々を暮らしており、
親にも友達にも、もう何年も会っていません。
なので、彼女の話相手はたった一人。
水面に写る、自分の姿だけでした。
水面に写るのは硝子玉の 青い瞳をした仮面の顔
沈んだ灯台は淡く揺らぎ 密やかな声
誰も私の事知らないから 私は誰の事も知らないの
丸い時計 針は十五を指し 逆さまになる
サケブワ 返事は無いのか何も聞こえない
ワラウワ 浮かべた所で誰にも見えないの
pa 4'i ka mM dzi 4a 4o m'i 4a Ji ka （パリィカムヅィラロミラニカ）
それは まるで 夢の中で
ウサギを追い掛けて穴に落ちた あの少女の様だ
エシラ エシラ 真っ逆様になる
水面の仮面はどうしてかとても 悲しそうで
青色 浮かぶ 鐘の風船
まどろみ 油絵の具の中
砕けた カエル 石に変わり
誰かが笑った様な気が
悲しくないわ だってホララ
風船より身軽な気分だわ！
縫い付けられた 水面の姿
「ホントにそうか？」と問いただす
ナイテル 水底澱む木々の枝ずっと
キコエル 何処からともなく煌めく鈴の音が
wa do 4a pM dzi 4a mM Ji 4a mi ka （ワドラフュヅィラムニラミカ）
それは とても 忙しく笑い
しきりに時計を見て走り回るあの ウサギの様だ
エシラ エシラ 泣いてるのは誰だ？
水面の仮面がイタズラにそっと ササヤイタ
「君はどうして泣いているんだ？」
「アナタがそこにいるからよ」
「僕はここにいちゃいけないのか？」
「そう、だから、消えて」
「嫌だ」
「…」
「君も一緒に行こう」
「嫌よ」
「…」
「お願いだから、二人きりにして」
安い言葉をアナタは言う
私は笑う 仮面は嘲笑う
何一つ知らないクセに どうせ忘れてしまうクセに
暗い水面に足をつける
仮面は歓喜の声で言う
「ハロー！ハロー！待っていました！」波を呼んで笑っていた
暖かい手が私をとり
私と仮面を引き裂いた
温もりの中 光を探したけど
何も みえない
安い言葉をアナタは言う
私は笑う 仮面は嘲笑う
何一つ知らないクセに どうせ忘れてしまうクセに
暗い水面に足をつける
仮面は歓喜の声で言う
「ハロー！ハロー！覚えもいたすないわ！」
貴方がいけば 私をひきわけた
温もりの中 光を探したけど
何も みえない
「ねぇ…ここは灯台の麓？」
「え？」
「とても暗くて…どうしてか心地良いの」
「…そうか」
「君の目はもう…」
それは とても 素敵なもの
恐ろしい裁判から目が覚めた あの少女の様だ
エシラ エシラはもういないのよ
水底沈む灯台と共に 夢を見る
歪む 色も 形も全て
無くした代わりに受け取ったこの手の 温もりを
ラン ロゥ ズィ ラ ゲ リュ ジ ラ
真っ逆さまになる
水面に写るのは恐らく もう
私だけ
（さよなら）
長い長い夢を見ていたのかもしれない。
もしくは、今まさに夢の途中なのかもしれない。
少女はひと粒の涙を その水面に落とし、
途方に暮れる様な道を歩いて行きまた。
* Click to toggle versions; the "Hello! Hello!" part is different on Bouquet and Burial at Sea. But there's no official transcription (even the lyrics booklet has the old lyrics), so it's probably not really right.
** Excepting the line about them being separated, where the video shows the word "仮面," Miku actually says "私."
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Persona Alice (Romanji)
Sore wa, tooi sekai de no o-hanashi.
Aru basho ni, majo ni "tanin no kao o miru to shinde shimau noroi" o
Kakerareta onna no ko ga imashita.
Kanojo wa noroi no kakatta hi kara zutto hitori de usugurai hibi o kurashite ori.
Oya ni mo tomodachi ni mo, mou nan-nen mo atte imasen.
Nano de, kanojo no hanashiaite wa tatta hitori.
Minamo ni utsuru, jibun no sugata dake deshita.
