かばねのうた // Kabane no Uta
Requested by: Maia Kasoya
This song spoke to me, surprise favorite.
Recite the beautiful language of whose core you know not. Ring around the rosies…
There are a couple of font changes I have denoted with color changes.
ancient, playful, modern
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かばねのうた
Kabane no Uta
Corpse Song
可愛い大戦争のリフレーン｜妖精大戦争
年中夢中の好奇心｜妖精大戦争
Vo: nayuta
Arr+Lyrics: RD-Sounds
Circle: 凋叶棕
Album: 奏 -kanade-
Event: RTS16
棺揺らせ
その出で立ちその者に伝わるよに
kago yurase
sono idetachi sono mono ni tsutawaru yo ni
Rock the coffin cradle
So the traveler may know their departure
鈴鳴らせ
その道ち行きその者に伝えるよに
suzu narase
sono michiyuki sono mono ni tsutaeru yo ni
Ring ye bells
So they may know what journey awaits them
これなるは野辺の送り
諸人人ごと見やれば
kore naru wa nobe no okuri
morobito hitogoto miyareba
For we come to conduct a burial
All, when ye face another
手を合わせ
散花のその名残を惜しむ間まで
te wo awase
chiru hana no sono nagori wo oshimu aida made
Bring your hands together
To mourn the loss of a spring flower whilst ye remember
頭垂れ
その影長く長く空の暮れゆくまで
koube tare
sono kage nagaku nagaku sora no kureyuku made
Bow your heads
Until the shadows cast reach across the evening sky into dusk
風吹けば死出の山路
消ゆる雲の行方知らず
kaze fukeba shide no yamaji
kiyuru kumo no yukue shirazu
As the wind blows, mind their journey beyond death
Though, like dissipating clouds we know not the end
かくも 痛きかな かくも 哀しきかな
なれど 死を知らず 弔うなくば 明日知れぬは皆々同じ
kaku mo itaki kana kaku mo kanashiki kana
naredo shi wo shirazu tomurau nakuba asu shirenu wa min’na min’na onaji
How painful it is to feel loss! How sad it is to witness an end!
Yet we must not be without mourning, without intimacy with death—
—for none of us can know what tomorrow will bring!
などなどか忘れ申さん 命あるものなればー
nado nado ka wasuremousan’ inochi aru mono narebaー
No, we must never forget—no, none of us who are living…
やれ歌えあれらの歌 その大きな響きそのままに
それ歌えあれらの歌 耳をすませば聞こえてくる
yare utae arera no uta sono ooki na hibiki sono mama ni
sore utae arera no uta mimi wo sumaseba kikoetekuru
Come! Let us sing their song! Repeat the resounding melody!
Gather! Let us sing their song! If you listen you can hear!
その意味は誰も知らない どうせ意味など意味も無い
sono imi wa dare mo shiranai douse imi nado imi mo nai
None know the meaning of the words—but what meaning is there in meaning?
ただただ興味のあること ただただ真似していればいい
いつだってどこか何か 楽しげなことを探してる
tada tada kyoumi no aru koto tada tada mane shiteireba ii
itsudatte doko ka nani ka tanoshige na koto wo sagashiteru
For all who are curious, let them imitate to their heart’s content!
We are always looking, everywhere we can, for something fun to enjoy
耳のこる不思議な言葉 声あわせ歌えばたのし
mimi no koru fushigi na kotoba koe awase utaeba tanoshi
What strange and beautiful words! Singing like this together is fun!
かくも いたきかな！ かくも かなしきかな！
なれど しをしらず とむらうなくば あすしれぬはみんなみんなおなじ
などなどかわすれもうさん いのちあるものなれば！
kaku mo itaki kana! kakumo kanashiki kana!
naredo shi wo shirazu tomurau nakuba asu shirenu wa min’na min’na onaji
nado nado ka wasuremousan’ inochi aru mono nareba!
How painful it is to feel loss! How sad it is to witness an end!
Yet we must not be without mourning, without intimacy with death—
—for none of us can know what tomorrow will bring
No, we must never forget—no, none of us who are living!
その涙 その歌う所作
その意味も 何も知らずに
そも死を知らぬものたち
sono namida sono utau shosa
sono imi mo nani mo shirazu ni
somo shi wo shiranu mono tachi
Imitating the tears, the motions
Without knowing their meaning
It is the deathless who now sing
だれもかも聞かれぬ歌 かなで奉りて
弔うものなきまま 歌うは妖精
dare mo ka mo kikarenu uta kanade tatematsurite
tomurau mono naki mama utau wa inochi naki mono
With no one left to hear, it is they who raise the song
With no one left to mourn, lifeless faeries now sing
そして 縁知らず埋もるものも 縁知られなお消ゆるものも
いつの日か 遍く聞けよ あれ歌う屍の歌
soshite en’ shirazu uzumoru mono mo en’ shirare nao kiyuru mono mo
itsu no hi ka amaneku kikeyo are utau kabane no uta
So to those buried unknown, and those who fade despite remembrance
One day may all of you listen to the corpse song they sing
しをしらず とむらうなくば あすしれぬはみんなみんなおなじ
などなどかわすれもうさん いのちあるものなれば・・・
shi wo shirazu tomurau nakuba asu shirenu wa min’na min’na onaji
nado nado ka wasuremousan’ inochi aru mono nareba…
We must not be without mourning, without intimacy with death—
—for none of us can know what tomorrow will bring
No, we must never forget—no, none of us who are living!
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