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[XVtober2022] Day 8: Lyrics/Song-fic

Summary:

Unbeknownst to everyone, even Ignis, Noct had already written down his wedding vows.

[Eighth in a series of ficlets in Filipino with side-by-side English translation, for XVtober 2022.]

Chapter 1

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Filipino English

Lingid sa lahat, maski kay Ignis, naisulat na ni Noct ang kanyang panata sa kasal.

Iisang linya na lang ang kulang: ang pangwakas. Ang linyang magpapahayag kung ano ang tunay na ibig sabihin ni Luna sa kanya.

Matagal na niya itong pinag-iisipan. Mula noong bata pa sila ay natatangi na si Luna para sa kanya: isa siyang kaibigan, tagapayo, gabay at kaagapay. Isang hindi natitinag na tanglaw, na walang pagod na iniilawan ang kanyang landas.

Pero wala sa mga salitang ito ang hinahanap niya.

Bumagsak na rin ang Insomnia, gaya ng Tenebrae noon pa. Wala na ang kasal. Pero nasa loob pa rin ni Noct ang mga katagang hindi niya magawang ilabas.

Nang magtagpo ang mga mata nila sa Altissia, bago ang unos, ay ngumiti sa kanya si Lunafreya...at dumating ang huling linya kay Noctis sa wakas:

Nag-iisang tiyak, sa isang libong duda.

Unbeknownst to everyone, even Ignis, Noct had already written down his wedding vows.

Only one line was missing: the final one. The line that would express what Luna truly meant to him.

He had been thinking about this for a long time. Even when they were children, Luna was already special to him: she was a friend, advisor, guide and companion. A steady beacon, tirelessly lighting his path.

But these were not the words he was looking for.

Insomnia had also fallen, like Tenebrae had long ago. The wedding was off. But the words that Noct couldn't get out were still inside him.

When their eyes met in Altissia, before the storm, Lunafreya smiled at him...and the final line came to Noctis at last:

The only certainty, amid a thousand doubts.


Notes:

This song is pretty special to me, because it was sung by the composer/singer himself at a particularly important political campaign in my country, and now I can no longer disassociate it from the campaign. Happily, neither can the person who composed/sang it :D But it's a beautiful love song, at its core.

For the lyrics and English translation, plus a link to the song video, see the next chapter.