English translation of lyrics from the Takarazuka production of the Broadway musical.

Percy:
Over here and over there
Frenchmen in black clothes are
Searching all over for
The Pimpernel’s identity!

[Dialogue break]

Percy:
Thwarting the Revolutionary government

Male and Female Guests, The League:
The Scarlet

Percy:
Like an elusive ghost

Male and Female Guests, The League:
Pimpernel

Percy:
He has the Committee of Public Safety in a daze

Male and Female Guests, The League:
He has the Committee of Public Safety in a daze

All:
Over here and over there
The Scarlet Pimpernel is the topic

Marguerite:
If anyone knows, whisper it to me
The Pimpernel’s identity

Male and Female Guests, The League:
The Pimpernel’s identity

Chauvelin:
My sources say he’s a British noble

The Prince:
Perhaps he’s here among us?

Percy:
Then perhaps it’s me

The League:
It could be me

Percy:
Don’t I look like a hero of justice?

Chauvelin:
You don’t!

Percy:
“Too bad…”
If only once

Marguerite:
I wish I could see him

The Prince:
I want to join his band!

Chauvelin:
Your Highness is

Chauvelin, Mercier, Cupeau:
Truly shameful!

Percy:
He hides his real face and disappears
While all sorts of men
Try to set a mousetrap for him

The Prince:
Find the Pimpernel!

All:
Find the Scarlet Pimpernel!

Chauvelin:
He could have been hiding at Your Highness’ side

The Prince:
“By my side?”

Chauvelin:
During the last dance

The Prince:
Perhaps he’s disguised as a woman
“Is it you?”

Marguerite:
“You’re mistaken.”

All:
Is it you? Is it me?
We don’t know who it could be.

Percy:
“Madame, is there anything you would like to say to him?”

Marguerite:
Please give me
Some clue to let me find you

Percy:
If I were him I would answer thus
“My true face is behind this mask!”

All:
No matter where he hides we’ll find him!

Chauvelin:
Don’t forget your brother’s life is at stake!

Marguerite:
You are too cruel! I cannot take any more!

Percy:
May I have the next dance with you?

All:
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Pimpernel

English translation of lyrics from the Takarazuka production of the Broadway musical.

Chauvelin:
Even the moon changes its shape to deceive the eyes of men
Like this game of riddles

Marguerite:
I cannot trust anyone—is it a punishment?
It’s a game of betrayal

Both:
I stumble about, lost alone in the dark
Searching for the truth

Chauvelin:
Chasing it through

Marguerite:
The depths of hell

Both:
Even if I sell my soul

Percy:
In the fog of night I search for you
I have lost sight of even your sweet smile

Chauvelin:
Everyone has so many lying faces

Marguerite:
They will even lose themselves

All:
I am trembling as I am reflected in the mirror
Should I know the truth?

Chauvelin:
My old wounds ache

Marguerite:
I want to wipe away this pain

All:
Even if I sell my soul

Percy:
Does she still love me?

Chauvelin:
My revenge isn’t over!

Marguerite:
The suffering is burning me

All:
This is for you

Percy:
Even the betrayer Judas

Marguerite:
Loved the Christ

Chauvelin:
Such a foolish love

Chorus:
I stumble about, lost alone in the dark
Searching for the truth
Chasing it through the depths of hell

Chauvelin’s supporters:
We’ll execute the aristos! The guillotine is waiting

League:
Even if the whole world turns against me I will fulfill my duty

Chorus:
Even if I sell my soul
I will lose this love

English translation of lyrics from the Takarazuka production of the Broadway musical.

Marguerite St. Just:
Tonight I will forget you
I will cease to be your wife
And put on a mask for this one night
This pretense of love is futile

A spring of memories
Has drowned my heart
I finally drifted to the shore
But I could not even find your shadow

Tonight I will forget you
I will forget your warmth as well

My heart aches as if it will burst
But even so
I will forget you tonight

English translation of lyrics from the Takarazuka production of the Broadway musical.

Percy:
You know the peacock, don’t you?

Dewhurst:
It has a gorgeous spread of tailfeathers!

Percy:
Which, the male or the female?

Ffoulkes:
Only the male has fancy tailfeathers.

Percy:
And what about the lion?

Ozzy:
The male has the mane.

[Dialogue break]

Percy:
All the male animals
Are more fashionable than the females
Their manes and feathers have great appeal
But humans are the only ones
Where the women wear makeup
And compete with their gowns and accessories
Why can’t a man be fashionable?
Don’t lose to the peacock and the lion!
With frills to our cuffs
And ribbons in our cravats
We’ll be obsessed with improving our style

[Dialogue break]

In order to deceive our enemy
We must keep this up to the end
For the Lord created man
To compete in fashion!

Leaguers:
Fashion!

[Instrumental break]

Percy:
If we want to deceive our enemy
We can’t be picky about the means
Don’t forget the goal

All:
Whatever kind of gorgeous coat
Dress yourself stylishly
For that’s why the Lord created man:
To be fashionable!

English translation of lyrics from the Takarazuka production of the Broadway musical.

Chauvelin:
Have you forgotten those passionate days
When were were drunk on the dream of revolution
Among all the blazing comrades we fought beside
You were the most dazzling

The girl with the blazing eyes that sent me into agony
Where has she gone
The girl who fearlessly stood against the future
Where is she

I cannot believe you would forget that night
when we ran through the storm together
Even now if we resurrect that girl inside you
You can open your eyes in the warmth of the dawn

Marguerite
We were born under the same star
It is our destiny to be together someday

Let’s take back that dream from the days when we bet our lives
Let’s seize the world
Even now if we resurrect that girl inside you
You can open your eyes in the warmth of the dawn

Even now can you look at me with those burning eyes?
Where have you gone?

