Lyrics: Days of Glory/Eikou no Hibi (The Scarlet Pimpernel)

English translation of lyric from the Takarazuka production of the Broadway musical. This song is one of the original songs written for the Takarazuka version.

Chauvelin:
Everyone has their dreams
This revolution was the dream of humanity

Chorus:
The dream of humanity

Chauvelin:
Those who built barricades in the streets
And gained victory in the fight, the citoyens

Chorus:
We citoyens fought

Chauvelin:
That summer we were all in solidarity
I won’t forget the heat of our clasped hands
Where have the days of glory gone?
Was it only a fantasy we saw?
Have the days of glory faded?
I believe in the dream
of the Revolution!

Chorus:
Where have they gone?
What did we see?
The days of glory
Have faded
With the dream of the Revolution)

Percy:
Everyone wants to be free
They have the right to pull themselves up
They were drunk with the dream of revolution
And lost their senses, the citoyens

Chorus:
Everyone wants to be free
To have rights (have rights)
But liberty, equality, and fraternity
Were forgotten, citoyens

Percy:
So much blood was shed and so many lives were lost
And after that what was left?

Chorus:
Lives lost
What remained?

Percy:
We must create
The days of glory anew
We will grasp the days of glory again
With our own hands

Chorus:
We must create
The days of glory anew (we must)
Let’s grasp the days of glory again
With our own hands

Percy:
This time
We will fight
To take hold of real freedom
Without being seduced by a fantasy

All:
Where have the days of glory gone? (Where have they gone?)
Was it only a fantasy we saw?
We will grasp the days of glory again
With our own hands
We will take hold of real freedom
This time

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