CLAYMORE – Danzai no Hana ～Guilty Sky～
I have been listening to Danzai no Hana for the past few days. It is the ED theme to CLAYMORE. A really awesome song for a really awesome show. I think it’s a really apt song for Clare the lonely heroine. I am tempted to order the CD from Amazon…
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The English lyrics below are translated by me from the Japanese lyrics and not taken from the English version of the song that is included as track 3 on the single. The official English lyrics are heavily modified in order to fit the rhythm of the song.
Read on for the lyrics.
Danzai no Hana ~Guilty Sky~
Kosaka Riyu
KOKORO… mada ANATA no KIOKU no naka de
KARADA… sagashiteru tarinai WATASHI wo
kyou mo dokoka de dareka no nagasu namida
tsumetaku warau sadame wo ikiteiku koto
nakusenai mono nigirishimenagara
WATASHI wa ima mo koko ni iru no
karenai hana wa utsukushikute
yuruginai omoi wo mune ni sakitsudzuketa
chigireta kumo no danzai no sora
tomaranai kanashimi wo dakishimeteita
donna “itami” nimo “hajimari” wa atte
itsuka otozureru “owari” wo matteru
ano hi ANATA ni kanjita nukumori mo
kidzukeba te ga sukeru gurai iroaseteta
ushinatteiku oto bakari fuete
subete wo sutete koko ni iru no
karenai hana wa utsukushikute
yuruginai omoi wo mune ni dakitsudzuketa
chigireyuku ai zankoku na yume
tomaranai kanashimi wo dakishimeteita
kono sekai wa
shinjitsu to iu
kodoku wo hitsuyou to shita
ANATA no kage
ANATA no yume
oikaketeta…
nakusenai mono nigirishimenagara
WATASHI wa ima mo koko ni iru no
karenai hana wa utsukushikute
yuruginai omoi wo mune ni sakitsudzuketa
chigireta kumo no danzai no sora
tomaranai kanashimi wo dakishimeteita
mirai, motomete…
odoritsudzukete… towa ni…
Convicted Flower ~Guilty Sky~
Riyu Kosaka
My heart… is still locked in your memories.
My body… I search for one for I have none.
Today I will once again see someone somewhere shed tears,
And again it’s my destiny to return nothing but a cold smile.
As I hold on to this fate that cannot be abandoned,
I am standing here right now.
Like an eternally-blooming flower’s beauty,
The persistent feelings continued to blossom in my heart.
The clouds are torn into pieces in the guilty sky,
I embraced tightly the neverending remorse.
Every “pain” has a “beginning” somewhere,
And an “ending” that surely awaits.
The warmth I felt in you on that day too,
It faded away quietly till my hands felt empty.
Only the sounds of lost hope seem to increase,
I threw away everything to be here now.
Like an eternally-blooming flower’s beauty,
The persistent feelings continued to blossom in my heart.
The dying love, the cruel dream,
I embraced tightly the neverending remorse.
This world,
It needs a solitude
Called “truth”.
Your shadow,
Your dreams,
I was chasing after them…
As I hold on to this fate that cannot be abandoned,
I am standing here right now.
Like an eternally-blooming flower’s beauty,
The persistent feelings continued to blossom in my heart.
The clouds are torn into pieces in the guilty sky,
I embraced tightly the neverending remorse.
Wish for the future…
And continue dancing… For ever…
断罪の花～Guilty Sky～
小坂りゆ
ココロ…まだアナタのキヲクの中で
カラダ…探してる足りないワタシを
今日も何処かで誰かの流す涙
冷たく笑う運命を生きていく事
なくせないもの握りしめながら
ワタシは今もここにいるの
枯れない花は美しくて
ゆるぎない思いを胸に咲き続けた
ちぎれた雲の断罪の空
止まらない哀しみを抱き締めていた
どんな“痛み”にも『始まり』はあって
いつか訪れる『終わり』を待ってる
あの日アナタに感じた温もりも
気付けば手が透けるぐらい色褪せてた
失っていく音ばかり増えて
全てを捨ててここにいるの
枯れない花は美しくて
ゆるぎない思いを胸に咲き続けた
ちぎれゆく愛 残酷な夢
止まらない哀しみを抱き締めていた
この世界は
真実という
孤独を必要とした
アナタの影
アナタの夢
追いかけてた…
なくせないもの握りしめながら
ワタシは今もここにいるの
枯れない花は美しくて
ゆるぎない思いを胸に咲き続けた
ちぎれた雲の断罪の空
止まらない哀しみを抱き締めていた
未来、求めて…
踊りつづけて…永遠に…
June 2nd, 2007 at 8:49 pm
Hey DM,
just asking, which type of shipping from amazon japan will it be safer for the packages to not undergo checking by the MDA. I’m thinking of ordering DVDs again from amazon japan,but the thought of the MDA screwing up my previous order( scratches over the dvd covers etc.) made me rethink. Hope you can provide some help for this issue. Thx
June 2nd, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Interesting ED music from CLAYMORE a anime that I want to watch but have yet to get to it.
June 2nd, 2007 at 10:46 pm
My packages from Amazon have never been checked by MDA before.
June 2nd, 2007 at 11:39 pm
So what shipping do you use? EMS?
June 2nd, 2007 at 11:50 pm
Heh, I’ve been listening to it a lot as well lately. It is indeed kickass ^^
However, the PV disappointed me a LOT. It’s made of highspeed camera overuse and unrelated to the song and massive loads of fail.
Too bad, I’d have liked something more medieval for that one.
June 3rd, 2007 at 12:06 am
I like the song too but it seems the LONE .flac lossless release has some kind of file error….. guess I have to stick with the mp3 one from nipponsei..XD
June 3rd, 2007 at 7:19 am
Oh, the second half was better, I think – with the many cuts from the anime. On the downside it’s only a stripped version about 1 minute short, buuut nothing which couldn’t be fixed with some creative scripting…
First time ever I felt the wish to work on a PV, but this piece is just too awesome. Maybe something will come out of it… :->
June 3rd, 2007 at 12:36 pm
I seldom use EMS nowadays because I realize that normal registered mail takes only 2-3 more days to reach Singapore due to either our close proximity to Japan or an efficient postal system.
Anyway, all Amazon shipments are handled by DHL so I’m pretty sure it has nothing to do with EMS.
June 3rd, 2007 at 6:37 pm
Wow the English verson of the song really is heavily modified like you said. It was so hard to distinguish what she was saying. I probably would appreciate the english version better if I could clearly hear the lyrics.
June 4th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
Hmmmm.. Actually, instead of ‘for ever’ in the last line, I’d prefer ‘eternally’. Dunno, maybe its just me. The ‘ly’ just rhyme’s ‘ni’ anyway. heh
June 6th, 2007 at 9:19 am
I noticed some of your lyrics are a little off (the jap) Just in a few places, But I’ve been listening to this song for a while and you mixed up/added a few letters. It’s prob not noticable to most ppl but i notice it quite a bit, personally.
June 6th, 2007 at 9:35 am
If you’re wondering what i think my corrections are, then here:
tsumetaku warau unmei wo ikiteiku koto
=
Tsumetaku warau sadame wo ikite-yuku koto
kidzukeba te ga sukeru gurai iroaseteta
=
kidzukeba te ga sukeru kurai iroaseteta
ushinatteiku oto bakari fuete
=
ushinatte-yuku oto bakari fuete
yuruginai omoi wo mune ni dakitsudzuketa
=
yuruginai omoi wo mune ni sakitsudzuketa
WATASHI wa ima koko ni iru no
=
Watashi wa ima-mo koko ni iru no
Correct me if I’m mistaken at all. and it’s rly no big deal, i’m just bored so i’m correcting you. xD
June 6th, 2007 at 9:40 am
Hope i didn’t sound mean.. or offensive in any way. And if i did, srry. Hehe.
June 6th, 2007 at 11:12 am
I had been meaning to change the unmei part after listening to the song again but I kept forgetting.
And I seem to have missed out the “mo”.
But the other two changes do not match the printed lyrics.
June 8th, 2007 at 7:18 am
speaking of claymore….
dunno why, but seems because the anime get hits currently
it really make good sell in claymore manga
almost all shop sold out those manga… even kinokuniya and amazon….
toranoana still have some… but no longer complete 1-12
what make more crazy… cheap made theresa figurine from young jump present price goes to unbelievable point… more than 30Kyen
http://page10.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m44865255
standard price for that figure before the anime started is about 5000-8000yen only
June 9th, 2007 at 11:50 am
anyone know the lyrics to the english version? it really IS heavily modified and im too scrubby to figure it out >.
June 12th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
Official lyric:
Flower of Conviction ～Guilty Sky～
Hear my heart, wandering inside your mind
I still can’t let you go
Feel my hand, reaching out for you
there’s nowhere I can rest my soul
Yet again, somebody is crying all alone
lost in the night
A trick is played, fate is what we can’t avoid
but now we have to move on
Still I cherish what you gave to me
nothing can take it’s (sic) place
Do you know how trapped
I am, don’t leave me here alone
Beautiful, the flowers bloom
her grace will never die
Nothing can shake her mind,
she’ll keep her face towards the blazing light
Clouds that break away today
share my pain oh guilty sky
Deep down inside I cried for my soul
embraced the tears that flows
DOn’t you know, there is a beginning
in every single pain
Anxiously waiting for the end
to come for it to fade away
Now your warmth, all of that is vague for me to touch
your love is faint
No color there, can you see my hand
it used to reach out for you every day
Silence catches up on me,
there’s no longer a place for me
Now I’ve reached my destiny
I’m walking for myself
Beautiful, the flowers bloom
her grace will never die
Nothing can shake her mind,
she’ll keep her face towards the blazing light
Love that breaks away today
Dreams are crashed in every way
Deep down inside I cried for my soul
Embraced the tears that flows
This world I am standing on
Needed some solitude
That truth I had to accept, soak it in
Your shadow I can see
Your dream I can’t awake
I tried to trace it all
Still I cherish what you gave to me
nothing can take it’s (sic) place
Do you know how trapped
I am, don’t leave me here alone
Beautiful, the flowers bloom
her grace will never die
Nothing can shake her mind,
she’ll keep her face towards the blazing light
Clouds that break away today
share my pain oh guilty sky
Deep down inside I cried for my soul
embraced the tears that flows
Seeking for the future, yeah
I’ll keep on dancing towards my shining days
awesome music.
June 13th, 2007 at 10:18 am
This song impressed me because the artist is Kosaka Riyu. Konami letting their primarily Bemani artists sing songs for anime is a big step for them. I only know of this and BeForU doing the ending to the 3rd season of Major. I don’t know if it’s their recognition as artists, or if Konami is trying to spread their influence.
June 20th, 2007 at 12:57 am
Someone subbed the PV of Danzai no Hana using my translation. Torrent here:
http://mullemeck.serveftp.org/jps_beta/?page=details&id=34802
July 12th, 2007 at 1:38 am
Thanks for that :) I’ve added them to the sheet music I put together as a preparation for the remix I made of this song. That remix is at my website (click my name!), along with the other Haruhiism UK mixes.
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