NA Localization:
One person stands atop the stage, showered with thunderous applause. But in the end, they are no more than a pathetic, empty shadow calling themself an actor. Another is confined always to the side of the stage, in the wings. And yet, this empty shadow is truly irreplaceable.
These two people are one and the same.
May this show be a wonderful performance...a world of imagination where the young, the old, and everyone in between can come to have the time of their lives!
Fan Translation:
They receive thunderous applause on stage.
However, in the end, they are only pitiful shadow figures who are called actors.
A person quietly exits into the side curtains.
Yet they are the one and only shadow figure that absolutely cannot be replaced.
When all is said and done, they are the same.
Men, women, the young, and the old, everyone is equal as they are given birth into a theatre (world) from the sea of imagination―――
Let us be the star in this very wonderful and momentous dream!