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“Ganges ni akai bara“ was requested by Emma, along with this very fitting performance from their 10th Anniversary The Decade Live at Makuhari Messe. The title can be translated as “Red roses in Ganges“ or “[...] for Ganges“, but let’s look at this song and its lyrics in the context of what Ruki has said about it (transl. by me): “Here Ganges is not a place, but conveys the mental image of a final spot. That’s why the gravesite can even be an ocean or a desert somewhere. When I thought about the overall image, I could feel the scent of Ganges.“ He continues: “Ganges is a place in Buddhism. But the character in this song is Christian. So I thought this feeling of being out of place would be nice. And you can take it in many different ways; since you could also say the “brass rosary“ in the lyrics are an image of Buddhism.“ I put a lot of time into this translation and went over it to change details many times. I’d like to credit two interpretations that especially helped me delve into the themes of these quite intricate lyrics: