Translation: Mono Omou Kimi Ni Ai No Te O Intro
Saiunkoku Monogatari Drama CD
Mono Omou Kimi Ni Ai No Te O
Introduction
[As always I've tried to be as accurate as I could but there are times I couldn't follow some of the accents. Can't make any claims as to accuracy. Comments/corrections most welcome.]
Ryuuki: Kou Shuurei, being a woman and an officer, do your duties to your heart’s content.
Shuurei: For as long as the Emperor shall call me.
Ryuuki: We shall look forward to the day when the bud that was granted to you blooms. From today onwards, you (all) shall be the pillars of this country.
Voiceover: After that they set out for Sa-province, to a distant land, in order to make their dreams come true. Saiunkoku Monogatari original Drama CD part 2: Mono Omou Kimi ni Ai no Te wo.
[Sound of people talking]
Ryuuki: Hmm…today is such a usual day.
Kouyuu: Usual? Yeah, I guess, as usual shujou hasn’t done a single thing. Thanks to that work has stalled and is piling up one on top of the other. So, have you finished anything?
Ryuuki: Eh…no, not yet. But really, as usual people are labouring away at work today, aren’t they?
Shuuei: I daresay, and there is no special event coming up.
Ryuuki: That’s right.
Shuuei: Why the long face, shujou? Did something happen?
Ryuuki: Shuuei, Kouyuu, don’t you want to eat Shuurei’s manjuu right now?
Shuuei & Kouyuu: Haa?!!
Ryuuki: I don’t know how, but I want to eat them RIGHT NOW!!!
Shuuei: Ah, I see. It’s been a while since Shuurei-dono set out for the Sa-province. That’s why you are missing her.
Kouyuu: A while? It hasn’t even been a month! Don’t you know how long Shuurei is working there?
Ryuuki: I…I understand that. But even though I’m so lonely, my surroundings don’t change at all. Always the same!
Kouyuu: Isn’t that natural? Sending Kou Shuurei as a governor is just one part of your job. If the whole country has to change its customs for it, that would be a far greater problem.
Ryuuki: Yeah I guess you are right, but doesn’t Kouyuu feel lonely without Shuurei?
Kouyuu: Of course! I know what troubles Shuurei has taken to come so far. Working as a civil officer at a place where pure ability is a better strategy than experience, is the ideal path for Shuurei. Then what is the need to feel lonely?
Shuuei: That’s true. I feel thrilled instead by what she is doing at Sa-province. But Kouyuu, even as you say it, even you feel a bit lonely don’t you?
Kouyuu: Not at all! But I’m a little worried. Shuurei was made governor a little too rapidly. She doesn’t possess the things that are learnt only by accumulating experience.
Shuuei: The excellent aides over there will support her. I’m sure that Shuurei-dono will be fine.
Ryuuki: Yeah, I guess she’ll be fine. I don’t think it was a mistake to appoint her as governor. Rather, I think she was the best choice. But why does it feel so lonely just because she is not in Kiyou?
Shuuei: That’s because…do you wish to meet Shuurei-dono?
Ryuuki: It’s alright even if I don’t meet her. I just want her to be here.
Shuuei: Sa-province is also part of Saiunkoku.
Ryuuki: That’s right. It’s a part of my country but…too far.
Shuuei: Have a little more confidence, after all you rule over the entire kingdom.
Kouyuu: It’s unfortunate that you don’t remember that.
Shuuei: Most unfortunate.
Kouyuu: After all he’s an inexperienced ruler.
Ryuuki: Kouyuu is so severe…
Kouyuu: If I were not so then even the things that are making progress would be stalled.
Shuuei: That’s not his true nature.
Kouyuu: You shut up! Must you always say unnecessary things with your trivial mouth?
Shuuei: As usual I struck a chord didn’t I?
Kouyuu: You…
Ryuuki: Kouyuu and Shuuei are (arguing) like always. But watching your quarrel makes me feel a little assured.
Shuuei: Kouyuu should take the credit for this one.
Kouyuu: If you have no other work than to talk then go deliver these documents!
Shuuei: Ooh…scary!
Ryuuki: Ah, my mood is a little better. Alright, I too will persevere.
Kouyuu: Kindly do that, SHUJOU!
Ryuuki: Ehehe…yes. [Thinking] In spite of everything, I want to eat Shuurei’s manjuu in the afternoon, in the evening I want to listen to Shuurei’s niko…Shuurei’s scent, which permeated my life, has become distant but if I hold on to it I’ll become desperate. On the day of her departure, did Shuurei cast her always-strong glance towards me? Or else is my heart a weak thing?
