After my journey to translate and subtitle Elysion began in October 2008, almost 14 years ago, I have finished the final song, Eru no Tenbin. All of Elysion is now translated on my channel. Subtitles are forthcoming just as soon I can time the segments and transfer the subtitles into them.
Below is an explanation/discussion for this song, for those interested. The pinned comment will contain translation notes/explanations.
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Eru no Tenbin (El's Scales, which can also be translated as El's Balance) follows Abyss in the events that occur before Eru no Rakuen (Side E). The song also ties into the story of Lorraine from The Wine of Joy and Sadness, which featured in ROMAN, the album after Elysion.
The story begins with Abyss desperate for money (it's likely that his desperation at this time was so he could buy El the picture book he had promised her as a birthday present). As a result, he accepts a job from an earl in exchange for a bag of gold coins. In The Wine of Joy and Sorrow, we learn that this man is Lorraine's father, who asks for his runaway daughter to be brought back and for the servant she ran off with to be killed.
From the songs in which the story plays out, we know that Lorraine has fled because she is in love with a servant and because her father is marrying her off against her will in an arranged marriage meant to benefit the earl. In Eru no Tenbin, the motivation seems to be politically based, but The Wine of Joy and Sadness states the reason as the family being in financial ruin (which the earl and his wife are responsible for, having lived too extravagantly for their means).
Lorraine, who cannot accept her father controlling her life and denying her the right to be with the person she loves, flees with her lover. They make it some ways, but when they board a ferry, it's revealed that the ferryman is Abyss, who is working for the earl. He tells the couple not to worry about the return fare, as he has already been paid well, but ominously says that they will be saying good-bye to the servant there.
Abyss then kills the servant and abducts Lorraine so he can take her back to her father.
It's not clear what happens in between this and the following event, but we can presume that Lorraine runs once again and that she stabs Abyss while he is on his way to purchase El her picture book with the gold coins he got from the earl, since in Eru no Rakuen (Side E), Abyss is shown bleeding and crawling home while clutching a gold coin, meaning he was unable to finish purchasing the picture book for El, choosing instead to return home to El as he starts to lose consciousness from blood loss.
From the events of Side E and Side A, we know that the stab wound in Abyss' back is fatal. After making it home, Abyss dies at El's side.
Lorraine, meanwhile, goes on to live her life on her own terms and lives out her days as a winemaker, whose unique creation is said to taste of joy and sadness.
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