雨はりらりら // Ame wa Rirarira
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Notes:
Yes, もみじ comes from a verb (もみづ／もみつ)
Fragrant olive is a type of Asian olive tree/shrub that blooms in the late summer and fall with flowers ranging from white to bright orange (most commonly referenced with 金木犀). It bears fruit in the spring. – It’s a weird paradox for the song, because もみつ is used to describe trees’ leaves turning yellow, orange, and red, but the fragrant olive tree is an evergreen, so the only thing turning orange is its flowers. Still, it fits in perfectly with the image of autumn.
べっこう/鼈甲 “bekkou” means “tortoise shell”, but it also represents the color “amber”, which I believe it’s referring to more here.
“The fallen fruits of the wind” – fruit and nuts (“tree fruit” in Japanese) and so forth.
The way I interpret the “forget forget” stanzas is “by forgetting everything else, you better remember what’s most important.”
Yamazaki Sayaka completely lost me on that “tea dummy” line. (Though it probably has something to do with fragrant olive trees, also known as tea olive trees…)
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雨はりらりら
Ame wa Rirarira
The Rain Goes Ri-Ra Ri-Ra
人恋し神様〜Romantic Fall｜東方風神録
Vocals: 坂上なち
Arrange: Shibayan
Lyrics: やまざきさやか
Circle: Shibayan Records
Album: マジコカタストロフィ Mágico Catástrofe
Event: C83
ねえもみつきんもくせい 染まるもの見上げたら
その上にある空 色をゆるめて
昼下がり金色 落ちてきた風の実が
やさしくさわったら べっこうの海
nee momitsu kin’mokusei somaru mono miagetara
sono ue ni aru sora iro wo yurumete
hirusagari kin’iro ochitekita kaze no mi ga
yasashiku sawattara bekkou no umi
Look up at the fragrant olive trees blossoming orange
The sky above, relaxing its color
As fallen fruits of the wind gently touch those
Afternoon tones of gold, everything is a sea of amber
雨りらら 波もりらら ゆれてらら りらりらと雨
波はりらら この良き日になら さよなら りらりらと
りららら 雨はりらりら 波もらら りらりららら さよなら
ゆらしてさよなら この良き日になら涙雨
ame rirara nami mo rirara yureterara rirarira to ame
nami wa rirara kono yoki hi ni nara sayonara rirarira to
rirarara ame wa rirarira nami mo rara rirarirarara sayonara
yurashite sayonara kono yoki hi ni nara namida ame
The rain ri-ra-ra, and waves ri-ra-ra, sway ra-ra : The rain ri-ra ri-ra,
The waves ri-ra-ra, on such a wonderful day as this : I can say farewell, ri-ra ri-ra
Ri-ra-ra-ra, the rain ri-ra ri-ra, and waves ra-ra : Ri-ra ri-ra-ra-ra farewell
Rustling farewell, on such a wonderful day as this : I can cry tears of rain
ねえもみつきんもくせい 染まらずにいられたら
実りを待つ日々に とどまれるなら
昼下がり金色 落ちてきた風の実が
やさしくさわったら べっこうの海
nee momitsu kin’mokusei somarazu ni iraretara
minori wo matsu hibi ni todomareru nara
hirusagari kin’iro ochitekita kaze no mi ga
yasashiku sawattara bekkou no umi
If only the fragrant olive trees would keep from blossoming
If only I could wait in those days until the harvest
As fallen fruits of the wind gently touch those
Afternoon tones of gold, everything is a sea of amber
忘れて 忘れて 忘れて 忘れてね
忘れて 忘れて そうやって刻みつける
消えない 消えない 消えない 消えないもの
このまま このまま 忘れられるわけない
wasurete wasurete wasurete wasurete ne
wasurete wasurete sou yatte kizamitsukeru
kienai kienai kienai kienai mono
kono mama kono mama wasurerareru wake nai
Forget, forget, forget, forget – alright?
Forget, forget, and so record in your heart
Things that will never, never ever disappear
This way, there’s no way you’ll forget
忘れて 忘れて 忘れて 忘れてと
消えない 消えない 消せないもの刻みつけ
消えない 消えない 消えない 消せないから
このまま このまま 忘れられるわけない
wasurete wasurete wasurete wasurete to
kienai kienai kesenai mono kizamitsuke
kienai kienai kienai kesenai kara
kono mama kono mama wasurerareru wake nai
Forget, forget, forget, forget, and so
Record, the things that can’t ever disappear
Since they can never, never ever be erased
This way, there’s no way you’ll forget
ねえ香るきんもくせい ちぎっても変わらない
色をゆるめた空 羊が遊ぶ
昼下がり金色 落ちてきたティ一ダアミ
意地悪くさわって こぼそうとする
nee kaoru kin’mokusei chigittemo kawaranai
iro wo yurumeta sora hitsuji ga asobu
hirusagari kin’iro ochitekita tea dummy
ijiwaruku sawatte kobosou to suru
Even if I plucked the fragrant olive blossoms, nothing would change
In the sky relaxing its color, sheep play
A fallen tea dummy, tries to shake those
Afternoon tones of gold, and make them spill over
もみつきんもくせい 染まらずにいられたら
実りを待つ日々に とどまれるなら
昼下がり金色 落ちてきた風の実が
やさしくさわったら べっこうの海
momitsu kin’mokusei somarazu ni iraretara
minori wo matsu hibi ni todomareru nara
hirusagari kin’iro ochitekita kaze no mi ga
yasashiku sawattara bekkou no umi
If only the fragrant olive trees would keep from blossoming
If only I could wait in those days until the harvest
As fallen fruits of the wind gently touch those
Afternoon tones of gold, everything is a sea of amber
雨りらら 波りらら ゆれてらら りらりらと雨
波もりらら この良き日になら さよなら りらりらと
りらりら 雨はりらら 波もらら 雨りらりら さよなら
涙雨りらりら この良き日にならさようなら
ame rirara nami rirara yureterara rirarira to ame
nami mo rirara kono yoki hi ni nara sayonara rirarira to
rirarira ame wa rirara nami mo rara ame rirarira sayonara
namida ame rirarira kono yoki hi ni nara sayounara
The rain ri-ra-ra, and waves ri-ra-ra, sway ra-ra : The rain ri-ra ri-ra,
The waves ri-ra-ra, on such a wonderful day as this : I can say farewell, ri-ra ri-ra
Ri-ra-ri-ra, the rain ri-ra-ra, and waves ra-ra : The rain ri-ra ri-ra, farewell
Tears of rain ri-ra ri-ra, on such a wonderful day as this : I can say farewell
雨りらら 波りらら ゆれてらら りらりら雨 波もりらら
この良き日になら さよなら さよならを
雨りらら 波りらら ゆれてらら りらりらと雨 さよなら
くりかえすさよなら 今日はりらりらと涙雨
ame rirara nami rirara yureterara rirarira ame nami mo rirara
kono yoki hi ni nara sayonara sayonara wo
ame rirara nami rirara yureterara rirarira to ame sayonara
kurikaesu sayonara kyou wa rirarira to namida ame
The rain ri-ra-ra, and waves ri-ra-ra, sway ra-ra : The rain ri-ra ri-ra, and waves ri-ra-ra
On such a wonderful day as this : I can say farewell, farewell
The rain ri-ra-ra, the waves ri-ra-ra, sway ra-ra : The rain ri-ra ri-ra, farewell
Repeating farewell, today in tears of rain, ri-ra ri-ra
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kafka-fuura 