May 20, 2023

Hills of Silver Ruins (4/40)

"Fields of Gold" by Sting popped into my head while I was translating this chapter (and got stuck there).


You'll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we walk in fields of gold

So she took her love
For to gaze a while
Upon the fields of barley
In his arms she fell as her hair came down
Among the fields of gold

Will you stay with me?
Will you be my love?
Upon the fields of barley
We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we lie in fields of gold

See the west wind move like a lover so
Upon the fields of barley
Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth
Among the fields of gold

I never made promises lightly
And there have been some that I've broken
But I swear in the days still left
We'll walk in fields of gold
We'll walk in fields of gold

Many years have passed since those summer days
Among the fields of barley
See the children run as the sun goes down
Among the fields of gold

You'll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You can tell the sun in his jealous sky
When we walked in fields of gold
When we walked in fields of gold
When we walked in fields of gold

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Comments
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous
5/20/2023 8:20 AM   
tyyy <33
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous
5/20/2023 10:39 AM   
Very Melancholic Song, but really captures the theme of the chapter
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous
5/20/2023 10:41 AM   
Really saddened that it seems like the story is being left in a cliffhanger type ending, on a lot of storylines
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous
5/20/2023 8:20 PM   
I'm so confused! It feels like an entire part is missing. Is there any news of another book coming, I wonder? Short stories? Hmmm.

Thanks to Eugene for translating, though!
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous
5/20/2023 9:34 PM   
That's similar to the ending of the other cycles of the Twelve Kingdom series: the chronicles that follow the last chapter of the story tells the great lines of what follows, but the ending is left to our imagination.
# posted by Blogger baihaki
5/21/2023 7:09 AM   
Thank you for the translation.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous
5/22/2023 12:58 AM   
Oh my gosh i wasnt expecting it to end like that 😭 it's a very hopeful note, but still not done apparently 🤧 will the chronicles give us the neat bow? Will we have another book? I need moreeeeee
Thank you so much for your hardwork on this series! Im super duper grateful I got to read my favorite series thanks to your translations!
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous
5/22/2023 3:02 AM   
Only the first book about Youko becoming the empress of Kei has the chronicles giving a nice round up ending, the other stories have an afterward before the chronicles.