The Rose of Versailles Episode 37 "On the Night of Passionate Vows" translated by GinRei [] = description of the scenes () = alternative translations (feel free to put them or drop them), and sometimes my comments or explanations {} = translation of what it says on the screen ********************************************************************** notes on names: Andre should be spelled with "/" accent acute over the "e" Bernard Chatelet is spelled with a circumflex ^ over the 'a'. ********************************************************************** [NOTE on the Title: On the Night of Passionate Vows (or, On the Night of Pledge (Vow/Oath) with Passion) probably double meaning here. 1) pledge of the citizens to defeat the Royal Army 2) and of course, the promise of Oscar and Andre] ANDRE monologue The morning of July 12th, 1789: The finance minister, Mr. Jacques Necker was dismissed yesterday. A false rumor of a massacre of patriots spread and people began to arm themselves. There's no distinction between day and night in Paris. People carry sticks, swing knives, and run around the back alleys. 100,000 soldiers gathered in Paris build bonfires and yell at the citizens. Such restraint... is this the sign of the new age? Something for the bright tomorrow? I don't know. I'm lost. I'll see the final phase of an era with my eye. With my right eye, which has become almost blind... [opening title] {Episode 37: On the Night of Passionate Vows} [flashback] LASSONNE Ah, it's you, Lady Oscar. OSCAR Doctor Lasonne, sorry to bother you late at night but I'd like you to examine me. [finishes examination] OSCAR I'm ready, Doctor. Please tell me the truth. I'd like to know clearly about myself. LASSONNE You seem to have a long lasting cold but there's nothing to worry about. OSCAR I've coughed out blood several times. I know that I have a lung disease. What I want to know is how long I have to live. LASSONNE Tuberculosis is not an incurable disease. It was cured naturally in good air and quiet environment in several cases. OSCAR Doctor, I don't want to die. But if the day comes eventually, I'd like to live the best I can. Freely, following my heart. LASSONNE I've served as the Jarjeyes' family doctor for many years. I can remember the fever you had when you were 3 years old as if it were yesterday. I must tell you then. Quit the military now and return to a quiet estate. Think of nothing, no work, (do nothing) but bathe in sunlight and pray (lit. "wait") for God's providence! You live half a year at the longest!! OSCAR Merci, Doctor Lassone. I thank you. LASSONNE Lady Oscar, how is Andre's condition? I'm worried about him since he hasn't come to me lately. OSCAR Andre? Andre's condition? LASSONNE Andre (who is your servant) hasn't told you yet? [He sounds as if it is a duty of a servant to report to his master about his health.] OSCAR What do you mean? Please tell me! LASSONNE It is only a matter of time before Andre Grandier loses his eye sight! OSCAR Andre... NARRATION Blacksmiths started making spears instead of hammering horseshoes. Bakers sold old weapons (displayed in showwindows) instead of kneading dough. Small groups at street corners gathered at squares to form larger crowds. CROWD Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! NANNY Mademoiselle, when will you be back today? OSCAR I don't know. I might stay overnight at the barracks. NANNY Then you must send a messenger to Armand, the painter. He has an appointment this afternoon to finish up the portrait. OSCAR Ah, yes, that's right. All right. I'll come back as soon as I can. Make him wait for me. COMPANYMEN Hey, Company A was armed (/equipped) and dispatched today. Yeah, I heard about it. Won't our Company B be dispatched soon, too? Armed for a battle? With whom? Of course, with armed citizens. That's the last thing I want to do. Well, can't help it. That's what we're being paid for. No doubt about it. Don't worry. We won't be dispatched. I sure hope so. OSCAR It's quiet today. DAGOUT That's because the entire Company A was armed and dispatched to Paris. Paris is in an uproar since this morning. Even women and children brought out brooms and clubs, raising queer cries from square to square. OSCAR Any casualties? DAGOUT Not at this point. 