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Aku no Musume 2024 musical.
Source: https://blog.piapro.net/2024/01/f2401051-1.html
@hiyari8
Oh, so mentions of 'plateu', 'steel knight' 'revolt' 'lost princess' huh? Repeating motifs.
魔女と幸せの花
The Witch and the Flower of Happiness (Felicity Flower)
とある国のお姫様が
The princess of a certain country
無実の魔女 火あぶりにした
Had an innocent witch burned at the stake
今際の際 魔女は告げた
In her final moments, the witch told them:
「花がお前らを殺すだろう」
"My flowers will kill you"
.
やがてくる春の訪れ
Eventually they were visited by the coming spring
草木が芽吹く季節
The season of budding plants
奇麗な花が咲いた
Pretty flowers bloomed
誰も見た事の無い花
Flowers that no one had ever seen before
.
色鮮やかな花弁に
They had gorgeously vibrant petals
ワインのような香り
And a fragrance like wine
近づいた途端感じる
The moment you approached one, you could feel
えもいえぬ幸福感
An indescribable euphoria
.
人々は花を愛し
The people loved these flowers
国中へと広めていった
They spread them across the country
何の疑念も持たず
With no suspicions at all
.
幸せの花が咲くよ
The flower of happiness blooms
皆々幸せにするよ
We'll make everyone happy
もっともっと花を咲かせ
Grow more and more of that flower
作り出せハッピーエンド
Create a happy end
.
大地中に花が満ちて
The great land was so filled with those flowers
当たり前の事になった時
That they became commonplace
突然訪れた長い冬
Then they were suddenly visited by a long winter
幸せの花は枯れてゆく
And the flowers of happiness began to wither
.
幸せを与えていた
When they had lost
花が失われた時
The flowers that granted them happiness
人々は以前よりも
The people became
もっともっと不幸になった
Increasingly more despairing than they had been before
.
わずかに残った花を巡り
Battles broke out
争いが始まった
Around the few flowers they had left
心乱れるお姫様
Driven to turmoil, the princess
魔女の言葉を思い出す
Recalled the witch's words
.
全ての花を燃やせと
The princess ordered all of the flowers
命じた姫様に怒り
To be burned
鋼鉄の騎士が導く
Enraged, a steel knight[1]
反乱が巻き起こる
Stirred up a revolt
.
王宮は取り囲まれ
The palace was surrounded
家臣たちは皆殺し
They killed the retainers
姫様は行方知れず
No one knowing of the princess' whereabouts
.
幸せの花が咲くよ
The flower of happiness blooms
朽ち果てた亡骸の上に
After the whole country fell to ruin
国が全て滅びた後
Atop their wilted remains,
ふたたび春が訪れた
Spring was upon them once more
.
ひときわ大きな花が
An incredibly huge flower
高原で見事に咲き誇る
Sat in a splendid full bloom upon the plateau
その実が割れて生まれ落ちた
Its fruit broke open, and born from within
死んだはずの黒き魔女
Was the black witch who was supposed to be dead
.
花は奇麗でなくては
Someone once said that
ならないと誰かが言った
A flower absolutely must be pure
巨大な花の根元には
At the roots of this enormous flower
永遠に眠れるお姫様
Lay the princess in an eternal sleep
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This does not specify if it was a single steel knight or multiple.