Anthem for Anthy (by Saionji)
Was
it reality? Or just an illusion?
Our love, my feelings?
My
sweet bride, oh what souless beauty!
I lost myself in mysterious
eyes, a doll with an ebony heart.
To have touched perfection made
flesh, it corrupted my soul.
Roses are meant for love. Was
there love between us?
Thorns... small daggers piercing tender
flesh, betrayal stabbed my heart.
A tender rose, what else
to do but shelter it - roses have thorns
A silent bird, what else
to do but shelter it - birds have wings
Keep it from flying, from
my grasp - too late, gone...
The choice was never mine, you
belonged to another
Princess without a prince, could I not be your
lover?
What had she I did not?
Could I not belong within your
cold heart?
Drowning, drowned, gone...
Memories fading... was
it all dreaming?
All I have left are empty pages, a book with no
ending.