The Rose of Versailles Episode 39 "His Smile is Forever Gone!" 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'. ********************************************************************** [recap] ALAIN Commander! Andre is shot! OSCAR Andre! ANDRE Oscar... OSCAR Andre! Andre! Andre!! ANDRE!! [opening theme] {EPISODE 39: "His Smile is Forever Gone!"} ALAIN Hang on, Andre. We'll take you to a doctor! OSCAR Don't slow down! Break through the center!! OSCAR Move out of my way!! Out!! NARRATION The French Guards broke the siege, protecting Alain's horse, which carried the seriously wounded Andre. "I can't let Andre die!" Oscar was in a frenzy because of the bleeding wound on Andre's chest. Oscar ran through a shower of bullets . "I'm not afraid of anything with André's life at stake!" [Tuileries Square] MAN It's the French Guards! They're back! BERNARD Andre! OSCAR Bernard, I need a doctor (immediately)! OSCAR Hang on, Andre. It's all right now. A doctor is coming! ROSALIE Andre! BERNARD Please listen! A former French Guard, Andre Grandier, has returned with a serious wound! Anyone with any medical knowledge, please come forth! We're in a hurry! We need to save a comrade by any means! DOCTORS I'm a licensed physician in the Gravelier District. I'll see him. I'll help, too. I'm a surgeon! NARRATION Not only two, but more than 10 doctors came forward for Andre. But... ANDRE Is...is the sun setting now, Oscar? OSCAR Yeah. Today's battle is over. You don't hear any gunfire, do you? ANDRE I can hear the pigeons going back to their nests... OSCAR Yeah. BERNARD How is Andre's wound? DOCTOR The bullet passed straight through his heart. It's a wonder that he is still alive. Sorry, but there's nothing we can do for him. ANDRE What's wrong, Oscar? Why do you cry? OSCAR Andre, please marry me. After this battle is over, take me to a small church somewhere in the countryside, and marry me. And promise before God that I am your wife (/you make me your wife). ANDRE Of course. I'll do that, Oscar. I will. But...Oscar, why? Why are you crying? Am I... dying now? OSCAR What are you saying, Andre!? ANDRE That's right. It can't be. Everything is starting now. The love between you and me... And the dawn of the new age... Everything begins... I can't die at a time like this! I won't die...!! [Andre dies] OSCAR When we were in Arras, we saw a sunrise together. Let's see that sunrise again, Andre. That beautiful sunshine...together... Feeling the blessing of being born (in this world) to meet each other, and to live (together? for each other?). [Oscar realizes Andre is dead] OSCAR Andre? Andre! OSCAR ANDRE-!! Are you leaving me behind?! Andre...!! NARRATION Andre's body was placed in a small church near the square along with the bodies of the companymen and citizens who died in the battle during the day. COMPANYMEN Come to think, Andre never played cards with us. Yeah, he was a bit different (from us). Hey, Alain, wanna play? Somehow, I don't feel like playing today. ALAIN Maybe some other time. What's the Commander doing? Still in front of the church? COMPANYMAN Yeah. ALAIN OK. ALAIN It's getting cold tonight. Commander, I'm not saying this just to comfort you, but Andre was a lucky guy. You at least returned his love. (or, You at least loved him.) Cheer up! OSCAR Alain, wait. You take command of our troop from now on . I... I don't think I'll be able to lead everyone. ALAIN Stop that, Oscar! It's endless if you start saying such things! Nothing might be comparable to your deep grief, but you're not the only one who's hurt that he's gone. Please show up in front of everybody by the morning. Everything is starting now. [Oscar rides her white horse] SOLDIER She's the rebel woman commander! Capture her!! [Oscar doesn't fight] SOLDIER H-hey, she's crying. [Oscar runs away] OSCAR in her mind I loved you, Andre... Probably from long ago. I realized it too late. If I realized that I loved you sooner, we could have had much better days (together). You were beside me too quietly and too kindly. So that I didn't realize my love for you! Forgive me, Andre... Not realizing one's love is more sinful than betraying one's love. OSCAR in her mind Answer me, Andre... Is everything over now? FRENCH GUARD Squad leader! Alain! ALAIN What is it?! FG Commander Oscar has disappeared! She's nowhere to be found not only in this square but in front of the church! Wh-what should we do?! ALAIN Idiot, don't panic! She's coming back by the morning. Don't worry! Tell that to everyone. FG Oh, no. It started to rain. [Near the Seine. A boy is dragging the body of the musician] BOY Sorry dad. Did it hurt? The Seine is just around the corner. You always told me to float your body down the Seine. BOY "The stream of the Seine never stops..." Dad used to say that... "Yet the Seine runs." "Engulfing