English translation of lyrics from the Takarazuka production of the Broadway musical.

Suzanne:
All I saw was an ordinary old man
Perhaps it was one of his followers

Ann:
In the rumors he’s a giant

Cate:
I heard he’s covered in tattoos

Julie:
I hear he battles in the nude

Peggy:
Then he’s only a barbarian

Suzanne:
One thing we can say for sure

All:
He’s definitely a man!

Polly:
He’s an Indian Maharaja!

Sally:
A Turkish Sultan!

Marie Grosholtz:
Perhaps he’s a Venitian gondolier!

Suzanne:
He appears in times of danger

All:
A man you can rely on

[Dialogue]

Marguerite:
For him to slip past all their guards
And cross the sea to save people
He is a hero to be respected
No matter what country he is from

Marie Grosholtz:
The rumors in Paris say he’s an austere British gentleman

All:
There’s no austere gentlemen to be found around here
With hunting (hunting)
And cricket (cricket)
And billiards

Polly:
Our men only play around

Sally:
This week too

All:
They suddenly went hunting and still haven’t returned

Suzanne:
Percy’s the one who led them away
And left his new bride behind!

Percy:
You’re certainly busy

Marguerite:
Welcome back

Percy:
Has something happened?

Marguerite:
We were trying to guess who the Scarlet Pimpernel might be

Percy:
Have you discovered his identity?

Marguerite:
Well…

Percy:
Do tell me!

Ann:
He’s a giant

Cate:
Barbarian

Julie:
With a hobby

Polly:
Of nude strolls

All:
But to tell the truth
There’s a rumor he’s an austere British gentleman
What do you think?

Percy:
I’m surrounded with playboys
Surely you would be the ones to know that?

All:
We know!

Percy:
If you discover his identity
Let me know first of all
The real Scarlet Pimpernel

English translation of lyrics from the Takarazuka production of the Broadway musical.

Chauvelin:
Find him! Search every nook and cranny!
Put a net around Paris, we’ll drag him out!
Blockade all the gates, he’ll be trapped like a rat!
He appears like a ghost and mocks us by disappearing

I who have lived this long being downtrodden
Now that I have the power to pull myself up
I won’t let anyone live who gets in my way!
You will regret my tenacity!

The moon smolders, the wind howls
No matter how old I will not change
My soul is frozen solid
I will swoop down on my prey like a falcon

I have come this far believing it was my duty to fight for the Revolution
I thought the Revolution had succeeded but the days of peace have not yet come
I will fight on as long as I live until the day of victory

Only the strong can survive
To be strong is to be just
In this deep darkness I sharpen my claws
I will swoop down on my prey like a falcon

English translation of lyrics from the Takarazuka production of the Broadway musical.

Percy:
Moses took a chance in the Exodus from Egypt
And then the sea opened to make a road

No matter when or where
There will be towering mountains and deep valleys

In tempestuous seas or deep jungles
If you keep on you will find a road

Don’t look back from the perilous dark
If you don’t give up your victory is sure

There will surely be times when you tremble in fear, comrades
But your will to fight is the one thing you can’t lose, comrades
Keep on without hesitating
Go forward without doubts
We’ll jump into the fire with all of our pride

If the way forward and back are both blocked
We’ll fearlessly break through the enemy’s lines

League:
Discarding our fear and without looking back
We will save those trapped in the inferno

Even if the whole world turns against us
We will fulfill our God-given duty

Percy:
Keep on without hesitating
Go forward without doubts

All:
We’ll jump into the fire with all of our pride

Percy:
Let the lightning flash
It will drive away our fear
We’ll cross the stormy seas
And row through the sea of flames

All:
Even if the whole world turns against us
We will fulfill our God-given duty

Percy:
Keep on without hesitating
Go forward without doubts

All:
We’ll jump into the fire with all of our pride

English translation of lyrics from the Takarazuka production of the Broadway musical.

Marguerite St. Just:
When I look at you
Someone I don’t know
Is there
The man whose laugh I loved so much
Is gone

When I think of you
I can feel the scent of summer days
And remember exactly how you smiled
Why

If only you would turn to me
With that affection
The two of us could return to how we were
And the love we lost
Could be resurrected

I feel his touch
But when I turn there’s no one there
Inside my memories
He melts into moonlight
And disappears

The man I loved is gone
He changed so suddenly
And now
I don’t know who you are
Or did I not know you from the beginning?
Was I dreaming
Were you a fantasy
I can’t shut myself inside my memories

But still I want to love you

When I look at you

English translation of lyrics from the Takarazuka production of the Broadway musical.

Percy Blakeney:
Whatever you do, I don’t care
Please stay there
I wanted you to stay the person who I loved
What should I believe?

Did you vanish?
Did I only love a fantasy?

Lord, give me light
To guide me through this maze inside my heart

A foolish man whose wife deceives him
Can pretend he doesn’t know and so deceive himself
Bite in vain and laugh bitterly
But if I live in foolishness will I be able to forget?

Lord
My heart has been crushed and I feel I will go mad
Still I will definitely overcome this trial

Lord
Give me strength!