YuYuKo will EaT YoU

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“When I die, if you would be so kind, bless my passing with cherry blossoms. For I will die without regret – let the flowers instead represent the beauty of the life I lived.” becomes, “When I die, bless my passing with cherry blossoms, so that I can at least experience one moment of beauty, the one moment that will become my eternity, then I shall have no regrets, no matter how awful my life was. If this experience I wish for would be granted for me, then I would rather die than live.” It’s one of those beauty of death things that crops up in ancient Japanese literature, and certainly reading the old poem, many people probably did want to die under the cherry blossoms.

RD likes to be dark in subtle ways, and this is no exception.

Note:
There is a saying, “幽明境を異にする”, which literally means “to mistake the line separating the dark (death) from the light (life)”, in other words, to die (accidentally). Therefore, “幽明境を分かつ”, which literally means “to distinguish the line separating the dark (death) from the light (life)”, most likely means, to die (purposefully).

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幽明境を分かつこと
　Yuumeikyou wo Wakatsu Koto
　Distinguishing the Dark from the Light
　(Dying With Purpose)
優雅に咲かせ、黒染の桜～Border of Life｜東方妖々夢
さくらさくら～Japanize Dream… ｜東方妖々夢
Vocal: Φ串Φ
Arrange+Lyrics: RD-Sounds
Circle: 凋叶棕
Album: 屠 -hohuri-
Event: C86

ほとけには
さくらのはなを
たてまつれ

hotoke ni wa
sakura no hana wo
tatematsure

May ye offer up
Cherry blossoms
To the deceased

わがのちのよを
ひととぶらはば

wa ga nochi no yo wo
hito toburawaba

Be there anyone to honor
My passage to the next world

さもあれば
をしからざりし
いのちさえ

sa mo areba
oshikarazarishi
inochi sae

If so, then I would
Have no regrets left
In all my life

はなのいろにも
うつくしければ

hana no iro ni mo
utsukushikereba

For the beauty found in it, as much
As in the color of these flowers

かつて　一人
その想い　叶うなら

katsute hitori
sono omoi kanau nara

“If he, from long ago
Was able to have his wish granted…”

いつか吟じた
詞を　胸に抱いて

itsuka gin’jita
kotoba wo mune ni daite

In their hearts, embracing
Those verses written long ago

望み　それは　願い
桜の下で　死ねること

nozomi sore wa negai
hana no shita de shineru koto

It is their dream, their wish
To die under the cherry blossoms

その死顔　ただうつくしく

sono kao tada utsukushiku

Even in death, their faces are just so beautiful…

そして　一人
また一人　止め処無く

soshite hitori
mata hitori tomedonaku

Another,
And yet another, without end

いつか　愛した
詞を　胸に抱いて

itsuka aishita
kotoba wo mune ni daite

In their hearts, embracing
Those verses I once loved

祈り　それは　縋り
桜の下で　死ねること

inori sore wa sugari
hana no shita de shineru koto

It is their prayer, a thread of hope
To die under the cherry blossoms

その死顔も　ただうつくしく

sono kao mo tada utsukushiku

Even in death, their faces are just so beautiful…

ほとけには　さくらのはなを　たてまつれ
死なば諸共　みなうつくしく

hotoke ni wa sakura no hana wo tatematsure
shinaba morotomo mina utsukushiku

“May ye offer up cherry blossoms to the deceased”
In death both can be equally beautiful

さもあれば　をしからざりし　いのちさえ
そのはかなさのみ　残しては

samo areba woshikarazarshi inochi sae
sono hakanasa nomi nokoshite wa

“If so, then I would have no regrets left in all my life”
Leaving behind only the transience of life

この身の　憂さを思えば
生きるのは　あやなしとのみ

kono mi no usa wo omoeba
ikiru no wa ayanashi to nomi

Thinking of the melancholy of my own existence
Living itself seems nothing but futile

その花の　うつくしければ
恐れは無く　ただ身を捧ぐ

sono hana no utsukushikereba
osore wa naku tada mi wo sasagu

As the blossoms are so beautiful,
One can sacrifice themselves without fear

ほとけには　さくらのはなを　たてまつれ
死しても叶う　望みのあれば

hotoke ni wa sakura no hana wo tatematsure
shishite mo kanau nozomi no areba

“May ye offer up cherry blossoms to the deceased”
For there are dreams that can come true, even in death

さもあれば　をしからざりし　いのちさえ
この身も永久に　うつくしく

samo areba oshikarazarishi inochi sae
kono mi mo towa ni utsukushiku

“If so, then I would have no regrets left, in all my life”
For then my body as well would be forever beautiful

ほとけには　さくらのはなを　たてまつれ
わがのちのよを　ひととぶらはば

hotoke ni wa sakura no hana wo tatematsure
wa ga nochi no yo wo hito toburawaba

“May ye offer up cherry blossoms to the deceased”
“Be there anyone to honor my passage to the next world”

さもあれば　をしからざりし　このいのちさえ
せめて最期は　桜の下

samo areba oshikarazarishi kono inochi sae
semete saigo wa hana no shita

“If so, then I would have no regrets left, in all my life”
If only my last moments be under the cherry blossoms

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