100,000 soldiers are scowling (at them) anyhow. Even if they arm themselves, their weapons are old guns, improvised spears and such. They haven't defied the army yet. Dispatching the Company A was just preparing for the worst. OSCAR Our Company B will (also) be dispatched if the situation gets worse. DAGOUT I think so. The (Regiment) HQ informed me that it's not necessary for Company B to patrol Paris today. OSCAR I see. They said to stand by. DAGOUT Yes, Ma'am. OSCAR Thanks. DAGOUT Excuse me! DAGOUT Commander. DAGOUT You look pale, and seem to be worn out. Please return to your mansion (/estate) and stand by, if you'd like. I'll send you a messenger if something happens. OSCAR What do you mean? I'm all right. DAGOUT My wife died last year, of lung disease. So, I can tell! I noticed it long ago. So, please do as I said! OSCAR Thank you, Colonel Dagout. I'll do as you said. ANDRE Hey, Alain. What is it? ALAIN Miss. Commander wants you. ANDRE Oscar? [Oscar's office. She is standing silently by the wall. Andre enters and addresses the empty chair] ANDRE Andre Grandier, coming in! Did you need me, Commander? ANDRE The situation in Paris is worsening. As if the voices of the people could be heard from here! Oscar? Oscar? ANDRE She called me here, and she's not in. OSCAR in her mind Andre, you can't even see me? OSCAR Andre! Did you go to my room (/office)? Sorry, I was somewhere else. ANDRE That's OK. OSCAR There's no more work today, just awaiting orders. Let's go home together. ANDRE But if we await orders, I should stay with the others. OSCAR Accompany me, once in a while. It's no longer safe on the way home, you know. NARRATION In the afternoon, growing groups finally began to move. MUSICIAN The waves of People echo thunderously for Freedom. No one can stop it now. Waves can change even the shape of huge rocks on the shore. Freedom, Equality, and Fraternity! See our flags flutter! The River Seine, never forget this day! The waves that shape the history!! NARRATION The crowd broke through areas scantily guarded by the military. Food storage of traders by the Seine was raided to fill their stomachs. Seeking for guns next, they headed toward mansions and storage of arms traders in Paris. PAINTER Excuse me. Please open your eyes. OSCAR Sorry. PAINTER It'll be finished soon. When I finish your sapphire eyes, everything is complete. PAINTER It's finished. [commercial break] PAINTER It's finished. JARJEYES She is dressed as Mars, the God of War in the myths. PAINTER Exactly. She's calm as the surface of water, but she's a burning fire inside, heading to the battlefield. That's what I saw in her. PAINTER If this is not satisfactory, I'd like to take it home and keep it as my treasure. JARJEYES That's not necessary. Wonderful! It looks as if another Oscar is there. PAINTER I haven't put all my effort into a work like this for years. NANNY Andre, what's wrong? You should come here and see it, too! ANDRE Yeah, I will... ANDRE Beautiful... beyond comparison. As if your shining smile draws all the light in the world. The laurels on your blond hair are especially brilliant! OSCAR in her mind Andre, don't force yourself. I know you're blind. I'm not crowned with laurels in that portrait. ANDRE (I see) a white rose...no, it's (/an entire field) full of roses! But where? Yeah, it's the forest near the spring of Arras! Isn't it, Oscar? OSCAR That's right, Andre. Armand (the painter) said he went all the way to Arras to sketch. ANDRE A wonderful painting! Your grace, dignity, and joy...everything is shown expressed! I'll never forget your beauty in this painting. Never. OSCAR Thank you, Andre. Thank you... ALAIN Commander! I have a report from Colonel Dagout! OSCAR Alain, you came... [Her line suggests she didn't expect Alain to come. Seems like she immediately realized its importance] ALAIN Report! There was