*****
[The sound of a door opening]
Shouka: Oya, shujou! Welcome, it’s so nice of you to come!
Ryuuki: Shouka, sorry it’s so late at night.
Shouka: Not at all…(Sorry but) I can’t serve you anything but tea. How about it?
Ryuuki: That’s alright. Sorry for the trouble. [The house is] so quiet.
Shouka: Yes. I’m preparing the tea right now. [The sound of a teapot] Here you go.
Ryuuki: Thank you. [Takes a sip and chokes a little] Shouka…
Shouka: Yes?
Ryuuki: It’s so quiet.
Shouka: Yes.
Ryuuki: Is this house always so quiet?
Shouka: It’s too early for the crickets to sing.
Ryuuki: Don’t you feel lonely?
Shouka: I’m fine. But the house feels a bit too large.
Ryuuki: I’m lonely.
Shouka: Yes.
Ryuuki: But I don’t regret what I wished for. What do you think Shuurei is doing right now?
Shouka: I think she just had her dinner.
Ryuuki: The Sa-province is an unforgiving place.
Shouka: Seiran is with her, as are Ensei-kun and Eigetsu-kun.
Ryuuki: Ah, even I have faith in them. That’s why, perhaps, it’s fine. Shuurei et al will do something using their powers.
Shouka: Yeah, even I have faith in them. They are all strong children.
Ryuuki: Even I have to become a lot stronger, isn’t it?
Shouka: Are you leaving, shujou?
Ryuuki: Yes. Today I came all of a sudden, Shouka must have things to attend to. I’ll come again. Shouka, I’m sorry I cast such a huge burden on Shuurei. To that extent, I’ll also have to do what I must.
Shouka: Yes.
Ryuuka: I’ll go visit you in the archives tomorrow. Please make tea for me once again.
Shouka: Yeah, I’ll wait for you!
*****
Shouka: Do you fancy a spot of tea?
Kurou: No, I’m fine. If I want tea I’ll make it myself, Shou-aniue.
Shouka: I’m sorry I made you hide, Kurou.
Kurou: Its alright, I didn’t wish to meet shujou anyway. More importantly, it seems shujou can come here at his will. [Can’t follow what he says next] Please be a little careful.
Shouka: I always worry you, don’t I? But shujou has turned into a fine man hasn’t he?
Kurou: I can only see a child who comes crying to you.
Shouka: He is a gentle person. He came here to ask after my well-being, knowing that I might be feeling lonely without Shuurei.
Kurou: Gentleness is the same as fragility.
Shouka: Kurou is so severe.
Kurou: I’ll make some tea.
[Sound of pouring tea]
Sou-taifu: About shujou…
Shou-taishi: Hmm…he’s saying he isn’t feeling good these days. He’s also looking pensive.
Sou-taifu: It seems something big is causing him to be so absent-minded. Do you know the reason?
Shou-taishi: Of course I know. There is only one reason.
Sou-taifu: The former empress, is it? That she went to Sa-province as governor?
Shou-taishi: That’s right.
Sou-taifu: But wasn’t it shujou who decided to send her away? How effeminate.
Shou-taishi: He’s still wet behind the ears. [Takes a sip of tea] Sa-province, eh? It has become a hotbed of activities.
Sou-taifu: Shou, you miss doing something unique don’t you? [Matanai kakashite oru?]
Shou-taishi: What are you saying…
Sou-taifu: You old goat…
Shou-taishi: We’re both old goats. More importantly, the way to comfort shujou’s spirit that is marinating in loneliness…we elders should lend a helping hand.
Sou-taifu: That’s new. I never knew you cared so much about shujou.
Shou-taishi: I always think of shujou.
Sou-taifu: What are you saying, you old racoon? Anyhow I think you have time on your hand now, so you are going to make fun of shujou.
Shou-taishi: Exactly! Since retirement, my days have become so ordinary.
Sou-taifu: Now that you said it, my days are exactly the same. It’s been so long since I drew my sword.
Shou-taishi: Again you’ve started with the sword? If you don’t use your head a little longer [can’t follow]
Sou-taifu: That’s enough! So, by what wily method are you going to tease shujou this time?
Shou-taishi: Wile is unpardonable. Listen and be surprised, this is my plan.
[Whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper]
Sou-taifu: No way! If it was me I’d…
[Whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper]
Shou-taishi: No, no way!
[Whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper]
Mono Omou Kimi Ni Ai No Te O
Introduction
[As always I've tried to be as accurate as I could but there are times I couldn't follow some of the accents. Can't make any claims as to accuracy. Comments/corrections most welcome.]
Ryuuki: Kou Shuurei, being a woman and an officer, do your duties to your heart’s content.
Shuurei: For as long as the Emperor shall call me.
Ryuuki: We shall look forward to the day when the bud that was granted to you blooms. From today onwards, you (all) shall be the pillars of this country.
Voiceover: After that they set out for Sa-province, to a distant land, in order to make their dreams come true. Saiunkoku Monogatari original Drama CD part 2: Mono Omou Kimi ni Ai no Te wo.
[Sound of people talking]
Ryuuki: Hmm…today is such a usual day.
Kouyuu: Usual? Yeah, I guess, as usual shujou hasn’t done a single thing. Thanks to that work has stalled and is piling up one on top of the other. So, have you finished anything?
Ryuuki: Eh…no, not yet. But really, as usual people are labouring away at work today, aren’t they?
Shuuei: I daresay, and there is no special event coming up.
Ryuuki: That’s right.
Shuuei: Why the long face, shujou? Did something happen?
Ryuuki: Shuuei, Kouyuu, don’t you want to eat Shuurei’s manjuu right now?
Shuuei & Kouyuu: Haa?!!
Ryuuki: I don’t know how, but I want to eat them RIGHT NOW!!!
Shuuei: Ah, I see. It’s been a while since Shuurei-dono set out for the Sa-province. That’s why you are missing her.
Kouyuu: A while? It hasn’t even been a month! Don’t you know how long Shuurei is working there?
Ryuuki: I…I understand that. But even though I’m so lonely, my surroundings don’t change at all. Always the same!
Kouyuu: Isn’t that natural? Sending Kou Shuurei as a governor is just one part of your job. If the whole country has to change its customs for it, that would be a far greater problem.
Ryuuki: Yeah I guess you are right, but doesn’t Kouyuu feel lonely without Shuurei?
Kouyuu: Of course! I know what troubles Shuurei has taken to come so far. Working as a civil officer at a place where pure ability is a better strategy than experience, is the ideal path for Shuurei. Then what is the need to feel lonely?
Shuuei: That’s true. I feel thrilled instead by what she is doing at Sa-province. But Kouyuu, even as you say it, even you feel a bit lonely don’t you?
Kouyuu: Not at all! But I’m a little worried. Shuurei was made governor a little too rapidly. She doesn’t possess the things that are learnt only by accumulating experience.
Shuuei: The excellent aides over there will support her. I’m sure that Shuurei-dono will be fine.
Ryuuki: Yeah, I guess she’ll be fine. I don’t think it was a mistake to appoint her as governor. Rather, I think she was the best choice. But why does it feel so lonely just because she is not in Kiyou?
Shuuei: That’s because…do you wish to meet Shuurei-dono?
Ryuuki: It’s alright even if I don’t meet her. I just want her to be here.
Shuuei: Sa-province is also part of Saiunkoku.
Ryuuki: That’s right. It’s a part of my country but…too far.
Shuuei: Have a little more confidence, after all you rule over the entire kingdom.
Kouyuu: It’s unfortunate that you don’t remember that.
Shuuei: Most unfortunate.
Kouyuu: After all he’s an inexperienced ruler.
Ryuuki: Kouyuu is so severe…
Kouyuu: If I were not so then even the things that are making progress would be stalled.
Shuuei: That’s not his true nature.
Kouyuu: You shut up! Must you always say unnecessary things with your trivial mouth?
Shuuei: As usual I struck a chord didn’t I?
Kouyuu: You…
Ryuuki: Kouyuu and Shuuei are (arguing) like always. But watching your quarrel makes me feel a little assured.
Shuuei: Kouyuu should take the credit for this one.
Kouyuu: If you have no other work than to talk then go deliver these documents!
Shuuei: Ooh…scary!
Ryuuki: Ah, my mood is a little better. Alright, I too will persevere.
Kouyuu: Kindly do that, SHUJOU!
Ryuuki: Ehehe…yes. [Thinking] In spite of everything, I want to eat Shuurei’s manjuu in the afternoon, in the evening I want to listen to Shuurei’s niko…Shuurei’s scent, which permeated my life, has become distant but if I hold on to it I’ll become desperate. On the day of her departure, did Shuurei cast her always-strong glance towards me? Or else is my heart a weak thing?
