#Chi no Memorī

[aftanith]

Vampire Knight E1-3, "Night of Vampires/Vanpaia no Naito/ヴァンパイアの夜" & "Memories of Blood/Chi no Memorī/血の記憶" & "The Fang of Repentance/Zange no Fangu/懺悔の牙"

Today I'm covering the first three episodes of Vampire Knight season one, and I'm really looking forward to this one. Watching this show is like being blasted back into middle school and the height of the Twilight craze and the golden age of Harry Potter fanfic, and I am simply beside myself with conflicted nostalgia for what were pretty undeniably the worst years of my life. And I can already tell that this story is going to be one big ol' problematic clusterf*ck... especially because I'm 99% sure I know a spoiler about Kaname.

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UtaPri: BLOODY SHADOWS Lyrics

Kanji, romaji and English translation for BLOODY SHADOWS by Ai, Ren, and Masato

(kanji source)

凍りきった感情 哀しみが溶かした 影に生きるには長過ぎた 愛の Bloody Shadows

雲間のムーンライト 罪を照らし 儚すぎた 時間を殺す

牙を隠し 苦しんでも 憶えばいい 血のワインより酔いしれ�� クチヅケを夢見よう

すべてを闇に 捧げたなら 愛を守れるのか？ 時もいらない 心さえいらない 美しく冷たい 世界へ

薔薇のように咲く Uh…紅き花 せめて最後だけ 恋のメモリー 遠き記憶 胸に優しく抱き そして眠らぬプリズンへ

泡沫に消えゆこう 不思議と怖くない 友との奏でるレクイエム 謳う Bloody Waltz

人は夜を 恐れながら 朝を待って 一人を嘆く

だけど寂しく 震える程 想えるから 募り痛むハートの分 力へと変えられる

永久と云う名の 輪廻の旅に 愛が示すまま 運命を受けて 静寂を越えて 祈り続けること 誓うよ

残酷の中 Ah…たった一つ 暖かい光 思い出だけは 壊れないように ずっと 忘れはしない 止まった鼓動に仕舞って 

終わらない Dark 悠久の Shadow 眩い Cross 切なき深淵

薄れる空 過去と今も 閉じる命 死の楽園で口ずさむ 君への愛のメロディ

すべてを闇に 捧げたなら 愛を守れるのか？ 時もいらない 心さえいらない 美しく冷たい 世界へ

薔薇のように咲く Uh…紅き花 せめて最後だけ 恋のメモリー 遠き記憶 胸に優しく抱き そして眠らぬプリズンへ

Romaji

koorikitta kanjou kanashimi ga tokashita kage ni ikiru ni wa nagasugita ai no Bloody Shadows

kumoma no mūnraito tsumi wo terashi hakanasugita jikan wo korosu

kiba wo kakushi kurushindemo oboeba ii chi no wain yori yoishireru kuchizuke wo yume miyou

subete wo yami ni sasageta nara ai wo mamoreru no ka? toki mo iranai kokoro sae iranai utsukushiku tsumeita sekai e

bara no youni saku Uh... akaki hana semete saigo dake koi no memorī tooki kioku mune ni yasashiku daki soshite nemuranu purizun e

utakata ni kie yukou fushigi to kowakunai tomo to no kanaderu rekuiemu utau Bloody Waltz

hito wa yoru wo osore nagara asa wo matte hitori wo nageku

dakedo samishiku furueru hodo omoeru kara tsudori itamu hāto no bun chikara e to kaerareru

towa to iu na no rinne no tabi ni ai ga shimesu mama sadame wo ukete seijaku wo koete inori tsuzukeru koto chikauyo

zankoku no naka Ah... tatta hitotsu atatakai hikari omoide dake wa kowarenai youni zutto wasure wa shinai tomatta kodou ni shimatte

owaranai Dark yuukyuu no Shadow mabayui Cross setsunaki shin'en

usureru sora kako to ima mo tojiru inochi shi no rakuen de kuchizusamu kimi e no ai no merodi

subete wo yami ni sasageta nara ai wo mamoreru no ka? toki mo iranai kokoro sae iranai utsukushiku tsumeita sekai e

bara no youni saku Uh... akaki hana semete saigo dake koi no memorī tooki kioku mune ni yasashiku daki soshite nemuranu purizun e

English

Sorrow melted My frozen emotions I have lived in the shadows for too long Bloody Shadows of love

The moonlight between the clouds Illuminates my sins And kills The fleeting time

Even if I hide my fangs And suffer I shall remember And dream of a kiss which intoxicates me More than a blood wine

If I sacrifice my everything To darkness Will I be able to protect love? To a beautiful and cold world Where I do not need Time nor a heart, I go

A red flower blooms Uh... Like a rose At least at the end Memories of love Distant recollections I gently Hold them in my chest And go to a sleepless prison

I shall vanish ephemerally Strangely, I am not afraid I play a requiem with my companions And sing a Bloody Waltz

While fearing The night People wait for the morning And lament solitude

But the more I Lonely shiver, The more I remember, So I am able to change My aching heart into strength

In the journey of this samsara Called "eternity", Love guides me I will accept fate, Cross the silence, And continue to pray That is what I swear

Inside cruelty Ah... There is a single Warm light So that at least my memories Can remain unbroken, I will not Ever forget Keeping them in my stopped pulse

An endless Dark An eternal Shadow A dazzling Cross A heartrending abyss

The sky is fading Life closes Both the past and present In the paradise of death, I hum A love melody dedicated to you

If I sacrifice my everything To darkness Will I be able to protect love? To a beautiful and cold world Where I do not need Time nor a heart, I go

A red flower blooms Uh... Like a rose At least at the end Memories of love Distant recollections I gently Hold them in my chest And go to a sleepless prison