Minamo ni utsuru no wa garasu dama no aoi hitomi o shita kamen no kao
Shizunda toudai wa awaku yuragi mitsu ya kana koe
Daremo watashi no koto shiranai kara watashi wa dare no koto mo shiranai no
Marui tokei hari wa juu-go o sashi sakasama ni naru
SAKEBU WA henji wa nai no ka nanimo kikoenai
WARAU WA ukabeta tokoro de dare ni mo mienai no
pa 4'i ka mM dzi 4a 4o m'i 4a Ji ka (pa ri ka mu di ra ro mi ra ni ka)
Sore wa maru de yume no naka de
Usagi o oikakete ana ni ochita ano shoujo no you da
Eshira Eshira massakasama ni naru
Minamo no kamen wa doushite ka totemo kanashisou de
Aoiro ukabu kane no fuusen
Madoromi aburae no gu no naka
Kudaketa kaeru ishi ni kawari
Dareka ga waratta you na ki ga
Kanashikunai wa datte horara
Fuusen yori migaru na kibun da wa!
Nuitsukerareta minamo no sugata
"Honto ni sou ka?" to toita dasu
NAITERU minasoko yodomu kigi no eda zutto
KIKOERU doko kara to mo naku kirameku suzu no oto ga
wa do 4a pM dzi 4a mM Ji 4a mi ka (wa do ra fyu di ra mu ni ra mi ka)
Sore wa totemo sewashiku warai
Shikiri ni tokei o mite hashiri mawaru ano usagi no you da
Eshira Eshira naiteru no wa dare da?
Minamo no kamen ga itazura ni sotto sasayaita
"Kimi wa doushite naiteirunda?"
"Anata ga soko ni iru kara yo"
"Boku wa koko ni icchaikenai no ka?"
"Sou, dakara, kiete"
"Iya da"
"..."
"Kimi mo issho ni ikou"
"Iya yo"
"..."
"Onegai dakara, futari-kiri ni shite"
Yasui kotoba o anata wa iu
Watashi wa warau kamen wa azawarau
Nani hitotsu shiranai kuse ni douse wasurete shimau kuse ni
Kurai minamo ni ashi o tsukeru
Kamen wa kanki no koe de iu
"Haroo! Haroo! Matteimashita!" nami o yonde waratteita
Atatakai te ga watashi o tori
Watashi to kamen o hikisaita
Nukumori no naka hikari o sagashita kedo
Nanimo mienai
Yasui kotoba o anata wa iu
Watashi wa warau kamen wa azawarau
Nani hitotsu shiranai kuse ni douse wasurete shimau kuse ni
Kurai minamo ni ashi o tsukeru
Kamen wa kanki no koe de iu
"Haroo! Haroo! Oboe mo itasunai wa!"
Anata ga ikeba watashi o hikiwaketa
Nukumori no naka hikari o sagashita kedo
Nanimo mienai
"Nee... koko wa toudai no fumoto?"
"E?"
"Totemo kurakute... doushite ka kokochiyoi no"
"...Sou ka"
"Kimi no me wa mou..."
Sore wa totemo suteki na mono
Osoroshii saiban kara me ga sameta ano joujo no you da
Eshira Eshira wa mou inai no yo
Minasoko shizumu toudai to tomo ni yume o miru
Yugamu iro mo katachi mo subete
Nakushita kawari ni uketotta kono te no nukumori o
Ran row zui la ge ryu zi la
Massakasama ni naru
Minamo ni utsuru no wa osoraku mou
Watashi dake
(Sayonara)
Nagai nagai yume o miteita no kamoshirenai.
Moshiku wa, ima masa ni yume no tochuu nano kamoshirenai.
Joujo wa hito-tsubu no namida o sono minamo ni otoshi,
Tohou ni kureru you na michi o aruite ikimashita.
* Click to toggle versions; the "Hello! Hello!" part is different on Bouquet and Burial at Sea. But there's no official transcription (even the lyrics booklet has the old lyrics), so it's probably not really right.
** Excepting the line about them being separated, where the video shows the word "kamen," Miku actually says "watashi."
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Persona Alice (English)
This is a tale from a faraway world.
There lived a girl who had been cursed by a witch
to bring death to those whose face she saw.
From the day she was cursed, she lived a life of gloom all by herself.
She had not met her parents or friends in years.
Thus, there was but one person to keep her company.
Her own reflection in the water.
The surface of the water makes a looking-glass, showing a blue-eyed masked face
A sunken lighthouse faintly wavering, and a quiet voice
Since no one knows anything of me, I don't know anything of anyone
The round clock's hands strike 15 and flip upside-down
SHOUT, and is there no reply? I hear nothing
LAUGH, and I see no one coming to join me
pa 4'i ka mM dzi 4a 4o m'i 4a Ji ka (pa ri ka mu di ra ro mi ra ni ka)***
It's entirely like being in a dream,
Like the girl who chased a rabbit and fell down a hole
Ecila, Ecila, flipped-upside down
The mask on the water's surface somehow seems so sad
Blue, floating, a bell balloon
In the dozing oil-paint colors,
A cracked frog turned to stone,
And someone laughed, or so it seemed
But it isn't sad, after all,
I feel even lighter than a balloon!