an order from headquarters: "At 8 (o'clock) tomorrow morning, the French Guards Company B shall be equipped itself and advance to Tuileries Square (Place Tuileries). Suppress the armed rioters in cooperation with other regiments." OSCAR The order, after all. [I don't know if this line conveys the nuance in Japanese. She sounds like she was afraid to hear the order, but unavoidably, it came eventually.] ALAIN Indeed! OSCAR Thanks. Go on back to barracks. I'll soon follow. [stable] ANDRE (thinking it's Oscar) The saddle is ready. We can leave anytime. ANDRE Master, please pardon me. JARJEYES Andre. ANDRE Yes, Sir. JARJEYES I heard you'll depart (for Paris) tomorrow. ANDRE Yes. JARJEYES Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I'll be dispatched, too. (or, I'll also be dispatched sooner or later.) JARJEYES There's a chance that we'll never meet again. ANDRE Yes... JARJEYES I just want to tell you one thing. If you were a noble, I definitely would have allowed you to marry Oscar. No, I'd have blessed you with all my heart! JARJEYES Don't die, Andre. Promise me that you'll come back! ANDRE Of course, Master! [countryside] MOB Let's go to Invalides! To Invalides! To Invalides! [Invalides: Originally, a home for disabled soldiers built by Louis XIV. An armory at this time. (Now a war museum.)] OSCAR Invalides? I see, it has arms and ammunition. MOB Soldiers of the Royal Army! Get their weapons! OSCAR Andre, stay near me! MAN Get them!! OSCAR Andre! OSCAR Andre! Andre! Andre!! CITIZEN We have so few arms and ammunition compared to the Royal Army! But if the Army fires and tries to suppress us with force, we will fight! Since we have the support from 96% of all the French citizens!! MAN Right! CITIZENS And each of us has a passionate courage and wrath that even repels bullets! VOICE Right!! OSCAR Not this way. Let's make a detour. OSCAR How's your head injury, Andre? ANDRE Yeah, I'm all right. Nothing serious. OSCAR How dare you keep on deceiving me. OSCAR Your right eye. I heard from Dr. Lassone. You're nearly blind, aren't you? OSCAR We should go back to the mansion. I can't take you to Paris tomorrow. You go back to Nanny and I'll go back to the barracks alone. OSCAR Please do, Andre. Nothing should happen to you. ANDRE I'll go with you, Oscar. Like I always did, and I always will. I'm always with you. OSCAR Andre... I was in love with Fersen. Knowing you loved me, I still loved Fersen. Would you still love someone like me? ANDRE Everything (you are)... with all my life (as long as I live). OSCAR Andre, Andre! I love you, too, with all my heart...! ANDRE I knew it from long ago. No, even before I was born... OSCAR Andre Grandier...with you, I can be alive. No, I WANT to be alive! NARRATOR Now Oscar was Andre Grandier's wife. [Jarjeyes' residence] JARJEYES Oscar, I forgot to say good-bye to you. No, it's only natural, since you're coming back (here). JARJEYES Live, Oscar! As your heart tells you! NANNY Master... NANNY Mademoiselle told me to hand this to you, Master. JARJEYES Would you please read it for me? NANNY Yes... JARJEYES What's wrong? Read it. NANNY There's only one line! JARJEYES One line? NANNY "Thank you very much for your love and mercy on a daughter like me." JARJEYES Why, Oscar? (or, What are you saying, Oscar?) You sound as if you're bidding farewell. JARJEYES I won't! I won't let you do that, Oscar!! [This is the last appearance of Jarjeyes in this series. In the manga, he appears in front of an imprisoned Antoinette, offering a plan to escape. and that's where the author found his name.] [ending title] NEXT EPISODE: After all the hardships, Oscar and Andre were now wed. [In Japanese, it suggests the "bond" of matrimony. In plain language, I think it just means premarital sex.] They both stood up to open up the doors leading to a new world. But a bullet of a Royal Army soldier pierced though Andre's chest. Next time on Rose of Versailles: "Before the Door of Destiny". END - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bruce Carlson carlsn1@ix.netcom.com Phoenix, AZ