all the sadness and hardships, the Seine runs." "The night lasts for a long long time." "But the sun rises (in the end). In a bright morning," "People in tears come out in rush." "And there, as always, the Seine flows swiftly and softly. " BERNARD It's almost the dawn of July 14th. BERNARD Alain! We were waiting for you. I want you to attend as the representative of the French Guards. ALAIN I'm not the representative. The Commander couldn't come, so I came (as a deputy). BERNARD Sorry to fetch you like this. This is a matter of emergency. My proposal is this: As soon as it dawns, we'll head to the Bastille Prison, and make an attack (/assault)! ALAIN What, the Bastille?! BERNARD We were informed late tonight (/last night? since it's almost the morning?) {Bastille Prison} Some saw a large amount of gunpowder and cannonballs carried into the Bastille yesterday. (After that) As we continued to observe, they changed the direction of their cannons in this rain! VOICE The direction of the cannons?! BERNARD Right. They are usually aiming outside. But now they're aimed toward Paris... toward us citizens! VOICE That's terrible. They intend to fire cannons at us!! BERNARD It's better to guess that the King has finally decided to wage war against us. We're making contacts with people (gathered) in other squares. We expect them to agree: "Storm the Bastille!" {Bastille prison} NARRATION Bastille Prison... it was another symbol of the French Monarchy's infamy. (Because) in the long history of monarchy, it sealed the mouths of those who sought freedom, and confined their bodies. It was the prison for political and ideological offenders. NARRATION As the dawn closed near, the rain stopped. And July 14th, the monumental day in the history of the French Revolution was about to begin. ROBESPIERRE What? Attack (/Assault) the Bastille? BERNARD Yes, that's the consensus of the people who have gathered in the squares. ROBESPIERRE A "consensus"?! Wait a minute, Bernard! I've never given out such an order! An attack on Bastille is not in my scenario! BERNARD My humble opinion is this: there is no scenario to a revolution. As the flow of Seine, I believe it should proceed and be done as the people's wish. I thought it was better to inform you, but I shouldn't (have come)! Please excuse me! I must be going. ROBESPIERRE All right, I'll confirm it! I'll confirm of your assault on the Bastille! But don't forget! A revolution will not succeed without a leader! Bernard!! NARRATION The reason why the attack on the Bastille is famous in history is not only that it was a big battle between the ruler and the ruled, but the first action based on the consensus of the People. Its true significance was that it was not instigated by the revolutionary elites like Robespierre but an action of spontaneous solidarity by the nameless citizens who craved for the new era. July 14th, 1789...that was the day the Revolution started in a real sense. Some citizens raided the armory of Invalides. Taking 36,000 guns and 12 cannons, they headed to Bastille. OSCAR Bastille? OSCAR Andre?! ANDRE Oscar, what's wrong? What are you doing here? Everyone is heading toward Bastille. Everyone headed toward Bastille, taking up guns to fight! But your French Guardsmen are still in the square. ALAIN Waiting in the square, believing you'll return! Commander, everyone is waiting you to come back. To fight with you! OSCAR Alain... OSCAR Thanks (for this)... ALAIN Sure. OSCAR I shouldn't keep everyone waiting. ALAIN Yeah. OSCAR Alain, just once more... this is the last. Can I cry? ALAIN Go ahead. All you can. NARRATION At 1PM, the battle finally began. NARRATION At the time, the Bastille had only Marquise deLaunay and 114 of his soldiers. But its solid walls and the power of its cannons plunged tens of thousand of citizens to the bottom of Hell. BERNARD Damn! What's wrong with our cannons?! Why don't you fire them?! We've (also) got 12 cannons! MEN But nobody knows. Nobody knows how to handle cannons! BERNARD What?! OSCAR Bernard! BERNARD Oscar... OSCAR Sorry I was late. We'll handle the cannons. OSCAR OK! Get to your positions! Get ready to fire! OSCAR Fire at 45 degrees! Aim the upper part of the fortress! OSCAR Fire! OSCAR Fire!! SOLDIER Your Excellency deLaunay! The enemy started firing cannons! And their aims are fairly precise! We will lose! OSCAR Fire-!! DELAUNAY Aim at that commander. Fire all at once! DELAUNAY Fire! [ending theme] NEXT EPISODE: To love and live honestly...Oscar was freed from the pain, and now ascended to Heaven where Andre awaited. The Light and Shadow became one again. Not hearing the sound of People's victory... Last Episode of the Rose of Versailles: "Adieu, My Beloved Oscar." END - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bruce Carlson carlsn1@ix.netcom.com Phoenix, AZ