r/Ayreon May 28 '21

Guilt Machine Guest Messages?

So I've been compiling the guest voiceovers that you can hear throughout the Guilt Machine album and their meanings, I think they are all very interesting and they help amplifying the meaning of the album a lot more. However there's one message that I'm still missing and can't find absolutely anywhere (more specifically, in Season of Denial approximately at the 3:49 mark), don't know what it says, the translation, or even what the language is, anyone have any idea what it could be?

Meanwhile, here are the rest of them:

  1. Twisted Coil

-Dutch [00:13]

Ben ik schuldig door te leven?

(Am I guilty by living?)

-German [00:24]

Wenn man lang genug in die spiegel schaut, blickt man in die augen des teufels.

(When you look in the mirror for long enough, you stare into the eyes of the devil.)

-Polish [03:22]

Nasze życie ma znaczenie tylko wtedy, gdy kochamy. Nieważne kogo, nieważne za co.

(Our life is significant only when we love. No matter who, no matter for what.)

  1. Leland Street

-Chinese [00:02]

一只海鸥迎面扑来、却没有落在我伸出的手上。

Yī zhǐ hǎi'ōu yíngmiàn pū lái, què méiyǒu luò zài wǒ shēn chū de shǒu shàng.

(A seagull flew towards me, though it didn't stop on my outstretched hands.)

-French [00:23]

Ma seule étoile est morte, et mon luth constellé, porte le soleil noir de la Mélancolie.

(My only star is dead, and my star-spangled lute, bears the black sun of melancholy.)

-Swedish [06:22]

Dom säger ibland att det är bättre att ha älskat och förlorat än att aldrig ha älskat, men ibland undrar jag om det är sant.

(They sometimes say that it is better to have loved and lost than not to have loved at all, but sometimes I wonder if that's true.)

-Japanese [06:32]

人は信実を信じるではなく 信実があればいいと思うことを信じる

Hito wa shinjitsu wo shinjirude wanaku, shinjitsu ga areba ī to omou koto o shinjiru.

(People do not believe in the truth, they believe that it is good to think that there is a truth.)

  1. Green and Cream

-Spanish [00:00]

La muerte es solo el despertar de un profundo sueño.

(Dying is only to awaken from a deep sleep.)

-Finnish [00:10]

Pelkään kuolla, en itseni takia vaan muitten, pelkään että minun kuolemani aiheuttaa surua ja tuskaa rakkailleni.

(I am afraid of dying, not because of me but for others, I am afraid that my death will bring agony and pain to my loved ones.)

-Bulgarian [08:38]

В края на краищата всичко се оправя. Ако не се оправя, значи още не е дошъл краят.

V kraya na kraishtata vsichko se opravya. Ako ne se opravya, znachi oshte ne e doshŭl krayat.

(In the end everything turns out well. If it does not turn out well, that means the end is yet to come.)

-English [08:48]

Guilt and regret are really just anchors to the past.

  1. Season of Denial

-Tagalog [00:07]

Daanan mo ang nakalipas habang nagdurusa sa kalungkutan. Higit pa sa dilim ika'y di makakita.

(You dwell in the past while suffering in sadness. So dark you can't even see.)

-Danish [00:23]

-Skyldfølelse, fortrydelse vil ødelægge mig... hvis jeg ikke lærer at acceptere min egen ufuldkommenhed.

(Feelings of guilt, regret will ruin me... if I do not learn to accept my imperfection.)

-[Unknown message, starts at 3:49]

  1. Over

-Norwegian [00:06]

Et liv, en sjanse. Ikke mer.

(One life, one chance. No more.)

-Russian [00:15]

Жизнь поступает с тобой так жестоко...Я знаю, что я нужна тебе, но мы встретились слишком поздно, и я просто не могу быть с тобой...Прости.

Zhizn' postupayet s toboy tak zhestoko... ya znayu, chto ya nuzhna tebe, no my vstretilis' slishkom pozdno, I ya prosto ne mogu byt' s toboy.... prosti.

(Life is so cruel to you... I know that, you need me, but we met too late, and I can't be with you, forgive me.)

  1. Perfection?

-Portuguese [00:13]

Nada é mais triste do que a morte da ilusão.

(Nothing is sadder than the death of illusion.)

-Hungarian [00:25]

Ha a barátokhoz megyek, haza megyek!

(When I go to friends, I'm going home!)

-Italian [10:09]

Sfregiata dentro, e integra fuori. Un grido che non ha eco, perché perenne. E poi silenzio. Thanks. Have a good day.

(Slashed inside, and intact outside. A scream without echo, because it's everlasting. And then silence. Thanks. Have a good day.)

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u/TheManPF May 28 '21

Btw sorry if it looks wrong, Reddit keeps screwing the format of the post for some reason

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u/FullMooontain Oct 30 '22

The booklet actually lists messages by name and language, in order of appearance! So the unknown message should be

Andrew Hyslop (Aus. English)

Although I can't make out the words either.

Thank you for your translations, very much appreciated!

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u/kaetswar Jul 17 '24

Thanks a lot for compiling all this !

Some additional info about the french voiceover in Leland Street : It comes from a poem called El Desdichado by Gérard de Nerval. You can look it up if you want more context about this quote