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 Lilium



 Place in series

 Opening theme for anime adaptation

 Appears in

 All 13 episodes, plus OVA

 Composed by

 Kayo Konishi & Yukio Kondo

 Performed by

 Kumiko Noma

 Associated with

 Lucy

 Kouta

 Lyrics based on

 Psalms

 Epistle of James

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;-webkit-hyphens:auto;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> Ave Mundi Spes Maria

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> Song Language <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> Lilium is the hymnal-like opening theme for the Elfen Lied anime, where it serves as an important story element as well as the leitmotif of the anime and even Lucy herself.

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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> The Song <span style="font-size:13px;line-height:normal;-webkit-font-kerning:none;color:rgb(1,72,194);">Edit

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> The lyrics are based around the Biblical passages in Psalms, and the Epistle of James, and the Renaissance hymn, "Ave Mundi Spes Maria", which are sung in Latin. The opening and full version is performed by Kumiko Noma. Lilium is composed by MOKA. MOKA is a two-person musician group that consists of Yukio Kondo and Kayo Konishi. They jointly arranged the lyrics and composed it. The anime director Mamoru Kanbe made a sole request to MOKA that the opening theme should be a religious music and this was the background why MOKA chose the lyrics from the Biblical texts etc. Kayo Konishi explains the reason why MOKA chose Latin lyrics as follows. While she studied at a mission school she sang hymns in Latin and she liked the sounds that the language had. So she wanted to make the opening theme "Lilium" like a contemporary Gregorian hymn.

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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(1,72,194);"> <img src="http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/elfen-lied/images/3/30/Reply_from_Kayo_Konishi_why_latin.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20150401095721" alt="Reply from Kayo Konishi why latin" class="thumbimage " data-image-key="Reply_from_Kayo_Konishi_why_latin.jpg" data-image-name="Reply from Kayo Konishi why latin.jpg" width="180" height="88" >

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(112,110,98);"> why in latin? - reply message from Kayo Konishi. This is for the record purpose.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> Kanbe is also known for his personal liking for Gustav Klimt. He used the idea for another anime later again.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> In the anime, Kouta and Lucy first meet together as young children, and he shows her a music box that plays this theme, which she is fascinated by. Years later, when she is using her powers to kill some attacking soldiers, she hums this theme, which is among the things that trigger the return of his memories concerning the trauma she caused him out of a jealousy-induced misunderstanding. Since Nozomi never appears in the anime, Lucy/Nyu never learns the song, Elfenlied.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> A PDF with the sheet music can be found here.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(1,72,194);"> See also: Manga Vs. Anime

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> Versions<span style="font-size:13px;line-height:normal;-webkit-font-kerning:none;color:rgb(1,72,194);">Edit

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> In the anime, the song is played by Kouta's music box. There are other versions and arrangements as well.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> Lilium is played in four versions in the anime: the opening version, the Griffin Chorus version, the music box version, and the full version found in the 13th episode. Also present here are the MOKA version and a performance by the Ukrainian Boys Choir Dzvinochok. Original Latin Lyrics: <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Verdana;"> Os iusti meditabitur sapientiam,

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Verdana;"> Et lingua eius loquetur indicium.

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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Verdana;"> Beatus vir qui suffert tentationem,

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Verdana;"> Quoniam cum probates fuerit accipiet coronam vitae.

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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Verdana;"> Kyrie, fons bonitatis

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Verdana;"> Kyrie, ignis divine, eleison

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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Verdana;"> O quam sancta, quam serena

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Verdana;"> quam benigma, quam amoena esse Virgo creditur

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Verdana;"> O quam sancta, quam serena, quam benigma, quam amoena

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Verdana;"> O castitatis lilium

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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Verdana;"> Kyrie, fons bonitatis

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Verdana;"> Kyrie, ignis divine, eleison

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Verdana;min-height:16px;">

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Verdana;"> O quam sancta, quam serena

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Verdana;"> quam benigma, quam amoena esse Virgo creditur

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Verdana;"> O quam sancta, quam serena, quam benigma, quam amoena

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Verdana;"> O castigates ilium

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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Verdana;"> Lilium is the hymnal-like opening theme for the Elfen Lied anime, where it serves as an important story element as well as the leitmotif of the anime and even Lucy herself. The lyrics are based around the Biblical passages in Psalms, and the Epistle of James, and the Renaissance hymn, "Ave Mundi Spes Maria", which are sung in Latin. The opening and full version is performed by Kumiko Noma. Lilium is composed by MOKA. MOKA is a two-person musician group that consists of Yukio Kondo and Kayo Konishi. They jointly arranged the lyrics and composed it. The anime director Mamoru Kanbe made a sole request to MOKA that the opening theme should be a religious music and this was the background why MOKA chose the lyrics from the Biblical texts etc. Kayo Konishi explains the reason why MOKA chose Latin lyrics as follows. While she studied at a mission school she sang hymns in Latin and she liked the sounds that the language had. So she wanted to make the opening theme "Lilium" like a contemporary Gregorian hymn. In the anime, the song is played by Kouta's music box. There are other versions and arrangements as well. Lilium is played in four versions in the anime: the opening version, the Griffin Chorus version, the music box version, and the full version found in the 13th episode. Also present here are the MOKA version and a performance by the Ukrainian Boys Choir Dzvinochok.

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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Verdana;">What will Elsa think of this song, Lilium from Elfen Lied?