That figure sewn onto the water's surface
Asks, "Is it really true?"
CRYING, all the way to the branches stuck at the bottoms
LISTENING, and from somewhere, there's the bright sound of bells
wa do 4a pM dzi 4a mM Ji 4a mi ka (wa do ra fyu di ra mu ni ra mi ka)***
It was a very busy kind of laugh,
Like the rabbit running around and constantly looking at his watch
Ecila, Ecila, who's the one crying?
The mask on the water's surface teasingly, softly whispered
"Why are you crying?"
"Because you're there."
"I shouldn't be here?"
"Yes, so disappear."
"No."
"..."
"You should come with me."
"No!"
"..."
"Please, leave us be."
You said thoughtless words
I laughed - the mask sneered
Though I didn't know a thing, though I would forget anyway,
I set foot into the dark surface of the water
The mask spoke with a voice of delight
"Hello! Hello! I've been waiting!", it called waves and laughed
A warm hand grabbed me,
The mask and I were torn apart
In the warmth, I searched for the light, but...
I saw nothing...
You said thoughtless words
I laughed - the face sneered
Though I didn't know a thing, though I would forget anyway,
I set foot into the dark surface of the water
The mask spoke with a voice of delight
"Hello! Hello! Don't you remember?"
When you came, you pulled me apart
In the warmth, I tried to search for the light, but...
I saw nothing...
"Hey... is this the base of the lighthouse?"
"Huh?"
"It's very dark... but somehow comforting."
"...Really?"
"Your eyes are..."
It was a very wonderful thing,
Like the girl waking up from the terrible trial
Ecila, Ecila is no more
Sunk to the bottom of the sea with the lighthouse, left dreaming
Distorted colors, shapes, everything
For all I had lost, I took this hand, in all its warmth
Ran row zui la ge ryu zi la***
It's completely inverted
Perhaps the image on the surface of the water...
Is just me
(Goodbye)
Perhaps she was having a long, long dream.
Or perhaps she is yet in a dream.
She let one tear upon the water,
and walked along a bewildering road.
* Click to toggle versions; the "Hello! Hello!" part is different on Bouquet and Burial at Sea. But there's no official transcription (even the lyrics booklet has the old lyrics), so it's probably not really right. Not quite analysis, but if anyone didn't realize (like I didn't for forever), either Hachi was inspired by Through the Looking Glass or that's quite a coincidence. Okay, so first, Alice might not have actually been cursed, but... yeah, she probably was. Otherwise the intro is basically just outright lying. Most of what Alice sees is imagined, though one piece of Pixiv fanart vaguely suggests that the "bell(s) on (a) balloon(s)" or "bell-shaped balloon(s)" or whatever are tears seen in the reflection. Ecila is almost certainly just a reflection, but Alice, being quite apparently not okay, believes she's real simply because she has nobody else. She could definitely stem from part of Alice's personality, which could have connections to the curse. So that would be why what appears to be their meeting is "a beautiful thing" - not only do they reunite, it might be what breaks the curse. When the boy to leave together (and leave Ecila behind), Alice grows desperate and tries to meet Ecila by, well, basically drowning herself. She's saved by the boy, but might have suffered some damage, but the curse seems undone one way or another. The state of her vision by the end isn't totally clear, although "distorted colors, shapes, everything / For all I had lost"... That said, the "distorted colors, shapes" could merely be the appearance of things in the water. Or the other way around - she's so accustomed to the way things look in reflections, she's calling reality "distorted" (see Plato's Allegory of the Cave). One of the animations on Nico seems pretty set on "is just me" at the end being shaped like a cross on a grave. I suppose that would be for Ecila, since in that line, Alice "kills" Ecila by deciding she was just her reflection.
** Excepting the line about them being separated, where the video shows the word "mask", Miku actually says "I/me/my/etc."
*** The last one is likely meant to sound like "Alice in Wonderland" (or something similar) backwards. The prior ones are probably a similar deal.
However, as it's an attempt to make forward-played syllables sound that way when reversed, they don't really sound right. Hachi used the more typical approach to reversing things for Qualia. (Oh, and the syllables in parentheses are what it is in Katakana, according to MikuWiki.)
**** CLICK FOR PRETENTIOUS! ANALYSIS
Some theories on "striking 15" from MikuWiki: "15 minutes on a clock is 3:00, and the rabbit is the third sign of the zodiac." "15 is 12 in the water's reflection." "What if it's not minutes, but hours? 15:00 is 3 PM. Tea time? With a sleepy rabbit?" "15 (hour or minute) points to 3, and when flipped, points to 9. 3 + 9 is Mi + Ku, isn't it?"