Kaya - Ophelia single (22/7/09) Update!!

[a-amanitin]

Thank you faith!

(And what is up with your sig? I must've missed it...)

 

[La dix Croix]

thank you sooo much for rose kingdom too<3

 

[ansem]

The lyrics are wonderful, really typical for Kaya. But it's not a bad thing!

Has he made a single song without using words such as "darling" and "rose" xD ?

 

[faith]

Actually, I forgot to mention that - He didn't use bouya this time - he used "anata"
genten kaiki shippai

@Red Scarf - Hanachan and I were being silly and betting on what Kanon would say about her trip to the USA.
It's a Shunsuke and the Giant Mango reference (she hasn't said it...yet)

 

[Manneking]

Thank you for the translation <3 i love the alice reference

 

[Decadent_Irises]

Thank you for the translation <3 i love the alice reference

hahaha i was showing my completely uninterested roomie the lyrics and she was like "i've never met a person so obsessed with alice in wonderland"
needless to say, i was pleased with the lyrics XDD

Thanks Faith~

 

[Haku]

Rose Kingdom: Alice in Wonderland, with me as the Queen of Hearts

:'D a year or two ago, I wrote a crack!Horror-fantasy fic with Kaya as the Queen of Hearts.

Because he's just so damn creepy sometimes... I mean, c'mon, seriously: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qLcxah2tN8

 

[Ma_cherie]

I'm reaaaally happy with this single *__* Thank you Faith for such beautiful translations~

 

[faith]

Ugh...gonna be a long night. But here - this is the last of it.

タイトルは、シェイクスピア戯曲 「ハムレット」に登場するオフィーリアから。
数年前に観劇致しました「ハムレット」のお芝居が本当に素晴らしくてね。
その中でもオフィーリアの悲哀が、強く心に焼き付いたの。
その日からずっと、彼女をモチーフにして歌いたいと思っておりました。
あまりにも純真なオフィーリア。
強く、そして儚いオフィーリア。
届かない想い、報われぬ恋、禁じられた関係、わたくしがメインに歌い続ける悲恋の世界と
純真ゆえ強く、純真ゆえ危ないオフィーリアの悲哀が共鳴し、生まれた作品です。
メジャーデビュー以来、様々な音楽に挑戦して参りましたので、
一度原点に立ち戻ってみようと思い、創り上げました。
まさしく「原点回帰」といったところでしょうか。
作曲＆編曲の際、主題としてお願いしたのは「デジタルとゴッシクの融合」。
ピアノとパイプオルガンで繰り返される旋律と、シンセリードが紡ぎ出す
あざやかなデジタル世界とのバランスが絶妙で、大変気に入っております。
歌詞はやわらかい印象になるよう言葉を厳選 致しました。
美しくも残酷な恋物語、どうぞご堪能ください。

The title for this song was taken from the Ophelia in Shakespeare's [Hamlet].
The [Hamlet] I saw several years back was truly wonderful.
And within it, Ophelia's sorrow especially burnt itself fast into my heart.
From that day on I thought of how I'd like to make her a motif for one of my songs.

Too pure, Ophelia.
Strong, and transient Ophelia.

Emotions left unheard, love unrequited, relations forbidden, this work was born from the world of tragic love that is the focus of my songs, in sympathy with Ophelia's pure butstrong, pure but dangerous grief.

I've challenged myself with various types of music since going major, so I thought it nice to return to my origins just once more, and created this song.
Precisely, it could be said it's a [revival of my beginnings].

On the composition and arrangement side, I asked for the fusion of digital and gothic.
The repeated melody on the piano and pipe organ spin together with the synth lead.
The balance with a vividly digital world is equisite, and I'm extremely fond of it.

I carefully chose the lyrics to convey a soft impression.
I hope you are satisfied with this beautiful, cruel love story.

 

[Decadent_Irises]

Thanks Faith~

what's with your sig
i have been wondering what kind of nonsense he's been posting

 

[faith]

i have been wondering what kind of nonsense he's been posting

Well, not that XD

But conceptually similar more or less. Like "morning dudes" and "I'm drinking tea LOOK AT MY TEA PIC" and "I'm going to dance rehearsal" and "I'm in dance rehearsal" and "now I'm done with dance rehearsal" and "meow" and stuff. Y'know, twitter stuff. He's assimilated quite nicely it seems (aside from it being in Japanese - do other Japanese artists have twitters?).

 

[Haku]

Hayato from Camino has a Twitter... XD He followed me after I advertised that I had a twitter on my Facebook. <3

 

[Renaissance]

I don't know about Japanese artists, but quite a few Korean artists have twitter. Not all fo them use it, but they have it.

 

[Decadent_Irises]

i have been wondering what kind of nonsense he's been posting

Well, not that XD

But conceptually similar more or less. Like "morning dudes" and "I'm drinking tea LOOK AT MY TEA PIC" and "I'm going to dance rehearsal" and "I'm in dance rehearsal" and "now I'm done with dance rehearsal" and "meow" and stuff. Y'know, twitter stuff. He's assimilated quite nicely it seems (aside from it being in Japanese - do other Japanese artists have twitters?).

hahaha i figured it wasn't "scratching my butt nyaa" though that would be funny.

 

[Manneking]

Ryonai from BLAM HONEY has Twitter:

http://twitter.com/ryonai_

 

[Daedolon]

Oo. I like Ophelia a lot, both Kaya's performance on it and the song itself, especially those small melodic leads Hora put here and there. Very nice, one of Kaya's better songs. I didn't find Rose Kingdom that interesting on the first listen, and I've been too busy listening to Ophelia to give it another try

Ryonai from BLAM HONEY has Twitter:

http://twitter.com/ryonai_

Wrong thread again? ::kisaki::

 

[Manneking]

Oo. I like Ophelia a lot, both Kaya's performance on it and the song itself, especially those small melodic leads Hora put here and there. Very nice, one of Kaya's better songs. I didn't find Rose Kingdom that interesting on the first listen, and I've been too busy listening to Ophelia to give it another try

Ryonai from BLAM HONEY has Twitter:

http://twitter.com/ryonai_

Wrong thread again? ::kisaki::

nope, faith asked if any more jp artists had it

 

[Daedolon]

Oh I missed that.

 

[Manneking]

Oh I missed that.

lol, its no problem xD

even though i posted the review here already, JaME posted my review on Kaya's Ophelia! - http://jmusiceuropa.com/uk/articles-531 ... helia.html

 

[Garnet]

Finallly got it a few days ago.
Ophelia's my fav here.
Thanks for translations, Faith

Btw. My credit card's account is still without any debt...not that I'm so unhappy^^"