Theory: The Approximate Lyrics to the Great Sage’s Theme in “Miitopia”
Okay, so I’m a huge fan of “Miitopia”. And people swore up and down that the Great Sage’s Theme had actual lyrics, but nobody could ever make them out. I’ve heard some Japanese fans claimed that the song was about how the Great Sage would defeat the Dark Lord, but as far as I can tell, that was never confirmed. Others just said it was complete gibberish, or “Mii-ese”, and that it had no meaning. But, how accurate is that?
So, going off of that “theory” of it actually having a meaning, I tried to decipher as much of the song as I could, and… Well, everybody’s kind of half-right. As far as I can decipher it, it’s based off of Japanese, but there’s no logical grammatical structure, and the words have to be taken in a non-directly-translated way (if that makes any sense). I tried to decipher it based off of the claims that it was about the Great Sage and the Dark Lord, so…
Here are the lyrics, as far as I can tell:
“Ah, trés bien, lesson go Eruda na haato Erabu e maru wa Taiou wa shitsuke mashite Dai-Kenja no kuni saisho e Lalu rai rai rai rai ra Lalu rai rai rai luya Lalu rai rai rai rai ra Lalu rai rai rai luya Eijuu-sha kougeki ne haato Yahan eien de Omo Eijuu-sha kougeki ne haato Yahan eien de Omo”
Which, translated as much as this can be translated, the lyrics are:
“Ah, very good, lesson go/start An Elder’s heart Chooses the circle/path With consistent discipline The Great Sage’s country is/comes first Lalu rai rai rai rai ra Lalu rai rai rai luya Lalu rai rai rai rai ra Lalu rai rai rai luya It is attacking the citizens’s hearts The eternal midnight of the (Dark) Lord It is attacking the citizens’s hearts The eternal midnight of the (Dark) Lord”
Now, here’s all my reasoning behind why I came to the above conclusions for the lyrics: The first line, which is half French, half English, can represent how the Great Sage was said to be a “traveling sage” (and in fact, I think the official name of the theme IS “Traveling Sage”, if I recall correctly). Then, going along with the idea that a “Sage” is usually a wise, old person, the song goes on to mention the “Elder’s” heart (in the manner of “spirit”/“energy”/“determination”) in particular. (The Great Sage is known as the “Dai-Kenja” in Japanese, which still means “Great Sage”.) It’s this “heart” that chooses the circle/path, which in the Great Sage’s case, is the “path” of good. A Sage, to be a mentor to you/the protagonist, has to have consistent discipline; not only to be a good role model, but to have the “air” of wisdom. Okay, the next line might be a pun. First, the Great Sage’s country comes “first”, because it’s the CURRENT country the Great Sage is in that he/she has to protect, so that’s why it comes first. But, alternatively, Greenhorne was called “Saisho no Kuni” (“First Land”) in Japanese, so maybe it’s a pun referring back to how you meet the Great Sage in Greenhorne? Then, there’s weird “lalala” part, which could be some sort of magic spell, similar to the nonsensical “Cure Up, Rapapa” from “Mahou Tsukai PreCure”. The thing that threatens the “heart”/vitality/spirit of the citizens (of any of the areas in the game), is of course, the “eternal midnight” of the Dark Lord (who was called the “Akuma no Omo”, or “Demon Lord”, in Japanese). The “eternal midnight” refers to fate of having your face taken away forever (if the Dark Lord is never stopped). And finally, the previous two lines repeat themselves, probably to emphasise the extremity of what could happen to the player.
So, yeah. I have no idea how accurate those lyrics actually are, but I tried my best.