*****
[The sound of a door opening]
Shouka: Oya, shujou! Welcome, it’s so nice of you to come!
Ryuuki: Shouka, sorry it’s so late at night.
Shouka: Not at all…(Sorry but) I can’t serve you anything but tea. How about it?
Ryuuki: That’s alright. Sorry for the trouble. [The house is] so quiet.
Shouka: Yes. I’m preparing the tea right now. [The sound of a teapot] Here you go.
Ryuuki: Thank you. [Takes a sip and chokes a little] Shouka…
Shouka: Yes?
Ryuuki: It’s so quiet.
Shouka: Yes.
Ryuuki: Is this house always so quiet?
Shouka: It’s too early for the crickets to sing.
Ryuuki: Don’t you feel lonely?
Shouka: I’m fine. But the house feels a bit too large.
Ryuuki: I’m lonely.
Shouka: Yes.
Ryuuki: But I don’t regret what I wished for. What do you think Shuurei is doing right now?
Shouka: I think she just had her dinner.
Ryuuki: The Sa-province is an unforgiving place.
Shouka: Seiran is with her, as are Ensei-kun and Eigetsu-kun.
Ryuuki: Ah, even I have faith in them. That’s why, perhaps, it’s fine. Shuurei et al will do something using their powers.
Shouka: Yeah, even I have faith in them. They are all strong children.
Ryuuki: Even I have to become a lot stronger, isn’t it?
Shouka: Are you leaving, shujou?
Ryuuki: Yes. Today I came all of a sudden, Shouka must have things to attend to. I’ll come again. Shouka, I’m sorry I cast such a huge burden on Shuurei. To that extent, I’ll also have to do what I must.
Shouka: Yes.
Ryuuka: I’ll go visit you in the archives tomorrow. Please make tea for me once again.
Shouka: Yeah, I’ll wait for you!
*****
Shouka: Do you fancy a spot of tea?
Kurou: No, I’m fine. If I want tea I’ll make it myself, Shou-aniue.
Shouka: I’m sorry I made you hide, Kurou.
Kurou: Its alright, I didn’t wish to meet shujou anyway. More importantly, it seems shujou can come here at his will. [Can’t follow what he says next] Please be a little careful.
Shouka: I always worry you, don’t I? But shujou has turned into a fine man hasn’t he?
Kurou: I can only see a child who comes crying to you.
Shouka: He is a gentle person. He came here to ask after my well-being, knowing that I might be feeling lonely without Shuurei.
Kurou: Gentleness is the same as fragility.
Shouka: Kurou is so severe.
Kurou: I’ll make some tea.
[Sound of pouring tea]
Sou-taifu: About shujou…
Shou-taishi: Hmm…he’s saying he isn’t feeling good these days. He’s also looking pensive.
Sou-taifu: It seems something big is causing him to be so absent-minded. Do you know the reason?
Shou-taishi: Of course I know. There is only one reason.
Sou-taifu: The former empress, is it? That she went to Sa-province as governor?
Shou-taishi: That’s right.
Sou-taifu: But wasn’t it shujou who decided to send her away? How effeminate.
Shou-taishi: He’s still wet behind the ears. [Takes a sip of tea] Sa-province, eh? It has become a hotbed of activities.
Sou-taifu: Shou, you miss doing something unique don’t you? [Matanai kakashite oru?]
Shou-taishi: What are you saying…
Sou-taifu: You old goat…
Shou-taishi: We’re both old goats. More importantly, the way to comfort shujou’s spirit that is marinating in loneliness…we elders should lend a helping hand.
Sou-taifu: That’s new. I never knew you cared so much about shujou.
Shou-taishi: I always think of shujou.
Sou-taifu: What are you saying, you old racoon? Anyhow I think you have time on your hand now, so you are going to make fun of shujou.
Shou-taishi: Exactly! Since retirement, my days have become so ordinary.
Sou-taifu: Now that you said it, my days are exactly the same. It’s been so long since I drew my sword.
Shou-taishi: Again you’ve started with the sword? If you don’t use your head a little longer [can’t follow]
Sou-taifu: That’s enough! So, by what wily method are you going to tease shujou this time?
Shou-taishi: Wile is unpardonable. Listen and be surprised, this is my plan.
[Whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper]
Sou-taifu: No way! If it was me I’d…
[Whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper]
Shou-taishi: No, no way!
[Whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper]